This could happen to you too!

[Bladerider]

I just had an interesting encounter with the police this evening.

I was pulling up to a ?give way? at a roundabout (in a built up area).

I gave way to the car coming from my right (at high speed). I noticed it was a black Impreza. He turned up the road I?d just come from. I then continued, exiting the roundabout at the next left.

I only got a couple of hundred yards when I saw the blue flashing lights in my mirror. I thought they wanted to pass, so I slowed. They flashed their headlights at me so I stopped. They accused me of doing 80+ mph in a 30 mph zone. They had apparently been chasing ME for the last four miles. I tried to tell them it wasn't me, they wouldn't listen. ?After all how many black Impreza's are there around here? they said. ?Four that I know of actually?, I told them. Of course they didn?t believe me when I told them I saw the car they wanted going in the opposite direction. They were absolutely adamant they had the right car. They were trying to pressure me into an admission. One of them even had the cuffs ready. I told them I was just on my way to the Chinese takeaway, my engine hadn?t even got up to temperature yet. They reluctantly agreed that my engine was cold so I couldn?t have been the one they were chasing. I was told to watch my speed and sent on my way without an apology.

So anyway, if I had just been for a run, and my engine was fully up to temperature, then I would have had no defense against their accusations, and would probably have been arrested and maybe even imprisoned for something I was completely innocent of.

It wasn?t traffic division, so no onboard video. It would have been the word of two policemen against mine.

[DEVLIN]

Certainly one to watch for.

Did you mention to them that they were doing well to keep up with a scoob for 4 miles in a panda car.

[Bladerider]

I so much wanted to tell them if they had have been chasing me with their little Focus, it wouldn't have lasted long. I thought the better of it though.

edit

Anyway, I'm going to the pub before it shuts to help take my mind off it.

[wrxmania]

Jeez,

Good ploy with the pub though!!

Brian