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Police in Devon using unmarked DAF truck to catch out motorists
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2016 12:10 pm
by Jed
Police are using a DAF truck so they can sit high up in their cabs to look down on motorists who may be using mobile phones.
The lorry is unmarked but it has got lights and a siren.
The police in Devon have recently used a few unmarked vehicles together and have caught out many people using phones, not wearing seat belts and even one truck driver cooking a meal on a hob in his cab!
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/d ... ed-9478942
Re: Police in Devon using unmarked DAF truck to catch out motorists
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2016 5:22 pm
by Zero
Sneaky tw@ts
Re: Police in Devon using unmarked DAF truck to catch out motorists
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 6:19 am
by Milkman
The police have always been sly.
They can't work unless they are sly like this.
Daf trucks .... Daft cun**
Re: Police in Devon using unmarked DAF truck to catch out motorists
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2017 3:17 pm
by Freeman Bob
Milkman wrote:
Daf trucks .... Daft cun**
Re: Police in Devon using unmarked DAF truck to catch out motorists
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 2:26 pm
by Tanner
These tax collectors will stop at nothing.
Daf trucks indeed.
Re: Police in Devon using unmarked DAF truck to catch out motorists
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2017 3:00 am
by Crab
The horrible sods.
Re: Police in Devon using unmarked DAF truck to catch out motorists
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2017 1:12 pm
by Zombie
Their Daf truck is an investment, they will create more money from it.
Re: Police in Devon using unmarked DAF truck to catch out motorists
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 11:15 am
by Jed
Zombie wrote: ↑Thu Jan 26, 2017 1:12 pm
Their Daf truck is an investment, they will create more money from it.
Correct, but the figures are misleading somewhat.
I just saw a follow up on this police DAF lorry at the Huff.
In the 2 years the lorry was in use, they caught over 4,000 offenders.
Over 800 were given a fixed penalty notice and only 100 ended up with a prosecution.
However, whether all the money they got covers the cost is hard to say.
https://www.aol.co.uk/cars/2017/11/06/p ... id=webmail
Re: Police in Devon using unmarked DAF truck to catch out motorists
Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2017 12:09 pm
by Crab
Jed wrote: ↑Tue Nov 07, 2017 11:15 am
However, whether all the money they got covers the cost is hard to say.
I doubt it, the costs of running a lorry for two years would be pretty high. However, if they have saved one life then it would be worth it. I am not all in favour of these spy wagons but what else is there to sort out the idiots?