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Police stop speeding drivers in UK enforcement action

Over 2,000 drivers in the UK were caught driving at speeds of 160km/h (100mph) or more with one even hitting 250 km/h (156mph). Perhaps unsurprisingly, the latter was in a BMW. Meanwhile one UK driver became so incensed by the poor road manners of others, that he fitted a police siren and blue flashing lights to his car. He started using this equipment every time he saw another driver using a phone while at the wheel. The police were less than impressed and he was charged and fined for impersonating an offi
May 27, 2016 Read time: 2 mins
Over 2,000 drivers in the UK were caught driving at speeds of 160km/h (100mph) or more with one even hitting 250 km/h (156mph). Perhaps unsurprisingly, the latter was in a BMW. Meanwhile one UK driver became so incensed by the poor road manners of others, that he fitted a police siren and blue flashing lights to his car. He started using this equipment every time he saw another driver using a phone while at the wheel. The police were less than impressed and he was charged and fined for impersonating an officer. However the head of police in one part of the UK rolled down her window to comment when she saw a driver alongside talking into his phone while at the wheel and with his young son sitting alongside. The man was unimpressed and unfazed, responding instead with a string of obscenities.

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