This comes from the TL forum and I don't personally know the poster, but thought worth passing on in case uit saves someone's licence!
"Just got off the phone with my mate who works in the Local Police.
Bank Holiday coming up and guess what ......
Helmsley to Stokesley road ... About 22 miles.
Helmsley to Whitby road ... About 35 miles.
Helmsley to Thirsk road ... About 20 miles.
Total road mileage approx 80 miles and the Police have allocated for the 4 days :
4 x Volvo Marked Traffic cars (8 officers)
1 x Landrover Marked car (2 officers)
2 x Local Panda Cars (4 officers)
4 x Pan Euro marked bikes (4 officers)
1 x R1 unmarked bike (1 officer)
1 x CBR1000 unmarked Police bike (1 officer)
1 x Suburu Impreza Unmarked car (2 officers)
1 x BMW unmarked car (2 officers)
1 x C5 unmarked car (2 officers)
4 x Plod to wander around in Helmsley giving out small plate tickets (4 officers)
Vehicle total : 16
Police Officer total : 30"
A bit OTT??!