Police and Filtering

I was once going down the Old Kent Road towards E&Castle roundabout where you cannot overtake on outside and there's a bus lane on the inside lane and one lane for traffic - all bikes filter between the bus lane and the traffic lane. A guy got pulled by a police bike for that. But you'd have to be mad to wait a the back of all that traffic.

Originally Posted by andyaikido

If the police are in a car don't worry, how are they going to catch up with you?

Im at work so I cant link the visordown thread where a police car turned round and caught up with someone.

Its extremely possible for police cars to do this - its called sirens and lights where everything usually gets out their way while youre struggling and get stopped by some muppet changing lanes without looking. :P

Oh and its possible for cars in central london to do it - had an altercation with someone once and thought Id got away until the lights on Gt Eastern Rd changed to red - and they stay red for ages. The car fortunately was going on the other road otherwise he would have been directly behind me at the lights. This has happened other times too in London. It is surprisingly easy if the lights go against you and for them.

[Sir Trev]

I was following a police Pan into Brighton at the weekend - he was filtering and I followed him likewise. When he realised I was there he shot off down the white lines - I swear he was daring me to keep up!! I wimped out...

Going to Brighton on Saturday to go wandering around my old student haunts was a bit of a mistake though....

Originally Posted by Baph

and he would know, being in his CAR! rant over)

You took your test being followed by a car??

Surely not?

Originally Posted by Jamaxx

You took your test being followed by a car??

Surely not?

I did too and the car got stuck at lights and i was outta sight for a while in which time i made a mistake that would have cost me the test if i had been seen

I was picked up for filtering past stationary traffic, when I was using some of the chevrons (open white line ones)

But yet was actively told to do it by BikeSafe instructors..

[Red ones]

Originally Posted by JakeRS

I was picked up ..

You weren't in Brighton with Sir Trev were you?

Originally Posted by Red ones

You weren't in Brighton with Sir Trev were you?

Nah this was in Folkestone! He was a right uppity young copper

'if you do that again i'll nick ya!' (in a squeaky voice, with his spotty little face)