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wickedteen
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has anyone heard of some being stoppped by the local bobby, for there car looking like a police car, i havent, but if i get enough interest in this topic i shall show you all a little video of my P reg cossie estate, some might go WOW, some might say wot a thingy, then i shall let you in to a secret....................
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Re: looking like a police car
« Reply #1 on: Sep 18th, 2006, 5:20pm » |
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I think I may know what you're talking about, a friend of mine installed a pair of blue strobes behind the grille on his (diamond white, cough) Capri, for offroad use, of course 
Would love to see the vid 
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Re: looking like a police car
« Reply #2 on: Sep 18th, 2006, 5:35pm » |
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did you know it is not illegal to have the "blue lense's" on your car as long as you do not switch them on on the public highway, as this would put you in prison for upto 2years as you would be inpersonating a police-man, it is legal to show a blue lense as long as you cannot see the light, ie: not blue flashing just a lense, same as a blue beacon for the roof of the car, leagal to put on the parcel shelf with the cord showing, but not legal to use.............
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Re: looking like a police car
« Reply #3 on: Sep 18th, 2006, 5:47pm » |
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i had deep blue sidelights on my clio for 2 year, never got stopped, also had blue leds facing rearward, again never got stopped, but it does depend where you live, birmingham bobbies dont care much about anything to to with cars or road use
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Re: looking like a police car
« Reply #4 on: Sep 18th, 2006, 5:53pm » |
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have alook at the pic in my profile, these are the real covert police lights
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Re: looking like a police car
« Reply #5 on: Sep 18th, 2006, 7:56pm » |
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Wickedteen. I think you ought to read This before you get 'pulled'. It is quite clear that it is an offence to FIT the type of lamp you describe ...whether it works or not.!!.
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Re: looking like a police car
« Reply #6 on: Sep 18th, 2006, 8:26pm » |
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let me put it this way.............
i am a authorised dealer in police car lights and sirens, my cossi goes to shows and is fully equipped, it is all hardwired in but is on several switches, so if you get caught with them on it is obvious that you put them on and didnt hit the switch by accident, a bit like the nuclear button,lol.
and i would never sell these things to your local yob, sorry boy racer, we mainly sell to military clubs and shows, which use them for WWII ambulances and so forth.
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Re: looking like a police car
« Reply #7 on: Sep 19th, 2006, 5:04am » |
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someone else had all that stuff on there cossie as well,they were looking into selling that type of stuff as well,imported from the states.......
remember anyone
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Re: looking like a police car
« Reply #8 on: Sep 19th, 2006, 6:41am » |
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on Sep 18th, 2006, 8:26pm, wickedteen wrote:| i would never sell these things to your local yob, sorry boy racer |
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In case they fit them illegally to their cars??
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Re: looking like a police car
« Reply #9 on: Sep 19th, 2006, 6:57am » |
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my local police know that i have these fitted and also know that i am a authorised dealerand what i do, so its not like im hiding anything, i spoke with them about it all and they were not too happy in case they get in the wrong hands, but other the past year all has been fine and i do not use them on the road, i have had plenty of strange looks when im at the petrol station checking my oil and water, sometimes its quite funny to the faces of the boy racers who have just tried to race me, lol
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Re: looking like a police car
« Reply #10 on: Sep 19th, 2006, 8:21am » |
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I was once sat in a petrol station having a cup of coffee, nattering to my mate and reading the papers etc. Just generally chilling and not doing anything special. I was sat there for nearly an hour when all of a sudden a cop car pulled into the station and a big copper dressed in full facist outfit comes in and threatens to arrest me for impersonating a police officer!!
Its all true I tell you!!
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Re: looking like a police car
« Reply #11 on: Sep 19th, 2006, 9:48am » |
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Well Baz that's because you probably were without realizing it.
We've all seen them parked on garages supping coffee for hours having a skive ....
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Re: looking like a police car
« Reply #12 on: Sep 19th, 2006, 9:53am » |
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hey baz, why did they do that then, did you have any blue lights on on your car
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Re: looking like a police car
« Reply #13 on: Sep 19th, 2006, 9:54am » |
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Baz,
I think you forgot to mention the plate with a dozen doughnuts on it
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Re: looking like a police car
« Reply #14 on: Sep 19th, 2006, 9:55am » |
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And then I've seen them killed or injured trying to save innocent, law abiding members of the public 
But lets keep to topic please
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Re: looking like a police car
« Reply #15 on: Sep 19th, 2006, 9:59am » |
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dave i like the front of your car, its a bit boy racer though, but i like it
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Re: looking like a police car
« Reply #16 on: Sep 19th, 2006, 12:07pm » |
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 Not my car - someone else's, not a member here AFAIK - looks awful IMO
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Re: looking like a police car
« Reply #17 on: Sep 19th, 2006, 12:37pm » |
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This may be of interest.
A) We have also had some enquiries concerning miniture blue lights fitted to tyre valves.
If the lamp moves - as it would if fitted on a wheel then an offence under Reg 12 Lighting Regs 1989 (moveable lamps) would appear to be fulfilled.
'No person shall use, or cause or permit to be used, on a road any vehicle to which, or to any load or equipment of which, there is fitted a lamp, reflector or marking which is capable of being moved by swivelling, deflecting or otherwise while the vehicle is in motion.
Exceptions listed include retro reflectors fitted to pedal cycle pedals, and wheels and tyres of pedal cycles, invalid carriages and solo motorcycles.
If a lamp flashes then it would fall foul of regulation 13 - Lamps to show a steady light
'No vehicle shall be fitted with a lamp which automatically emits a flashing
light.'
Exceptions include direction indicators, a headlamp fitted to an emergency vehicle; a warning beacon or special warning lamp
Are all blue lights warning beacons or special warning lamps as these are restricted to fitting and use on emergency vehicles by regulation 16?
'No vehicle, other than an emergency vehicle, shall be fitted with :-
(a) a blue warning beacon or special warning lamp, or
(b) a device which resembles a blue warning beacon or a special warning lamp, whether the same is in working order or not.'
Regulation 3
‘Special warning lamp’
A lamp, fitted to the front or rear of a vehicle, capable of emitting a blue flashing light and not any other kind of light.
‘Warning beacon’
A lamp that is capable of emitting a flashing or rotating beam of light throughout 360 degrees in the horizontal plane.
Thus if a blue light does not flash it does not fulfill the above definitions and as long as it does not resemble such a lamp then it would not fall foul of reg 16.
Can they be considered as optional position lamps? - no they do not fall even close to the definition of one.
To summarise - if they do not move, do not flash and do not resemble (other than perhaps in colour but certainly not in size) a special warning lamp or blue warning beacon and do not display to the rear I cannot see how such lamps can fall foul of this legislation.
Taken from this site
http://www.hughesguides.com/Law/qanda.html#Anchor-Blue-47857
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Re: looking like a police car
« Reply #18 on: Sep 19th, 2006, 12:43pm » |
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Except they cant be blue 
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Re: looking like a police car
« Reply #19 on: Sep 19th, 2006, 1:01pm » |
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the main issue is wether you can see the light, yes light, not the external fitting, the cover " coloured glass", apparently it is illegal to be able to see the flashing light no matter what colour it is, but to see a reflection is legal, ie; the covert behind my grill are illegal to use as you can quite clearly see the glass, "thats if you are looking at the grill, which most none law abidding scrouts do", now the covert lights in the back are completely legal as they are TIR6's LED's which are totally clear until switched on, and they are blue one side, red the other.
now these have a range of upto 3miles, so if you unlucky to have a undercover police car in front of you and it puts these on, then you are going to stop, as these will almost certaintly momentarily blind you, these are commonly known as TAKE DOWN LIGHTS, you could be right up the back side of the vehicle and not know it until its too late and god do you know it.....
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