A pal of mine was on his way to work. Leaving town, just before the national speed limit sign he passed three vehicles, the front one a police van. Police van put on music and lights. My pal thought, foc this, and nailed it (CBR600RR with tiny number plate).
It’s only a few miles to his work, major employer, in the middle of nowhere. Police took a guess at where he might have headed and guessed right. I turned up to find pal arguing with one very angry looking cop and one other cop who looked slightly embarrassed.
My pal denied all, and said he never at any point exceeded 60mph (he nailed it). Told them it must have been some other biker.
Angry policeman contacted traffic division. They advised him to forget it and check over his bike to see if anything was amiss. They issued notice for small number plate.
I got pulled by local cops a couple of years back. Inner city Dual carriageway, coming up to light, they accused me of undertaking them and pulling across then at a red light. I was polite, but I asked them if they were serious, and told them I did nothing wrong, and I certainly did not perform an undertake as I was slowing down and I simply took the best position at the lights. They were a bit frustrated, checked my bike, ran checks etc, then sent me on my way.
Did get caught by Dunoon police. Bleedin timer unit in car. Pissed off as I should have clocked them. Annoyed as they timed me over ¾ mile, just as I got suspicious of the car that had just previously slowed down and was holding me up, which was now following me at high speed, well they hit the music and lights. 3 points and 100 quid fine. Prats with nothing better to do than chase their bleedin KPI’s.