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Motorway Cops Catching Britain's Speeders S07E04
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00:00It's been an RTC at rush hour. What a nightmare. This car's been coming around the roundabout.
00:08It's in the back of that one. Should be on the forensic investigation unit.
00:13At a crash in Newcastle, PC Jamie Leslie has spotted his chance to grab a gold medal.
00:19I think if I was to go and take part in the international curling, I think I'd be an absolute champion at it.
00:25If the mountain's sweeping up, I'll do. I'll give it a bit of a... I think I'll be a champion curler.
00:34Jobs are good.
00:36Bad drivers, beware. If the cops don't catch you, dashcam will.
00:44With 25,000 traffic convictions a year, down to your cameras, Britain's deadliest drivers have nowhere left to hide.
00:55Here we go.
00:58And on the front line...
01:00It's contact.
01:01...are our motorway cops.
01:03Are we going?
01:04Why, aye, of course we're going.
01:06We join Northumbria police.
01:08You're not getting a selfie with us, no? I've just took your car off you.
01:11...as they chase down dangerous drivers.
01:14Mother, mate, you're all bladded. You've had a drink, haven't you?
01:17I've had two.
01:18And get the worst offenders...
01:19Did they do what I've just done was a stupidity, but I nearly got away.
01:23Nearly got away, but you didn't.
01:24...off our roads.
01:26Do you know how we're good?
01:28Yeah.
01:29Anything I do say may be given in evidence, Mr. Officer.
01:33Helping them in their battle with idiots behind the wheel...
01:37...is dashcam.
01:39Have you seen the dashcam footage?
01:40It's vital evidence...
01:42You're a drift, yeah?
01:43...and proof...
01:44...that Britain's dumbest drivers...
01:47What are you, Dan?
01:48...are a law unto themselves.
01:51Police 1, criminal 0.
01:52Tonight...
02:00Do you know who you buy your cannabis off?
02:02...a drug user gets an unexpected high.
02:06Do I know who I buy my cannabis off?
02:08Aye.
02:08Why?
02:09I'd ask for a refund.
02:11Ha-ha!
02:12First you did that to do me.
02:15LAUGHTER
02:15I pulled out a motorbike.
02:19A crash sees a motorcyclist thrown from his bike...
02:22Ready, race, lift.
02:24And a new driver in shock.
02:27I feel so f***ed.
02:29I'll find out if he's all right and everything.
02:33That's another thing I've got to get my eyes done.
02:35And a short-sighted speeder looks on the bright side.
02:39We'll do an eye test for a few years.
02:41Do you reckon you'll pass with your glasses on?
02:43I hope so.
02:44I hope so.
03:14I don't think I've ever been that drunk to put one on your head.
03:16Each to their own.
03:18PC Martin Anderson is happy to keep his cones firmly on the road.
03:24The mingin as well.
03:26Once you've done this job and you see what these things get put out in,
03:29like mowed and petrol and fuel,
03:31and the last race you want one of them is on your head,
03:33but you think differently when you've had a beard, aren't you?
03:35So, each to their own.
03:44Today, Martin is one of four officers patrolling this patch of Sunderland
03:51and is a much-valued member of the team.
03:54I don't want to get too carried away with what the lads will say about us.
03:58They'll probably say,
03:58oh, yeah, Martin is really proactive,
04:00top of the league for stats.
04:03You know, best driver,
04:05best operator on the shift,
04:06best dressed when we go out outside of work.
04:11He's actually quite a handsome lad as well.
04:12and I'll be surprised if they've said anything other than that,
04:17to be fair.
04:26Go ahead, caller.
04:27Of course, pulled up the motorbike
04:29so I'm flying off his bike.
04:30Is the motorbike rider injured?
04:32He's lying on the floor.
04:34We'll get somebody right down there.
04:36Right on, are you safe?
04:38Yeah, received.
04:40I haven't got any injury details at the moment.
04:42Local and Ambulance also travelling.
04:45He'll let us know if there's any update on injuries
04:47when Local get there.
04:49I'll start heading over.
04:55I'm heading over a collision in Southwick and Sunderland.
05:03My concerns with this,
05:04with any art that you see that involves a motorbike,
05:07it's just that, you know,
05:09obviously on a motorbike, you're so vulnerable.
05:11You know, on a car,
05:12you've got a bit of protection around you
05:13and a bit of a shell.
05:14On a motorbike, you know,
05:15you just get exposed.
05:18Shockingly,
05:19more than 100 motorcyclists a week
05:22are killed or seriously injured on Britain's roads.
05:24Unsurprisingly,
05:32over half of the most serious collisions involve a car.
05:37Rural roads pose a greater threat to riders than urban ones.
05:40And with motorbikes less visible than cars,
05:45drivers fail to see them.
05:52It only takes seconds to turn a near miss
05:55into a direct hit.
06:00Thankfully, the motorcyclist who captured this terrifying crash on dashcam
06:04recovered from his injuries.
06:14Is the motorbike rider injured?
06:16He's lying on the floor.
06:19In Sunderland,
06:20Martin is racing to a collision between a motorbike and a car.
06:234-6-1 is pulling up on scene.
06:29Right there.
06:48Prepare for battle on Britain's highways.
06:50As dangerous drivers
06:53go on the offensive.
06:56Launching missiles.
07:02On not-so-military manoeuvres.
07:08If all else fails,
07:10get ready to retreat.
07:16Where's the pain, mate?
07:18Top of your neck,
07:18or down your back.
07:19How's that for you, mate?
07:21Is it up?
07:22It's all.
07:23It's all.
07:24All right, mate.
07:26In Sunderland,
07:27Martin is at a collision between a motorbike and a car.
07:31How's your neck?
07:32Just for your soap.
07:34It's just there.
07:34Exactly there?
07:35Yeah.
07:36Right.
07:36What about up here?
07:38No, it's all right.
07:39Just there.
07:40Just there.
07:41All we're going to do is get you straight.
07:42Bear with us, all right?
07:43Yeah.
07:43While medics look after the motorcyclist.
07:49Is this the driver of the car, sir?
07:50The driver, yes.
07:51He hasn't been breathalysed as of yet.
07:53Right.
07:54Martin deals with the driver.
07:55Come and have a jump in my car,
07:56and I'll do the breathalyser on that on you, mate.
07:58Yeah.
07:58Yeah.
07:58What's happened here, then?
08:17So, in your own words, what's went on?
08:19So, I was waiting at that junction opposite to go straight on.
08:23Cars this side stopped to let us out,
08:25and I just didn't see the bike coming on the inside lane.
08:27And the cars that were signaling right let us out.
08:30So, I pulled out.
08:31The bikes are sort of paid in front of my car.
08:37Another motorist has captured the crash on dash cam.
08:45It shows the motorcyclist riding along the road
08:49when suddenly the Vauxhall Corsa crosses the junction
08:52straight into his bike.
08:57Because you've been involved in a road traffic collision,
09:03I'm going to request a specimen of breath from you.
09:05Are you happy to provide one?
09:06Yeah.
09:07Right.
09:07When's the last time you had a drink?
09:09Um, yesterday I had two cans.
09:11Right.
09:12Have you had anything to drink in the last 20 minutes?
09:14No.
09:15Right.
09:15How long have you been driving, like?
09:17Um, I've passed 24th of April.
09:20Oh, right.
09:20So, just a month?
09:21Yeah.
09:22You'll know I've done one of these before
09:23if you've not been driving for long.
09:24Never seen one before.
09:26Right.
09:26I'll keep hold of it.
09:27All you need to do is take a big, deep breath
09:29and blow into theirs as if you've blown a balloon up.
09:31Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going.
09:39That's a zero, as you probably would have thought.
09:46You're all going to go ready, brace, lift, OK?
09:47Yeah.
09:48Ready, brace, lift.
09:50Right.
09:50Watch your back.
09:52Here you go, guys.
09:55Oh, Phil, so ****.
09:59I want to breathe.
10:00I'm not going to breathe.
10:02No, I'm not going to breathe.
10:03I'll have to go.
10:04Will I find out if he's all right and everything?
10:06I hope so, yeah.
10:07But it'll take a while because
10:09he'll probably have to go for scans and things like that
10:12just so they can make sure there isn't any, you know,
10:14sort of breaks or internal injuries and things like that.
10:18Right, mate, you can go.
10:19I'm not going to breathe.
10:20I'm not going to breathe.
10:21I'm not going to breathe.
10:21I'm not going to breathe.
10:22I'm not going to breathe.
10:22I'm not going to breathe.
10:23I'm not going to breathe.
10:23I'm not going to breathe.
10:24I'm not going to breathe.
10:24I'm not going to breathe.
10:25I'm not going to breathe.
10:25I'm not going to breathe.
10:26I'm not going to breathe.
10:26I'm not going to breathe.
10:27I'm not going to breathe.
10:27I'm not going to breathe.
10:28I'm not going to breathe.
10:28I'm not going to breathe.
10:29I'm not going to breathe.
10:29I'm not going to breathe.
10:30I'm not going to breathe.
10:31I'm not going to breathe.
10:32I'm not going to breathe.
10:33I'm not going to breathe.
10:34It seems like you're nice enough lad, in fairness.
11:04He's quite shaken up by it, as you'd expect.
11:08He's only been driving for a month.
11:10He only passed his test about four weeks ago.
11:14A shock for anyone, but when you've only been on the road for a couple of weeks,
11:18it's going to have given me a bigger fright, I would imagine.
11:21But yeah, certainly could have been a lot worse.
11:34Evenings.
11:37Evening.
11:38Feeling ready and raring to go, full of energy.
11:41I'm a little bit in the wars.
11:42Went to the gym and I've twinged my back a little bit.
11:45Oh, the excuses are coming out already.
11:47So you're going to have to do all the grafts tonight.
11:50PC's Jamie Leslie and Moya Cullen are already straining under the weight of a busy night shift.
11:55So I'm going to have to do all the grafts again tonight.
11:58What if I pull my back?
12:00Get my pen out?
12:01You know, get a paper cut or something.
12:03We're going to be unable to do any form of proper graft.
12:06I'm sure we'll manage.
12:09After you.
12:11But I get heavier every time.
12:36I haven't really felt tired.
12:41I've been tired until now, which is pretty good going.
12:44Since I started talking.
12:45Yeah.
12:46It's like, oh.
12:47Oh, here he goes again.
12:50For new team member Moya, Jamie needs to warm up his conversation, as well as the car.
12:58Is that too cold for you?
12:59A little bit.
13:00A little bit.
13:0319.5?
13:05Like, we'll go 19.
13:07Just a hard, hard number.
13:08I feel colder now, and it's July than in May.
13:12It's ridiculous, isn't it?
13:13Like, this is the British summer.
13:15Miserable.
13:17That's the other depressing thing.
13:18Went away for a week.
13:19It was, like, consistently at least 30 degrees.
13:23And then I've come back, and I haven't even got any sort of colour.
13:25My excuse is that it's been so miserable here.
13:28I've had absolutely no way of getting out and getting any sort of, like...
13:32Yeah.
13:32So you can always get a bit of a build-up before you go.
13:35Like a pre-tan.
13:36Pre-tan.
13:37This is it.
13:37Keep your eyes open for something, so when you see you want to stop, it gives a shout.
14:00What more?
14:01That car's going a bit fast up there, isn't it?
14:06Speedy.
14:06Just got a car which has been travelling quite fast up Stamfordham Road.
14:14He's, er...
14:15Just this guy in front of us, so...
14:17See if we can, er...
14:18Get him stopped, and see.
14:20He's still putting his foot down a bit, like...
14:22He's not got great lane discipline, this lad, has he?
14:25He's...
14:25Not indicating...
14:27He's not taking that roundabout too well, either, has he?
14:30Turned the engine off, buddy, lad.
14:51Send the engine off Bonnie lad. Send the back mate car.
15:02Do you value your licence?
15:04Yeah, do you want to say it?
15:05No, I said, do you value your licence?
15:07Yeah.
15:08Is what I said to you.
15:10You had a drink?
15:11No.
15:18Just seeing this car absolutely flying up Stamfadham Road.
15:21Looks like a child who's driving it.
15:23But he reassures us he's got a licence.
15:26A car full of them.
15:28I don't think he's particularly that bothered about the way he's driving.
15:35Right.
15:36Know why I've stopped you?
15:38No.
15:39You don't?
15:40Probably speeding.
15:41Probably, probably is.
15:43So how long you had your driver's licence for?
15:47Three months, probably.
15:49Three months.
15:50Yeah.
15:51You had any alcohol today?
15:52No.
15:53Not at all?
15:54No.
15:55Well, like a pint.
15:57One pint.
15:59How long ago?
16:00Roughly an hour.
16:04Smelled on your breath.
16:08Take a deep breath.
16:09Blow.
16:10Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going.
16:13Stop.
16:21That's a fail mate.
16:23You're going to ruin 50 light.
16:25So, you're going to be arrested.
16:26Drink drive.
16:27You understand?
16:28What?
16:33I'm resting you on suspicion of drink driving, okay?
16:35You don't have to...
16:36Listen.
16:37Someone's supposed to be...
16:38Listen.
16:39Listen to me.
16:40Listen to me.
16:41I know, but I wouldn't do this.
16:42I've been at a party, someone's supposed to be putting my drink.
16:44I don't believe you for one second.
16:46Alright?
16:47Yeah, but I wouldn't do stuff like...
16:48I play football.
16:49Right, well you have.
16:50Haven't you?
16:51Yeah, but I play football.
16:52So why did you drive like that?
16:55Was someone making you drive like that?
16:57So I must have made you drive like that as well?
16:59Like the same as what they've put you in your drink?
17:01I'm just in the car with my friend's house.
17:02And do you want to kill them all day?
17:03No.
17:04Obviously not.
17:05Do you read the Chronicle website?
17:09He got it on Instagram that.
17:10Do you know when you see it every day that there's like...
17:12This person's been killed in a road traffic collision.
17:14This person's been killed in a road traffic collision.
17:16This person's been seriously injured in a road traffic collision.
17:19Do you know who deals with all them?
17:20And has to go and tell the family of the people that killed me.
17:27He's a young lad.
17:28He's only had his license he's seen for three months.
17:30The driving was despicable.
17:31Even at this roundabout when he had been aware that I was behind him.
17:34We might get him into custody and he might blow under the legal limit.
17:37At the end of the day, yeah, I'll be happy with that as well
17:39because we could have stopped his four mates getting killed by...
17:42and maybe he's himself.
17:49The best thing you can do in this situation, all right,
17:51that when we go to the station, you've got to do that breath test.
17:54What my advice would be to you is don't fail to provide
17:57because then you'll lose license straight away.
17:59If you provide a dispenserman, it might come under.
18:02All right.
18:04All right.
18:05All right.
18:06All right.
18:07All right.
18:09And I was waiting for you.
18:10heticsic.com
18:11And we're waiting for you.
18:12We're waiting for you.
18:13All right.
18:14And we're waiting for you.
18:16All right.
18:17Who's listening to this?
18:18Where am I going now? She don't know who's asking.
18:24Going to Fourth Banks custody in the town, in our central station.
18:27Is this the first time you've been arrested?
18:30Yeah.
18:40Just keep holding you in case you fall over, alright?
18:48Just have a seat on there, mate. As soon as the custody sergeant comes down, we'll get the cuffs taken off you, alright?
19:11He actually looked about 12, didn't he? He did. I was shocked he had a licence.
19:15He's only had his licence three months.
19:18You try to kind of put that realisation to him that you're not invincible.
19:23You know, he's a canny lad and he seems to be taking it on board.
19:26When we got into custody and he's baffing on and failed to provide, he's totally messed it up, you know?
19:34Unfortunately, he's going to pay the price now.
19:37It's not a good start.
19:38Not at all.
19:39To having your licence, is it?
19:40Yeah.
19:41The office looks nice and tidy for a change.
19:55I was wondering if you noticed anything this morning when you came in there.
19:58I did, I did. I thought I'd actually been in early because it was up to my standard.
20:02At Eatle Lane Nick in Newcastle, grime fighters PC Mark Crammond and Sergeant Glenn Robson are ensuring standards don't slip.
20:11I had my marigolds on, I was tidying up. Tidied the cuffs up, done the dishes, wiped the desks down.
20:18Who's his dirtiest desk?
20:20Definitely the inspector's desk is the dirtiest.
20:23Yeah, lead by example.
20:25Right, let's go.
20:34I'm raring to go. I'm with the Sergeant, Glenn. Hopefully I'll bring him a little bit of luck in there.
20:39I'll have to do a lot of work there and press him.
20:43I'll have to be good.
20:46Are you ready for the drive out?
20:47Let's go.
20:48Typical British north-east weather, isn't it?
21:05It's about to put my sunglasses on, we'll tighten it down.
21:11I hope it's on the sign for the day.
21:13We'll have a little rain cloud following me around, doom and gloom.
21:17I'll have a look at what that car up there. It's indicating it's flashing a bit too quick, so it's obviously got one not working.
21:44Looks like a bit of a shed, doesn't it, Glenn?
21:46It does, he's getting a bit sharp as well.
21:48Can I get a vehicle check, please?
21:50Can I get a vehicle check, please?
21:53Moxel Mastra coming back as insurance not held.
21:56Hello, Polly Harriet.
21:57Are you got any insurance on this car?
21:58It's just showing up and not having any insurance, that's all on ours. Are you able to show us it?
22:02Yeah, I'll have to get it.
22:04What you want in, mate? Do you have a driving licence?
22:06No.
22:07Eh?
22:08No.
22:09Come and sit in our car, I can't hear you when you're mumbling away. You're mumbling away sat there and I can't hear what you're saying.
22:14I can't hear what you're saying.
22:16insurance, that's all I know is. Are you able to show us it?
22:20Yeah, I'll have to get it.
22:25What's your name, mate? Do you have a driving licence?
22:28No. Eh? No.
22:32You come and sit now, I can't hear you when you're mumbling away.
22:35You're mumbling away, sat there, and I can't hear a word you're saying.
22:46Who's is a car? You don't know whose car it is? Well, is it stolen?
23:04What's the unknown?
23:17Bad drivers are in need of some good parenting.
23:23To learn to take turns.
23:26And not fill themselves with junk.
23:31All this pushing and shoving.
23:36And throwing toys out of the pram.
23:39We'll see naughty motorists getting grounded.
23:52Whose is a car?
23:55You don't know whose car it is?
23:57Well, is it stolen?
24:00I won't see it now.
24:02In Newcastle, Glen and Mark are searching for answers
24:05with the driver of an uninsured car.
24:08You're not saying no.
24:10Is it your mom's car or something?
24:11Because it's down to someone.
24:13I won't say no.
24:15You're not saying no.
24:17Because of how you're presenting,
24:19you're standing at a driving performance
24:21and requested some saliva from you.
24:23Do you consent to provide some saliva
24:24which tests for cannabis and cocaine at the roadside?
24:27Yeah. Yes.
24:33Pop your tongue out for us.
24:34You used any drugs recently?
24:37I've smoked cannabis, but I haven't.
24:39Yeah, I'm not under the influence now.
24:41It's not what I have to do, is it?
24:43No, I'm not under the influence now.
24:49I look like I'm under the...
24:50Do I look stoned?
24:51Is that what he's just been saying?
24:53Your eyes are a little bit glazed, aye?
24:55Because I've just woke up.
24:57That could be a reason why.
24:58So it's just...
24:59I mean, you speed up there in the...
25:0120 up here, you've been touching 40.
25:03It's an hour's car, you know what I mean?
25:05I wasn't trying, I wasn't speeding,
25:07I was just accelerating a bit more
25:08so I could get up the hill, you know what I mean?
25:09You were speeding.
25:10But you were getting quicker than 20.
25:11Do you know who you buy your cannabis off?
25:15What?
25:16Do you know who you buy your cannabis off?
25:18Do I know who I buy my cannabis off?
25:21Ah, yeah.
25:22Why?
25:24So I would ask for a refund.
25:26Ha-ha!
25:27Pushy, that'll do me.
25:29Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.
25:31Clear as a whistle.
25:33I'm going to be reporting for the offence of driving with no licence and no insurance.
25:41That's at the end of the year, short stay with us, okay?
25:44Of course, Steve.
25:45But, ah, you might want to tell your mum then if your mum's driving us there,
25:49because it's not showing us having any insurance.
25:52The only thing is now is that the car gets seized.
25:55Anything you want in it, get it out, so you don't have to go.
25:57No?
25:58Aye.
25:59Oh, he's just a strange kid.
26:03He's probably going to be disqualified.
26:05Disqualified from holding licence before he's even passed the test.
26:09A silly sausage.
26:10A silly sausage, aye.
26:12A silly sausage, aye.
26:13Ignorance, isn't it?
26:14He's above the law, isn't he?
26:15No comment.
26:16Yes.
26:17Thank you, let's go.
26:18Oh, he's just a strange kid.
26:19He's probably going to be disqualified.
26:21Disqualified from holding licence before he's even passed the test.
26:25A silly sausage.
26:26A silly sausage, aye.
26:27Ignorance, isn't it?
26:28He's above the law, isn't he?
26:29Ignorance, isn't it? He's above the law, isn't he?
26:34No comment.
26:53I'm not going to complain about the sun because we'll hardly see it.
26:56But I prefer when it's a little bit on the cooler side.
27:00I don't mind today because there's a bit of a breeze,
27:01but when it's red hot, it gets unbearable.
27:05For Glenn and Mark, the forecast has improved,
27:08prompting a heated debate.
27:11I feel the heat quite easily myself,
27:13so I'd spend most of my time, even in the winter, in a pair of shorts.
27:18Slider shorts T-shirt in the summer.
27:21In the winter, put a hoodie on.
27:22I'd agree with that, but I wouldn't agree with the slider side of it.
27:28Not good for your feet, man.
27:29They're all just comfortable, though, aren't they?
27:31Very particular about them, though.
27:33They can't be, like, proper flip-flops with some in between your toes.
27:37Put a slider.
27:39Slater pair of slippers.
27:40Try this one, mate.
27:53Oh, yeah, so...
27:54Don't be bullied up the back end of this car, yeah.
28:00He's in two minds with it,
28:01to go into that lane and go round the outside of every one.
28:03He had a little look to see if he was going to do it.
28:06Well, this thing is, it's a straight-wind of our speed limit now.
28:08Bullying cars out of the way again.
28:24We're up to...
28:25We're over 90 now.
28:27Surely we're going to be held down, isn't it, by the car front?
28:31Right up the back end of them again.
28:33Speeding drivers, who act like they own the road, put lives at risk.
28:44In Harrogate, a speeder in an Audi couldn't care less as he floors it on a wet motorway.
28:50With North Yorkshire police on his tail, he flies through red lights.
28:54And in his bid to stay ahead, only just avoids a collision with an HGV.
28:59The pursuit hits the busy A1, as the driver races down the hard shoulder.
29:05Still hard shoulder, risk is high.
29:07He takes a detour down a country lane, where his driving becomes even more reckless.
29:13He's gone wrong side of the road, wrong side.
29:17Topping speeds at 139 miles per hour.
29:21Unaware, another cop car lies in wait, ready to deflate his tyres.
29:27Vehicle stung, vehicle stung.
29:29Ending the chase.
29:30The driver pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified, dangerous driving and failing to stop, and was jailed for 10 months.
29:45Volume car's out of the way again.
29:49We're going to be held down, isn't it, by the car front?
29:52Then again.
29:53Perhaps right up the back end of him again.
29:56North of Newcastle, Glenn and Mark are in an unmarked car.
30:00On the tail of an impatient driver with his foot down.
30:06We're up to over 90 now.
30:13Pushing on.
30:14The car in front's pushing on as well, but they're only stopped one.
30:30Hello, sir.
30:36How are you doing?
30:38Did you not see the guy that cut his off?
30:42Where?
30:44What was it round about?
30:45No, I've been following you for a little while, to be fair.
30:48You want to just knock the engine off and come and join me, please?
30:50I'll tell you, he cut me off.
30:59Who cut you off?
31:00It was a...
31:01In fact, it was a Volvo.
31:04But then he went into the second lane.
31:06Nobody cut you off?
31:08Yeah?
31:08Nobody cut you off?
31:10We've been behind you since the Spine Road.
31:12We nearly lost you because you were driving that quick.
31:14How fast do you think you were going?
31:17Honestly, I don't know.
31:19If it was over 70, I should imagine.
31:21Well over 70.
31:23Keep going.
31:23Go on, I'd like you to have a guess.
31:25Honest?
31:26I don't think I was touching the hood, really.
31:28And aside from that, when you started tailgating the BMW in front of you,
31:32do you notice what he done?
31:34I honestly didn't notice.
31:35I was watching you just when they put the lights on.
31:37It was just before we put the lights on,
31:39because you were driving that fast
31:40and you were that far up the BMW's bottom.
31:43He put his foot down.
31:45I don't disagree.
31:46If that's what it is, that's what it is.
31:49Is it your car, is it, Bart?
31:50Yes, yes.
31:52I'm not trying to be funny,
31:53but that's coming up six-year-old in September
31:57and I've only done 13,000 miles.
32:00Exactly a month of the year, I'm 72.
32:03I'm not on the roads.
32:06You shouldn't be driving like that.
32:08If you said I was doing it, I can only apologise.
32:10Just listen to what we're going to say,
32:14because that's one of my pet hates.
32:16You're not sorry about what you've done,
32:17you're only sorry about what you've been caught doing.
32:19Yes, I will, yeah, yeah.
32:21Otherwise you wouldn't do it in the first place.
32:25Essentially, I'm speaking to you about the offences
32:28I've just witnessed on the road there.
32:29Careless driving, tailgating people.
32:32You could say that the speeds that you were getting up to
32:34and the way you were driving
32:35could actually constitute dangerous driving.
32:37I honestly believe it.
32:39I can see you're apologetic
32:41and everyone's behaviour always changes
32:43once I get put into the back of a police car.
32:45So I'm going to report you
32:46for the offence of careless driving.
32:48What I propose to do, OK,
32:50is to put you on a driver education programme.
32:54Anyway, is this for me,
32:55can you see it OK from there?
32:56Oh, not really.
32:58That's another thing I've got to get my eyes done.
33:01What?
33:02You want to see?
33:04You need to get your eyes done?
33:05Oh, no, I can see that.
33:07Right.
33:08OK.
33:14We'll do an eye test with you as well, OK,
33:16to make sure you're fit to hold your driving licence.
33:19So it's 20 metres, OK, away from your car,
33:22and I'm good at it.
33:23Do you reckon you'll pass with your glasses on?
33:26I hope so.
33:27So do I, otherwise you're in trouble.
33:29Is that the wife in the car, isn't it?
33:31I'm going to get absolutely murdered.
33:34She's going to go and crack us.
33:35So he measures out the 20 metres,
33:41then I'll ask you to read the wrench in his hand.
33:45It's AG19GZL.
33:49Right, perfect.
33:50You've passed.
33:58Please take this a lesson and drive safely, OK?
34:00Well, I'm not surprised.
34:03You deserve it.
34:04Just his manner of driving is my concern.
34:25His attitude to the road.
34:26He's been driving since the 60s.
34:29It's been years since he's done any sort of training.
34:32I think one of the good things to have as police officers
34:34in dealing with traffic offences
34:36is to have discretion.
34:37He's probably going to get more benefit
34:39out of going on an educational course
34:41than getting points, fines, or disqualification at court.
34:44It's all about making the road safer,
34:46and I think the best option with this one
34:48is to send him on that course.
34:50Once it's been sort of spelled out in black and white,
34:53it's quite shocked that he's behaving in that way.
34:56It's a different type of character, isn't it?
35:02What can I get for you?
35:14A white coffee.
35:15Yeah, if you go.
35:17That's all, thank you.
35:18With just a coffee for company,
35:21Martin's staying alert on the night shift.
35:22It's quarter past one in the morning.
35:28Darkness is upon us.
35:29Combing the streets of Sunderland.
35:32But I think we are the only car on the road.
35:36Driving round in the middle of the night
35:37when there's not much going on,
35:38it's a little bit lonely.
35:42It's a little bit surreal as well.
35:44It's sort of how you imagine these, like,
35:47end-of-the-world movies.
35:49There's no sign of the apocalypse,
35:53but Martin's not taking any chances.
35:57It's all about being prepared.
35:59We're like a coiled spring,
36:01ready to burst into action
36:03if something appears in front of us.
36:06But up until now,
36:07and for the last sort of 30, 45 minutes to an hour,
36:11we haven't seen much, to be honest.
36:15It's very, very quiet.
36:16Oh, there's a car.
36:23That's the first one we've seen for a while.
36:30Why, isn't he?
36:37He's hooping it, isn't he?
36:39Driving in the UK
36:54is like a holiday from hell.
36:59Cue jumping at the check-in.
37:04Running late for your flight.
37:06The race to bag the last sun lounger.
37:17And then, it ends up being a washout.
37:29Oh, there's a car.
37:31That's the first one we've seen for a while.
37:32It's 2am in Sunderland,
37:36and Martin is on the night shift.
37:38Flying, isn't he?
37:47What is he doing?
37:51He's going to try and catch up with this white van,
37:53because he's still making good progress away from us.
37:57It just sort of raises the question as to why.
38:01Has he got his foot down?
38:02Is it just a little bit of absent-mindness?
38:06Is he putting his foot down because there's nothing on the road?
38:09Or is there something a little bit more sinister behind it?
38:12Has he seen the police car,
38:13and he's reacting to our presence
38:15because he's got something to hide?
38:19Speeding drivers often play fast and loose with the law.
38:22On the outskirts of Cheltenham,
38:31Gloucestershire police see a Toyota Corolla
38:33flying down the road.
38:36When cops hit the blues,
38:39the driver hits the gas to try and escape.
38:43But with the law hot on his tail,
38:45he oversteers a corner
38:46before bombing down residential roads
38:48at well over 70 miles an hour.
38:51Hitting the dual carriageway,
38:55the driver revs up yet again and jumps a red light.
39:00As he comes to a major roundabout,
39:02he tears around it in the wrong direction
39:05before exiting on the entry straight into oncoming traffic.
39:13Still trying to lose the cops,
39:15the driver dodges another car
39:17before hitting the curb
39:18and finally coming to a stop.
39:21The driver pleaded guilty to dangerous driving,
39:28drug driving,
39:29and driving without insurance.
39:33He was sentenced to 10 months in prison
39:35and banned from driving for two years.
39:49Fine, isn't it?
39:51In Sunderland,
39:53Martin is trying to catch up with a speeding van.
39:56There he is.
39:57We'll get a little bit closer,
39:59we'll get him stopped
40:00and see what the tail is behind it.
40:14In a rush?
40:16Come and have a seat in the car, mate.
40:18Have you had anything to drink?
40:19No, no, I'll just pick these up.
40:21I've got them on my phone.
40:22Who's the van?
40:23Mine.
40:24Is the van registered and show it to you?
40:25Yeah.
40:36So I think you know why I've stopped you?
40:37Yeah, speeding, sorry, mate.
40:39Yeah, you're absolutely hoofing us.
40:40I shouldn't have been speeding, sorry.
40:42I just wanted to get home.
40:52F***ing, F***ing, caught in, mate.
40:56When's the last time you had a drink?
41:00A while ago, mate.
41:01How long's a while ago?
41:02A couple of hours.
41:06Right, mate,
41:07I'm going to be straight with you.
41:08I can smell drink.
41:08From your manner of driving as well,
41:14I'm going to request a specimen of breath from you.
41:17If you just lean forward,
41:18I'll keep hold of it.
41:20Big deep breath and just blow into theirs
41:21if you're blowing a balloon up.
41:22Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going.
41:24That's it.
41:30Right.
41:31You have filled the breathalyzer.
41:35That means that at this moment in time,
41:37I'm arresting you on suspicion of drink driving.
41:39The reason I'm arresting you is because we've got to go down the station
41:41and do the evidential breath test, all right?
41:45Have you got anything on you that you shouldn't have?
41:47No, me phone's not on.
41:48I'll get it, mate.
41:50Do you just want us to tell them to make their own way?
41:52Yeah.
41:53Just a second.
41:53Oh, man, why do I do it here?
42:02All right, fellas, he's going to come in with me.
42:05He just wants his phone.
42:06I just want to need to lock the van up, lads, so...
42:08Aye.
42:12How's it for no reason, like?
42:13No, you're right.
42:17It's nothing to do with yous.
42:26Right.
42:31What do I do, then?
42:33You're very, very close to the limit, but you are over,
42:36so we've got to go in because it's come up as a fail.
42:39There's a chance of getting out before the morning.
42:41So what have you blow in custody?
42:44Obviously, yeah.
42:45If it ends up coming back under,
42:46you'll be kicked straight back out.
42:48Right.
42:48This is what happens when you do fevers with people, isn't it?
42:51Aye, I know.
42:52I take it you drive for work as well.
42:54I need me.
42:55What do you do?
42:56I'm a brickland.
43:07So what, that door over there?
43:11That's one very lucky driver.
43:31He's blown 37 at the roadside, which has led to him being arrested.
43:37Once we've got him into custody and put onto the evidential machine,
43:42he's provided an evidential reading in custody of 34.
43:47So, bearing in mind, the legal limit's 35.
43:51He's managed to keep his driving license by the skin of his teeth.
43:55He'll probably not get that lucky again.
43:57Definitely not.
43:59Maybe he needs to go and put the lottery on as well.
44:01If you have any dashcam clips you think could feature
44:11in the next series of motorway cops,
44:13catching Britain's speeders,
44:14send them, along with your contact details, too.
44:17Contact us at purpleproductions.co.uk.
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