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Motorway Cops Catching Britain's Speeders S08E07 (18th August 2025)
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00:00What's happened?
00:04Test drive, just run out of fuel.
00:06We managed to get around the corner to here,
00:09and it's run out of fuel.
00:11On the A63 at Hessel,
00:14PC Emily Green is watching a potential car sale
00:17splutter to a stop.
00:20Did you like it?
00:22I know you haven't driven it far.
00:24For three minutes you've driven it.
00:26Yeah.
00:27I think the omen is that you shouldn't get the car.
00:30If you're going to try to get someone to buy a car,
00:34I'd maybe put some fuel in it.
00:36I think there's definitely some bargaining to be done there.
00:46Crash.
00:48Bang.
00:49Wallop.
00:50When it comes to bad driving,
00:52Dashcam never lies.
00:55With Britain's worst offenders
00:58racking up a whopping three million points.
01:04It's a bell to start.
01:06Decamping.
01:07Locking up the most dangerous people on our roads
01:09are the motorway cops.
01:12You've got better stuff to do, bro.
01:13You chase us, yeah?
01:14You don't think you want to be catching some real criminals, do you mate?
01:16You are a real criminal, mate.
01:18That's it.
01:19We join Humberside Police.
01:21Please don't let us return it!
01:22As they fight to keep the roads safe.
01:24Flash, Flash.
01:25Shhh.
01:26You've been through red like your divvy.
01:27I'm sorry.
01:28And slam the brakes on deadly drivers.
01:31Open the door now!
01:32As soon as I went past her, I was like,
01:34he's coming for me, yes.
01:35Doing my own granny for speeding.
01:37You're looking at so many points atop of the Premier League.
01:41I've been very busy.
01:42Helping them in their battle with idiots behind the wheel
01:46is Dashcam.
01:47See if she's got Dashcam in her car.
01:49It's vital evidence.
01:50And proof that Britain's dumbest drivers are a law unto themselves.
01:59Could we'll stop that?
02:00Winner Winner Chicken Dinner.
02:08Tonight.
02:09Two males armed with a sledgehammer.
02:12A violent robbery turns into a manhunt.
02:15A coy driver.
02:25Oppositions the cops.
02:27Do you want to make this up for us?
02:29The adult shop.
02:30No.
02:35What colour were the lights on when you went through them?
02:37Amber.
02:38And an amber gambler loses his bet.
02:41I'm going to ask you to provide me a specimen of saliva.
02:44for a drugs test.
02:52Hull is home to some cutting edge science we all know and love.
02:57Innovating LCD screens, frozen Yorkshire puddings,
03:01and even the humble boiled sweet.
03:04But at Melton Nick.
03:05You can never have too many pens.
03:10PC Moff McEwan is struggling to get to grips with the most basic of tech.
03:17You can't own a pen.
03:18A bit like a cat.
03:19You can't own a cat.
03:20Because they wander freely and wild.
03:23Like pens.
03:24Because you loan them out and then you loan them back.
03:27It's a circle of life isn't it?
03:28You start with a pen, you end up with two pens.
03:32Next day you end up with no pens.
03:34Just the way it goes.
03:35I've had a couple of weeks away so, yeah, back on it.
03:46See if I can last a full night shift.
03:48It has to be stereotypical.
03:50I've got some cans of iron brew.
03:52Full fat.
03:53It has to be on nights.
03:57You didn't see what I had before I came.
03:59Just to fit even more stereotypes.
04:02Look at that bad boy.
04:04I had a sausage, bacon, haggis, fried egg.
04:08I just need a police issue kilt now.
04:20To me dying day I'll be Scottish.
04:26I just happen to live in England.
04:29I've lived in Hull longer than I've lived in Scotland.
04:33Strangely enough.
04:34So it is my adopted home.
04:42Probably got some Hull twang.
04:45Don't ask the Hull people would agree like.
04:48We got filtered.
04:50Stop.
04:51Filter.
04:52Stop.
04:53We've had reports of a bakery in progress.
05:08Two males on a moped.
05:12And with a sledgehammer.
05:15We've got a report of two males.
05:18Potentially with a weapon.
05:19We're currently breaking into Tesco's Express.
05:22We need to get there quickly.
05:24Last thing we need is anyone approaching them or them approaching anyone else.
05:28When serious criminals know the police are on to them anything can happen.
05:35When serious criminals know the police are on to them anything can happen.
05:48In Hull, Humberside cops are responding to a robbery at a local cinema.
06:03When officers appear, the wannabe ram raiders make off, one on foot, one in a car.
06:16But there's honour amongst these thieves as the driver returns to pick up his accomplice.
06:22In the chaos, the man desperately tries to cling on to the moving car, but falls flat on his face.
06:29He's going to ram the officer over here.
06:33With the driver still refusing to stop, cops ram the vehicle.
06:43Shunting the thief round the car park.
06:46But this slippery stuntman refuses to come quietly.
06:52With one final push, cops bring this crime caper to a close.
07:00The driver was jailed for five and a half years for burglary, assault and dangerous driving.
07:07The thief on foot was locked up for two years for burglary.
07:22We've got a report of two males on a mull bed with a sledgehammer.
07:28In East Hull, Moff is racing to catch two armed men trying to break into a supermarket.
07:40You've got all the traffic units making to it now.
07:44The more we get into the area, the chance we've got...
07:53Have to be within the ground!
07:54Move out!
07:57Exit, check, I'm almost off.
07:59Unseen.
08:01We've got 2 of any.
08:03Peki, where?
08:05Some male on件 carers.
08:08Potentially coming towards us.
08:13There he is there.
08:22Stop moving about fella, don't resist otherwise you're going back on the floor, so stand still.
08:32Right, let's get in the van.
08:40Stepping.
08:49We've still got one outstanding.
08:51Yes.
09:05In a world ruled by bad driving, who will save the day?
09:11Look at that, that's appalling.
09:14Coming soon, to a cinema near you, Dashcam the Movie.
09:20You'll laugh.
09:28You'll cry.
09:29What, that was a f***ing f***ing man.
09:32It'll have you on the edge of your seat.
09:37Idiot.
09:38But don't hold out for a happy ending.
09:41Update 25.
09:42Survey rights.
09:46You absolute f***head.
09:48بدly in progress.
09:50They're going in progress.
09:54Two mills armed with a sledgehammer.
09:59There he is there.
10:04Right, it's getting a van.
10:06Hull.
10:07And Moff has got his hands on one of two suspected burglars
10:10that have tried to break into a supermarket with a sledgehammer.
10:14OK, man.
10:15F*** up.
10:17Two mills ran.
10:19We've got hold of one.
10:20Hopefully we'll get the other one.
10:26There you go.
10:30Which direction, Derek?
10:32Sergeant Tom Elvidge joins the hunt for the runaway robber.
10:383-0, do they know what direction?
10:40What's the last location?
10:45Lusting down Ellsmear.
10:48Disappeared.
10:53The only description we've got is he was wearing a white helmet.
10:59We're in the area.
11:01Put yourself in the area.
11:02Here you go.
11:02You've got a chance, haven't you?
11:04Come in.
11:04I think we were up to pursue him, but we will.
11:12He's going to get out on foot.
11:13I didn't see him cross the road.
11:20He was down this side.
11:21Yeah, definitely down this side.
11:25There's no way he got past us.
11:27He must be in one of these gardens somewhere.
11:30Look at that.
11:32Yeah, where is he?
11:33Could be hiding in any of these gardens, really.
11:36It'll be a lot easier with a dog.
11:37Dog's got on a track.
11:57Straight into a garden.
11:58Sounds like the dog's found something.
12:17Have we gone?
12:20The kid's hiding in that garden.
12:21I don't think he's just been bit.
12:22Second milder tanned.
12:25Just need to get him out.
12:28Gate's open now.
12:31This is for a proper investigation.
12:35Open those up, please.
12:38Right, yeah.
12:40Went to the wheelie bins and just went...
12:43I don't think someone's in the wheelie bins.
12:46You've been by police, dog.
12:47These guys get their advice.
12:49They're carefully into it.
12:51You have to do that.
12:52I'm going to do it anyway.
13:07We've got damage to the window that you can see here.
13:10And they've been trying to break in.
13:13Got a sledgehammer.
13:15And as you can see, she's smashed the window.
13:18How do they even think they were getting in there?
13:21It's just mad.
13:23They've woke up half the street, so...
13:25Yeah, absolute cracking job.
13:27You have to do it.
13:31Have a great sticking with it.
13:33And it's done.
13:33So...
13:34And it's coming with me.
13:37So...
13:38And
13:52I can't say I've ever turned up to a supermarket
14:10getting sledgehammered by people on a moped.
14:14Least of all, a supermarket that has clearly got
14:17steel grills behind the glass.
14:20I just, I don't know.
14:22They've met the police dog.
14:27Didn't really get a turf for one and the dog got a meal deal.
14:29Something like that.
14:30There's nothing better than driving in the sun and having a traffic car that just shines
14:44and pings.
14:45For PC Billy Stead, first impressions matter.
14:53I'm a firm believer that having a clean car people take you a little bit serious because
15:00it just looks professional, it looks proper.
15:01I harp on about it quite often.
15:09If you go to a broken down vehicle, if you've got a dirty rear, vehicles ain't gonna see you.
15:23And no one likes a dirty rear.
15:30I love driving in traffic, you're driving nice cars, not a lot of jobs can give you that
15:46car and say just go and drive that about for 12 hours of your shift.
15:52So today Southbank geographically is quite big.
15:57Just to give you an example, from Grimsby to Scunthor, that can be a 40 minute journey.
16:06If you don't like driving, you're definitely in the wrong job for me.
16:10Yeah.
16:19I can't believe to be on clone plates, it's just hit one of our cameras.
16:25Tango November 1-1 exit.
16:28Yes, yes.
16:29I'll start heading.
16:31It's possibly a clone vehicle.
16:36It should be a white Citroen.
16:39However, the vehicle that it's displayed on is quite clearly a dark coloured Mini Cooper.
16:47The main reason people clone vehicles is because they don't have a licence, they don't have insurance,
16:52or they're covering up the fact that it's stolen.
16:55It seems to come down from York quite a bit, and then into the Grimsby area.
17:07There's a high likelihood that should we get behind it, it'll fail to stop.
17:12I'm at Barnaby Top now.
17:24There's a Mini just going under the bridge.
17:26Standby.
17:31From Tango November 1-1 got a possible sight in a subject vehicle.
17:34I'm just going to play a little bit of catch up to it.
17:48Confirmed sighting of subject vehicle.
17:53Can we just get the early heads up to Grimsby local patrols to get a Stinger set up, please?
17:59We will be available for stay-of-sight in Grimsby.
18:04Oh, perfect.
18:14Wade, are you nearby?
18:17I won't.
18:18Yeah, I'll do that with it.
18:19Wade, if you can get with me when we get on the A18, should it go that way?
18:29We'll go for a two-car box.
18:31Yeah, that's okay.
18:40From Tango November 1-1, I am directly behind subject vehicle.
18:43XH, we've entered the 55.0 miles an hour zone.
18:57Vehicle is slowing with a near-side indication.
19:00And it is a stop-stop.
19:13Aye mate, can you just switch your engine off for us, please?
19:17Have you got your licence on you, please, buddy?
19:20And do you mind us just taking the keys out, just for a second?
19:22I'll just pop them on your roof.
19:24Thank you much, Lee.
19:26The reason that we've stopped you today is,
19:28this vehicle comes back as a white Citroen
19:31on these registration plates.
19:34I've got a bed for stays in winter.
19:37Okay.
19:38Tango November 1-1, can I pass you a VIN number for this vehicle, please?
19:49And that's coming back to a Mini Cooper SD in grey.
19:53Is that match with Hotel Victor 1-2?
19:59Hotel Victor was that?
20:01Yes, yes.
20:02So your registration should be Hotel Victor, not Hotel Yankee?
20:08Yeah, HV12.
20:10Yeah, this is Hotel Yankee.
20:12You're showing HY12?
20:14So that's why it's coming back as a white Citroen.
20:18It's a plating error.
20:20Are you going to have a plate for cake?
20:24Well, my partner surprised me with some very nice plates
20:28just after I bought the car.
20:29Your wife bought you the plates?
20:31Yeah.
20:36I didn't even notice that.
20:38They've been on since about two weeks after work as well.
20:41Oh, really?
20:42Yeah.
20:44It's been bought some brand new number plates from his partner
20:48and she's got the registration wrong.
20:52I've got the original plates at home.
20:55So, yeah, when you get home you need to change the plates back.
20:58Yeah.
20:59Because, I mean, you nearly got stung
21:01and cars wrapped around you and everything.
21:03Really?
21:04Yeah.
21:06You just need to change your plates to the correct reg.
21:09Alright.
21:11Maybe she wanted him arrested.
21:13Maybe she did, yeah. It was a plan to get him locked up, yeah.
21:15It's good for him because he's going home with some great ammunition
21:37as to not cook tea for the next month.
21:39That wouldn't happen to me.
21:41I'm way, way too OCD with my car.
21:45But if it did, it'd be Grade A Premier League pizza shops
21:50for the next month, I think.
21:52And I would definitely take the weight gain for that.
21:54There we go.
22:14Fantastic. Good start.
22:16It's most importantly that the car smells fresh for today.
22:21Perfect.
22:23It's got to be cotton fresh.
22:25Other brands are available.
22:33Eight years as a copper,
22:35and it's not just his appetite for fighting crime
22:38that keeps PC Joe Gorman going.
22:40Hello, food.
22:42I think I'm a great cook.
22:44I make an absolute belting cheese toasty.
22:48Obviously, it would have to be cheese.
22:50Crispy onions.
22:52Some famous peri-peri chilli jam.
22:54Definitely some smoked ham.
22:56Nice and grilled.
22:58Bit of butter on the top.
23:00That's my pied de la resistance.
23:02I've just had a vehicle passes in the opposite direction,
23:20with a very recent intelligence marker on it
23:24to suggest as a drink driver.
23:26See how that was in the morning?
23:29And alcohol does linger in your system the following morning.
23:33The drink drivers contribute to a lot of our casualties
23:38and fatalities on our roads.
23:40It's definitely a priority for us.
23:41Not a priority for us.
24:00It's gone for petrol.
24:04Get it while there's somebody in the driving seat.
24:06Looking to keep calm behind the wheel.
24:23Have to die through, son.
24:25Try some motoring mantras.
24:31I may not know where I'm going, but I'm moving forward.
24:33Whatever it takes.
24:37Always look to the future.
24:41Never look back.
24:45And remember, the key to happiness is...
24:49Live.
24:51Laugh.
24:55And love.
25:04Just had a vehicle passes in the opposite direction,
25:07with a recent intelligence marker on it
25:10to suggest as a drink driver.
25:16Gone for petrol.
25:18In Hull, Joe has tracked down a car
25:22reported to have a drink driver behind the wheel.
25:25Get it while there's somebody in the driving seat.
25:27Is somebody wind down for me?
25:28Hiya.
25:29Could you just pull up over there for me, please?
25:32Morning, yeah.
25:33How are you? Are you all right?
25:34Yeah.
25:35Just want to have a quick chat with you.
25:36Just take a seat in the back of my car,
25:37I'll run some checks on you.
25:38Is it your car?
25:39Yeah.
25:40Just wanted to have, just a quick chat with you today.
25:44We have the information to suggest a driver of that vehicle
25:49possibly likes to drink alcohol and drive.
26:04to suggest the driver of that vehicle possibly likes to drink alcohol and drive oh wow okay then
26:11it's quite surprised yes um so i'm just do you want to breathalyze me i'm going to request that
26:19if you have to give me a sample yeah i say that's absolutely fine if we get 10 reports
26:23we'd rather 100 get the reports and one of them be absolutely accurate have you done this before
26:30uh yeah a few years by one continuous breath a couple of seconds till it clicks i'll hold it
26:36you all right keep going keep going keep going keep going keep going stop thank you legal limit 35
26:44but if you've had nothing to drink i like it should be zero i think wednesday a glass of wine
26:49yeah zero there you are fantastic i'll just run some checks on your driving license and insurance
27:00while we're at it ipnc it's 2320 gorman from ruds policing yes yes can i just have a driving
27:07license details please five points showing on that it's a lot isn't it i was kicking myself it was the
27:16day after i'd bought that right i was only going 66 to the fox it was nothing major right you're trying
27:24to get top speed out of it absolutely keep a gentle right foot
27:37are you insured on another car no so it's your car it's my car but to be honest with you it's my
27:45mom's been driving it so the policy i can see i can see your mom's name on there so it's in my
27:51mother's name yeah but she drives it more often than me but i'm taking the kids away this weekend
27:55so i've used the car all right normally it says permitted drivers and it would have me on it other
28:03drivers there which it doesn't show me i am definitely on your certificate of insurance like
28:08on an email or something i can have a look i'm really sorry it's all in my mum's name i might be able
28:21to log on to the account i was not expecting this this morning we're going to gulliver's land we've
28:31had it booked for ages all right try that one
28:41so on here it just says persons or classes of persons entitled to drive the policy holder only
28:46which the policy holder is my mum your mum you're not on it oh my god how have i managed that
28:59sorry sorry oh my god so i'm not insured so it's getting seized in it
29:04might not get seized if you can if you can get it insured at the roadside yes
29:08provide me with proof i won't seize it i will i'll insure it now
29:14does that mean i'm also getting six points
29:18it will be unfortunately you have to take it on the chin
29:23lesson line on that one as well at least it's 11 points not 12.
29:32there you are thank you thank you
29:38yeah that's fine thank you very much just keep that handy because if you get
29:43stopped again today you're not on the policy
30:01she's 22 she's got five points on her license
30:04she'll end up with 11 points so one more point and it's a full house she'll be shouting bingo
30:11and their driving license will be getting revoked
30:16she knows she wasn't insured is it the fact that her insurance policy was probably going to be too
30:20expensive sometimes people choose to ignore it and ultimately pay the price when we catch them
30:26so yeah onwards and upwards to the next one
30:47fun time friday what a time to be alive and what time to be aware
30:50don't like morning don't like hell is give me a night shift any day of the week
31:01i'm a bit of a grump of salt way and had a coffee in the morning
31:04if i get my morning coffee i'm happy four hours into his day shift and billy could do with some
31:12perking off i get told a lot that i don't smile but that's just my face i can't change my face unfortunately
31:20i'm sure there'll be a job coming in very shortly that keeps you smiling i suppose
31:39okay
31:39there's a car up there it's in a dangerous condition it's got half of its front bumper missing
31:53flat vehicles involved in a collision even at low speed where it might hit a person it's gonna
32:01for no reason cause quite a significant injury due to the metal and jagged edges
32:09it's going to be a bit of a car up there it's going to be a bit of a car up there it's going to be a bit of a car up there
32:12hello will you just do us a favour will you just drive forward and pull over to the left please
32:16awesome thank you
32:17oh boy
32:38the reason why i'm stopping you is your car okay
32:41yeah what's going on with that it's we went to the mechanic yeah and we've got a new one coming
32:48when actually happened like a day ago right you do realize that you shouldn't be driving it in such
32:53a condition don't you
32:56we got told it was all right to drive
32:59who told you
32:59the mechanic that we went to
33:01but that's in a dangerous condition
33:03so i'm not allowed to drive like no
33:08what did you hit for that to happen
33:10so we bought it like this
33:12and it was held together with tape and stuff like something
33:15okay and then it came on
33:19i'm presuming the light doesn't work
33:22the light works
33:23right the way i'm going to deal with it is by way of a vehicle defect form
33:34okay failure to repair it within 14 days you get a fixed penalty notice and points go to court
33:39and it'll be in a dangerous condition yeah
33:45you need to go to the shop
33:47oh god this is so embarrassing
33:53go on
33:55is the uh uh i'm not even going to say it
34:00the shop's there
34:05all right the uh adult shop
34:10i'll stop asking questions um
34:12what's my trailer thought now
34:17i'm not sure what i'd have been where stopping you going or coming back from
34:25yeah enjoy your shopping trip see you later
34:29uh
34:37ah that's funny
34:38i think that was the old i'm a little bit embarrassed i've got the giggles type of uh
34:59thing going on there it's not often you come away from a vehicle stop laughing and smiling like
35:05night like that i mean
35:08might be a pleasure to be stopped by me but i think the uh
35:13only pleasure that they had was the shop that they wanted to go into
35:25my little bag for life the most used bag for life in the history of bags for life
35:40loads and loads of kit all the gear no idea i think
35:43yeah it's getting cold i went it might need big coat and uh i've got a beanie hat
35:50uh
35:56moths witnessed a lot of changes in the eight years he's been a cop
36:02i had hair i grew my hair when i got married and i had it all styled in that
36:06so it was a bit of a mohawk and then two days after we got married we were off to chinesia i shaved
36:14me head because of the heat and then i thought i'll grow it back in and i couldn't and i've genuinely
36:21never heard it again two days of marriage and my hair fell out basically
36:37i'm sorry please i'm gonna help there's been a car crash
36:41you've got two engines and one car smoking
36:50i think it's seen from the engine
36:55xh general call any units able to attend at rtc
37:0210 november 3-4 that was received
37:05so we've got uh reports here to a vehicle rtc
37:17it's urgent to get there because obviously we want to help people but secondly our role
37:23is to protect life and that includes the other services that are arriving
37:27a bit like a swan cam on the exterior but paddling underneath
37:37three four and three five code six
37:57right what have i got young lady she's just sitting in the car
38:00she's a driver or not driver of the citron
38:02she's in this car here yeah chap in the red car there by the looks of it
38:08yeah come through the lights here yeah she's been turning right
38:14now then you're right are you one of the drivers
38:18which car were you driving sir the front one right
38:23can you come and grab a seat in my car we'll have a chat about what's happened okay
38:27if you just grab a seat in here for me
38:32right you were in the ford yeah ford are you willing to tell me what happened please
38:50uh i just was driving uh just the other car came from the other side going that way i believe
38:57just in front of me crossing that way just
39:02the other car came from the other side of the car came from the other side of the car
39:03and what speed were you doing like 35 or 40 okay
39:10you seem quite tired or lethargic is is there a reason for that
39:15no i just like bit cold and
39:20is this how you normally are i've never met you before
39:23i'm going to ask you to provide me a specimen of saliva from your mouth okay for a drugs test
39:36one two three one two three one two three one two three thank you
39:40it takes eight minutes okay
39:57bad drivers
39:58bad drivers need kicking into touch with crunching tackles
40:09misplaced passes
40:15driving like this is enough to try anyone's patience
40:26you seem quite tired or lethargic is there a reason for that no i just like a bit cold then
40:37at a car crash in hull moff has the results of one driver's drugs test
40:46right then young man that's negative
40:48okay so you've not had drugs you just chilled out all right
41:01what color were the lights on when you went through them please
41:05uh amber what does amber mean
41:09uh prepare to stop or something like that
41:11okay so if it was on amber and that means prepare to stop why didn't you stop
41:19well already i was in the middle when amber show up okay yeah just like i was in the middle already
41:27i'm just going to go have a word with my colleague who's speaking to the other driver
41:30um just to make you aware um just to make you aware this junction has full cc tv
41:41sports civic yeah it's caught
41:43and the red fiesta goes through on red which is him yes
41:48cc tv shows the red citron waiting to turn right at the junction
41:59the lights change but as the citron turns the red ford fiesta flies through the lights
42:09crashing head on into it
42:10all right so we'll check the cc tv of the incident
42:22and it shows that when you went through the traffic lights you went through a red light
42:31and we've got that on video
42:32i will be reporting you for consideration of driving without due care and contravening a red light
42:44okay okay
42:48this collision could have been avoided
42:52if you had stopped at the red light okay and you have caused the collision all right okay
42:58okay do you understand everything that i've said yeah and you've got no reply to any of it no
43:05thank you
43:18right
43:25right let's go
43:30i think both drivers will just be a bit stiff for the next few days and fortunately a real minor injury
43:38i think the thing that shocks me is that nearly every collision i've ever been to could be avoided
43:44um and it's just through impatience or not paying attention that collisions happen and i think the biggest shock for me as a traffic officer is how much of what i do is avoidable
43:57if you have any dash cam clips you think could feature in the next series of motorway cops
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44:23that's why we are
44:28um
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