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Motorway Cops Catching Britains Speeders S08E09 (1st September 2025)
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00:00Come on, keep going.
00:09No one's actually paying any attention.
00:11But there's another one.
00:12Decides to go behind our car instead of round it.
00:15It's a bit like flies attracted to the lights.
00:20At a breakdown on the outskirts of Hull,
00:23PC's Luke Thundercliff and Joe Gorman
00:25have a bright idea
00:26to keep motorists on the straight and narrow.
00:30We'll put some kerns up.
00:33As bright as possible.
00:35No excuse for seeing them now, is there?
00:38International Space Station can see Luke's lights from here.
00:45Crash.
00:47Bang.
00:48Wallop.
00:49When it comes to bad driving,
00:52dash cam never lies.
00:55With Britain's worst offenders
00:57racking up a whopping
00:59three million points.
01:03It's a bell to start.
01:05Decamping.
01:06Locking up the most dangerous people on our roads
01:08are
01:09the motorway cops.
01:11You've got better stuff to do, bro.
01:13They chase us, yeah?
01:14You know, I think you want to be catching
01:15some real criminals, are you, mate?
01:16You are a real criminal, mate.
01:17We join Humberside Police.
01:20Police officer, you're a tailor, sir!
01:21As they fight to keep the roads safe.
01:24Crash, crash.
01:25Who's been through?
01:25Red light, you divvy.
01:26I'm sorry.
01:27And slam the brakes on deadly drivers.
01:30Open the door now!
01:32Soon as I went past you, I was like,
01:33he's coming from here, guys.
01:35Do me own granny for speeding.
01:36You're looking at so many points
01:40at the top of the Premier League.
01:41I've been very busy.
01:43Helping them in their battle
01:44with idiots behind the wheel
01:45is dashcam.
01:47See if she's got dashcam in her car.
01:49It's vital evidence
01:50and proof
01:52that Britain's dumbest drivers
01:54are a law
01:56unto themselves.
01:59Could little stop that.
02:00Winner, winner, chicken dinner.
02:01Yeah.
02:01Tonight.
02:10Got a motorbike at speed.
02:13It's straight through a red light.
02:15A biker feels the sharp end of policing.
02:18Vehicle stunk, vehicle stunk.
02:20Are you a sergeant?
02:21Yeah, I am.
02:22Great, at least I got done by the sergeant.
02:26I've just hit a railway, Greg,
02:28with my lorry.
02:29Driving's a toll order
02:31for one trucker.
02:32Are you aware of what height that is?
02:34I do now.
02:37Wow.
02:39You must have hit that at some speed.
02:41And late-night revellers
02:43have their party crashed.
02:45I won't cross myself as a true driver.
02:48That was just one bottle of vodka.
02:49Across North Lincolnshire, Hull,
02:58and East Yorkshire,
02:59the Humberside Road's policing patch
03:01is home to nearly one million people.
03:06It's 48 motorway cops
03:07take great pride
03:08in keeping the road safe.
03:10And Melton Station's locker room,
03:16neat and tidy.
03:20I quite like an organised locker.
03:22I'm a bit sad like that.
03:23But yeah, all my lockers are like this.
03:25And I always get the mick taken out of it for me.
03:29I'm going to freak out
03:30because it's neat and tidy.
03:32People who know are weird.
03:33Like, look at that locker.
03:34It's a disgrace.
03:35I can't even cope with that.
03:37Sergeant Tom Elvich
03:38has the smartest locker in the nick.
03:41But then,
03:41he's always scrubbed up well.
03:43That photograph there
03:44is the first year I joined Traffic,
03:462018.
03:48I look very young and fresh.
03:50I look better with a beard.
03:52You aged, don't you, pretty quick.
03:55And I've aged a part, haven't I?
04:0532-year-old Tom
04:14was born and bred
04:15in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
04:18His policing roots go deep.
04:21Grandad was a special,
04:22but he was a farmer as well.
04:24And then,
04:25where we grew up,
04:26there was the police horse stables nearby.
04:29Ended up joining him beside him,
04:3123,
04:31and just joined Traffic,
04:33to see what else I could.
04:33And, yeah,
04:35never really looked back.
04:41When I was younger,
04:42I watched RB.
04:44I'd love to police somewhere like RB.
04:47Fantastic.
04:47Get rolling round the Yorkshire miles.
04:51TV does make it look good.
04:52You solve every crime on TV.
04:54Yeah, we should have rode for six hours,
04:55and it's still not solved.
04:56On my side,
05:04we have a massive area,
05:05so we cover anywhere from Hull City,
05:09the border like York,
05:10North Yorkshire area,
05:11and then we go down to
05:12the borders of Doncaster,
05:14all the way across to Grimsby.
05:18Tonight,
05:18we're going to head to
05:19Scumford,
05:21just having a quick look,
05:22see what's going on.
05:23Hey, up there.
05:37Here we go.
05:40Tank November 3-0,
05:416-H.
05:43Tank November 3-0,
05:44overhead.
05:45Got a motorbike at speed,
05:47Bungam Road,
05:48southbound.
05:51It's towards
05:52Atzer Roundabout.
05:57It's taken the
05:59second.
06:00It's going to wear my presence.
06:02I've got an unmarked skater.
06:05Any units that can't give backup, please?
06:09Yeah, 2-1.
06:10I'm heading down there.
06:12Different style of the rider
06:13in front of us.
06:14He's done Addo.
06:15Due to the area as well,
06:18it's potentially stolen.
06:21Every night,
06:21we get bikes stolen.
06:23They have this thing
06:24that we just walk through
06:25because they're on a motorbike
06:26that's more dangerous for them.
06:31We're just approaching a red.
06:36It's through a red light.
06:39I'm going with it.
06:45He's still going to wear my presents.
06:48His riding's already erratic.
06:50And if I put my blue lights on
06:52and put pressure on him,
06:53it might increase his speed,
06:55which could cause him to crash.
06:57So,
06:58we're still doing it back
06:58at the moment,
06:59lowering the risk to himself,
07:01other road users,
07:02and to myself as well.
07:03Tom knows
07:04that when it comes to
07:05motorbike pursuits,
07:07high speeds
07:08come with high stakes.
07:09Hull,
07:15and an unmarked
07:16Humberside police cop car
07:17is undertaken
07:18by a moped rider
07:19at almost twice
07:21the speed limit.
07:23And when the rider
07:24dangerously overtakes a car,
07:26narrowly missing another,
07:27the cops make themselves known.
07:32But rather than pulling over,
07:34the rider decides
07:35to ditch his safety gear.
07:36He's thrown his helmet off
07:38right in front of me.
07:40Despite a cop car
07:41on his tail,
07:42his driving becomes
07:43even more reckless.
07:45Dangerously weaving
07:46around traffic
07:47and jumping a red.
07:49He's undertaking traffic.
07:51When the traffic
07:52slows his getaway,
07:53he jumps the curb,
07:55narrowly avoiding
07:56a serious crash.
07:57Nearly hit a cyclist.
08:00Unable to shake the cops,
08:02he tries a different tactic
08:03to ditch the police.
08:05He's gone off the road.
08:07But the cops are
08:08one step ahead.
08:11And the second patrol
08:13is lying in wait.
08:20The rider
08:21pleaded guilty
08:23to dangerous driving.
08:24He's through a red light.
08:39He's unaware of my presence.
08:42Back on the outskirts
08:44of Scunthorpe,
08:45Tom is tailing
08:46a reckless motorbike rider.
08:47He's on to the opposite carriage
08:51where
08:51speed is well
08:54in excess of the speed limit.
08:57Can I have a bear
08:58sting, please?
09:00Stinger authorised.
09:01I have a question
09:05for him to stick.
09:06Hopefully,
09:07you don't know
09:07he's coming
09:08and you go to the rider.
09:13Approaching a T-junction.
09:16Taking a right-right, sir.
09:20Straight over the
09:21mini-RA,
09:22it's increasing
09:23its speed.
09:23I'm going to stop
09:25to the side outside.
09:26Peter,
09:26Brian, response.
09:28I am on
09:29Station Road now.
09:32Speed is approximately
09:3360.
09:38I'm going to stop
09:39to the speaker, sorry.
09:43And it's
09:44straight through a red light.
09:47Risk is high
09:48oncoming traffic.
09:49Sting it.
10:08Stressed out
10:09by Britain's roads.
10:13Then it's time
10:14to build up
10:15some good
10:15car-ma.
10:19Focus on
10:22what you can
10:22control.
10:27Be present
10:28in the moment.
10:29How are you?
10:31F***.
10:32To go
10:33with the
10:33Contra
10:34flow.
10:36And remember
10:37that for every action
10:38there's a reaction.
10:40He's well
10:49in excess
10:49of the speed limit.
10:52He's unaware
10:52of my presence.
10:58It's midnight
10:59outside
10:59Scunthorne.
11:02He's
11:02straight through
11:02a red light.
11:04And a speeding
11:04motorcyclist
11:05has left
11:06Tom with
11:06just one
11:07option
11:07to end
11:08his ride
11:08safely.
11:09Risk
11:10his
11:10time.
11:12Sting it.
11:16Vehicle
11:17stung,
11:17vehicle stung.
11:22Get off your
11:23bike,
11:23get off your
11:23bike.
11:25You've been
11:25through a red light
11:26you divvy.
11:26Oh, sorry.
11:27Come here.
11:28I'm here.
11:29I'm not doing
11:29that wrong.
11:30Just sit there
11:30for us, mate.
11:31Sorry, boy.
11:32Is that your
11:33bike?
11:33Yeah.
11:34So what are you
11:34doing driving
11:35like that?
11:35I'm coming down
11:36there because I
11:36could see a car
11:37following me and
11:38I got scared.
11:38I wasn't following
11:39you in Scunny,
11:39was I,
11:40when you were
11:40riding like an
11:40idiot?
11:40No, I know,
11:40but I get scared
11:41it's late at night.
11:41Just take your
11:42helmet off for us.
11:45Oh, sorry.
11:46I get scared
11:47it's late at night.
11:47I've been chased
11:48by d***s on
11:48mokers before.
11:50Take a seat in
11:50there for us, mate.
11:51No problem, mate.
11:54Sting that.
11:56No reports
11:57present on the vehicle.
12:01I'm not, like,
12:02resisting her out.
12:02I know you're not,
12:03mate.
12:04You came past me
12:05at a rate of
12:05knots.
12:06I was like,
12:06bloody hell,
12:07what's this?
12:07And I'll be
12:09interested when it
12:09passed me,
12:10I thought it's
12:10been stolen.
12:14Yeah, I did
12:15beat that red light
12:16because I...
12:16Solid red.
12:17You didn't beat it,
12:17you're solid through.
12:21You have no
12:22reason at all
12:24to go for a red light,
12:25okay, mate?
12:26Absolutely no
12:29reason at all,
12:30which is fair to
12:31say.
12:31Yeah, then,
12:31no, that's totally
12:32alright, mate.
12:36You never blew
12:37like me, though,
12:37I will say that.
12:38I didn't, no.
12:39I didn't want to
12:40put pressure on you
12:40because for me,
12:41you were already
12:42riding on the edge
12:43of your ability.
12:44I've got to decide
12:46how to bring this
12:47to a safe conclusion.
12:49I've wrecked my
12:49tyres, what?
12:53That's my first
12:53ever time getting
12:54road stings,
12:55sorry, it's a bit
12:55like my heart's...
12:57It stops you
12:58instantly.
13:00I just saw
13:01something took
13:02out on the road
13:02and I thought,
13:03huh?
13:04And I heard
13:04my tyres.
13:05Yeah, we call
13:07it a pre-emptive
13:07sting because
13:08the last thing
13:08I want you to do
13:09is flying and
13:10disappearing.
13:11I would rather
13:12you're blue
13:12lighting me,
13:13but I understand.
13:15What we'll do,
13:16mate, I'll do
13:16for the road
13:17traffic events
13:18as you explained.
13:19Yes.
13:19I'm going to
13:20report you for
13:20careless driving
13:22and going
13:23through a red
13:24light as well,
13:24okay, mate?
13:25Understood.
13:26Yeah.
13:26Understood.
13:30This car is
13:31uncomfortable by the way.
13:32It's terrible, isn't it?
13:34You seriously need to
13:35invest in the better
13:35cars?
13:37Tell you a sergeant
13:38to get some money out.
13:39I am my sergeant.
13:41Are you a sergeant?
13:42Yeah, I am.
13:43Oh, great.
13:44At least I get
13:44done by the sergeant.
13:47Am I allowed to
13:48check my bike out,
13:49please?
13:49Because you pop
13:50both my tires.
13:51That's absolutely
13:52fine.
13:53There you go, mate.
13:58Yeah, there.
14:00Very nice, aren't you?
14:02No, listen, mate.
14:03You're doing your job.
14:04I'll leave you here, mate.
14:06Thanks.
14:07Thanks a lot.
14:08Oh, well, not a bad little job.
14:24I'll leave you here, mate.
14:31Due to his manor riding,
14:33I would have put
14:33on it being a stolen vehicle.
14:35It turns out it's
14:35his own vehicle.
14:37Do you know who
14:37reminded me of it?
14:38He's a proper farmer, lad.
14:40I've never really had
14:40anyone excited that
14:42they've actually been
14:42stung, so that's
14:43the first for me.
14:46Stuff like that
14:46sticks for you, doesn't it?
14:48It's like the spikes
14:49in his tyres.
14:50That sounds faulty.
15:07It's usually
15:07user error with Luke.
15:10Help me to show you
15:11how to do it.
15:16Got there in the end,
15:17didn't we?
15:18This is where it
15:19finds out we've got
15:19no ink in his pen.
15:22It's like watching
15:23Laurel and Addy in there.
15:27Back at Melton Station,
15:29PC's Luke Thundercliff
15:30and Joe Gorman
15:31are keen to avoid
15:32another fine mess.
15:35Most important thing
15:36about any shift
15:36is to make sure
15:37that the car smells nice.
15:42Ties are good.
15:44Got to make sure
15:44the old girl's got
15:45enough juice in there
15:45to last the evening.
15:48We'll just fill this up.
15:49It's the oldest trick
15:55in the book,
15:56that, though.
15:58Besides...
15:58Luke and Joe
16:04both started out
16:05as special constables.
16:07They've spent two years
16:08teamed up as motorway cops,
16:10and it's not just
16:11the job they have
16:11in common.
16:14It's a very strange
16:15relationship.
16:15Yeah, we literally
16:19lived down the next
16:20street to each other,
16:21car sharing.
16:22Can't get enough
16:23of each other.
16:25I came walking by
16:26my house one day
16:27and started engaging
16:28in conversation.
16:29I thought,
16:30who is this weirdo?
16:32And they ended up
16:33doing an overtime shift
16:33we did.
16:34It was love at first sight,
16:36wasn't it?
16:36Yeah, obviously.
16:37Or was it love
16:37at first overtime?
16:38Love at first overtime.
16:42I don't know,
16:42I quite like policing in Hull
16:43because you feel like
16:44you're just doing something
16:44for a good cause.
16:47Although I was born
16:48in East Hull
16:48and bred on a field.
16:50I was born in Hull as well.
16:51It's definitely not Hull,
16:52it's...
16:53Hull.
16:54You get taught
16:56from an early age
16:57to drop the H.
16:58That's why I went to school
16:59in Beverly.
17:01Oh, check you out.
17:03Mr. Posh
17:03still ended up
17:04with the same job
17:04as me though,
17:05didn't you?
17:05Yeah, ain't it?
17:21That guy just dropped
17:22my attention.
17:23We'll just have a look
17:23at that.
17:24The Audi app
17:27was just passed
17:28for some reason
17:29he was driving
17:29with his fog lights on
17:30and his headlights
17:31turned off.
17:38He takes his scarf
17:39onto the umbit
17:40sections of the road
17:41and then he's just
17:42got shot
17:42visibility
17:43with his fog lights
17:44and just dazzling
17:45other drivers.
17:50So,
17:50we'll just stop it
17:51and have a chat.
17:54show us how he's done,
18:05Luke.
18:06I'll just run him through.
18:09All right?
18:10Hey, up here,
18:10not bad of you.
18:11Yeah?
18:11The reason why I've
18:12stopped you
18:12is you've got
18:14your headlights
18:15not switched on
18:16at the front
18:16so you've had your
18:17fog lights on
18:17which you've just
18:19switched off.
18:20So, just switch it
18:20all the way down
18:21to the bottom
18:21and that'll turn
18:22your lights to normal
18:22and full.
18:25No, so you've got
18:26no headlights?
18:26No.
18:27Do you have
18:27headlights on?
18:28No.
18:29Oh, no.
18:30The bulbs have gone, mate.
18:31I can't drive this
18:32out.
18:33Not really, no.
18:34You've got no lights.
18:40No marks on the
18:41vehicle.
18:45MOT not held.
18:47You know that
18:53your MOT's
18:54expired?
18:55No, not
18:55them, not my MOT.
18:57August, it says
18:57on our system.
18:59Not them, though.
19:00Would you switch
19:01the car off
19:01for the time being,
19:02please?
19:05Right, I was on it.
19:06Yeah.
19:07So, right, I was.
19:14You've met the cab
19:15a few times,
19:16haven't you?
19:17Yeah.
19:18I've had that
19:19parking.
19:19Yeah, you can see
19:20that, Ian.
19:22Just jump out
19:22of the chair outside.
19:25You can see, look.
19:27I think you've hit
19:27the cab that much,
19:28you can actually
19:28see the cords.
19:30Obviously,
19:31it's a bit of a weak
19:32spot.
19:32If it's going to give
19:33away, I'll blow up.
19:34So, it can't be
19:35driven on that,
19:35basically, and that,
19:36unfortunately, is
19:37going to get you
19:37three points.
19:38Is it?
19:39Yeah, as soon as
19:39the cords are exposed,
19:41it's obviously an
19:41offence, because it's
19:43not safe.
19:45I have to leave the
19:45car and start out
19:46other arrangements,
19:47because if you want
19:47to take a seat back
19:48in your car for the
19:48time being.
19:51What I'll do is,
19:52obviously, because
19:52you've committed a
19:53moving traffic event
19:54by not having any
19:54headlights on, and
19:56obviously, no MOT,
19:57you can just do
19:57drugs like.
19:58You've done drugs like
19:59before.
20:00No.
20:01So, if you just look
20:02around the top of your
20:02mouth and the side of your
20:03mouth, and then you
20:03stick your tongue out for
20:04me.
20:04So, one, two, three,
20:06perfect.
20:17What you're showing me on
20:18there is there's a really
20:19faint line for cocaine.
20:20I'm not saying you do, but
20:27at the moment, this is
20:28coming back as a
20:29positive reading, okay?
20:31So, as a result of that,
20:34you're now under arrest
20:35by failing a roadside
20:36drugs test or cocaine.
20:40So, if you could just
20:41jump out, please.
20:42Take a seat in the back of
20:43our car for the time being.
20:49How come you're in
20:50shorts at this time of
20:51the morning?
20:52I live in shorts.
20:53You live in shorts, do you?
20:54What, we might be off to
20:55the beach or something?
20:56I can't stand jeans or
20:57like that.
20:58You can't stand jeans?
20:59No, I've got shorts in
21:00winter, in winter.
21:03Fair one each other, right?
21:13Always going to stop that
21:40every day of the week when
21:41it's got no headlights and
21:42it's got fog lights on
21:43because it's dangerous.
21:44Which is probably why he's
21:45not taking it for an MOT.
21:48He's been very, very lucky
21:49with that tyre.
21:50It's just going to blow.
21:52It's actually going to put
21:52other people's lives in
21:53danger as well as his own.
21:56It's not often you find
21:57threads and legs exposed
21:58at half as four in the
22:00morning.
22:12Right, I shall see you soon.
22:24I can't wait to get
22:25wrenched for having this
22:26old man bag.
22:28It's a bag for life and I
22:29think it looks like I've had
22:30it for life.
22:33Life on the road can wear
22:34out a motorway cop.
22:36But PC Moth McEwan can
22:37definitely, maybe, roll with
22:40it.
22:42I got Oasis tickets, so I'm
22:45buzzing.
22:46I was one of the 14 million
22:47sat with every screen in the
22:50house.
22:50Even the wife chipped in.
22:51They were my youth band.
22:53I've been to see them in
22:55double figures.
22:56So, today's going to be
22:58brilliant and if they shout
23:00at me, swear at me or
23:01anything, don't matter.
23:02I could be mad for it,
23:03couldn't I?
23:1541-year-old Moth's own UK
23:17tour began over 20 years ago
23:19when he moved down from
23:20Dumfries.
23:22And lately he's found some
23:23even hairier rockers to hang
23:25out with.
23:26When I got to 40, I decided I
23:28wanted to try new things.
23:31So, Saturday I went to an
23:34alpaca festival.
23:36That's how I chill in my
23:3740s.
23:39It was a good day.
23:41I'd say I was more
23:42enthusiastic than the family
23:44but I needed somebody to take
23:45the photos.
23:47It's hard to self-hear an
23:48alpaca.
23:50They don't stand very still.
23:51Today I'm in the city of Hull.
23:57So, people are buzzing about.
23:59They've got places to be and
24:01everybody's in their way.
24:02And you just have to try and keep
24:05your watch about you.
24:16On the side, police.
24:17Emergency.
24:17I've just hit a railway bridge with my
24:21lorry.
24:24Believe this.
24:27Everyone's having a good look.
24:30So, I'm hiding, to be honest.
24:32We'll get someone out there
24:33straight away, okay?
24:34I'm still getting details coming in
24:45but a lorry's struck one of our
24:47railway bridges and bridge
24:50engineers are en route.
24:57Absolute worst case scenario,
24:58the bridge comes down.
25:04They say all roads lead to Rome
25:16and with some drivers,
25:17it's like the Romans never left.
25:21You can watch chariot racing.
25:29Gladiators locked in mortal combat
25:32and centurions pushing a hundred.
25:37So, make like Caesar and hail a cab.
25:49I've just hit a railway bridge with my lorry.
25:55Absolute worst case scenario,
25:57the bridge comes down.
25:58In central Hull,
26:00Moff is racing to reports
26:02that a truck has crashed into a bridge.
26:05I'm presuming that he's
26:07either not been aware of his own height
26:10or he's just not been paying attention.
26:15Knowing that bridge,
26:17there's ample signs
26:19before, during, and after it.
26:22I've got response units
26:34from Network Railway on scene.
26:37Ah, yeah, I can see an HGV.
26:40Don't look in a good state.
26:41So, what's happened, bud,
26:54without me sounding stupid?
26:56Too high for the bridge.
26:57Right.
27:01Jump down for us then.
27:02Come and grab a seat in my car.
27:05So, fortunately, you soft-sided.
27:07It's not going anywhere, is it?
27:09That's my main concern,
27:10is that that doesn't collapse.
27:17Right, then,
27:17what height is your vehicle?
27:1915'11".
27:20And the bridge that you've approached,
27:23are you aware of what height that is?
27:24I do now, but yes, it's 15 foot.
27:27Do you know what speed
27:28you were doing at the time?
27:29Oh, 30, less than 30, I would say.
27:31It is busy around here, isn't it?
27:33Yeah.
27:34And now, fortunately,
27:36all that's hot is that,
27:38and potentially,
27:39maybe your pride, yeah?
27:41Yeah, majorly.
27:43The lorry needs a bit more
27:45than a bit of teacot,
27:46and you might need a stiff drink
27:47when you get home.
27:48Yeah.
27:49And I don't mean to scare you,
27:52but the worst-case scenario this was,
27:54a railway bridge could be on the floor
27:56just now with a train.
27:57Yeah, I know.
27:57And, not just that,
28:00if I'd closed this road,
28:01the impact on the city
28:02would have been beyond that as well,
28:04just because, yeah,
28:05momentary lapse in concentration.
28:07Yeah.
28:07All right?
28:08No, I'll tell you about it, yeah.
28:10So, on that basis,
28:12I will be reporting you
28:13for consideration of prosecuting you
28:15for driving without due care.
28:16Okay.
28:20I don't choose how it's dealt with.
28:22I just report you for said offence.
28:24Yeah, I get that.
28:24All right?
28:24Yeah, yeah.
28:25So, I'll let you out, bud.
28:35It could have been a lot worse.
28:38There's a lot more to driving
28:39in HGVs than a car,
28:41and a lot more responsibility as well.
28:44That should be a vertical back.
28:48It's not now.
28:49Didn't do very well at school.
28:50It's more a parallelogram.
28:52Well, then, you all right?
28:59Yeah, I am.
28:59Yeah.
29:01Do I need road closures?
29:03Are you fine?
29:03So, it's more damage to him
29:05than anything else.
29:06Yeah.
29:07See you later!
29:09I appreciate you coming so quick, though,
29:11because closing this road
29:13could have been catastrophic
29:14to the city.
29:16He's an experienced driver.
29:35I think his pride's as dented as his lorry is.
29:40Probably getting a bit home-happy.
29:45That's where he was off.
29:46So, no doubt,
29:48he was probably planning his tea.
29:51So, he can add a few hours to that now.
29:53What's in your bag?
30:10What's in me bag?
30:11Yeah.
30:11You back off?
30:12I've got to pack up in cans.
30:14Oh, yeah.
30:14Always.
30:15Back at Melton, Nick,
30:20Moff picks up lunch
30:21and also a familiar face,
30:23PC Dan Thompson.
30:26Gosh, it's a tight squeeze.
30:28Tell you what,
30:28if I ever go on a family holiday,
30:31I guarantee I can fit
30:32all the packing in one car.
30:34It doesn't matter how big the car is.
30:36Access to the cones,
30:37which is the one
30:38we're probably more likely going to need.
30:40All the rest,
30:40that's all Dan's,
30:41so we can just do it that way.
30:43It'll be fine.
30:46Happy days.
31:11Cloudy with patchy rain.
31:13was the Radio 2 update this morning.
31:16The weird thing is,
31:16I've got a rubbish car
31:18and my stereo only works
31:19when it wants to,
31:20so I don't really choose
31:22the radio station,
31:23the car does.
31:24And then,
31:24Radio 1 kept dropping out
31:27the other day
31:27and I pressed search
31:29and Radio 2 came through
31:30crystal clear.
31:31And I thought,
31:32ah, we'll have it.
31:33And then Scott Mills came on
31:35that I used to listen to
31:36on Radio 1
31:36and I thought,
31:37it feels like I'm home.
31:39They're just playing
31:39different jingles.
31:40I'm aging with the radio.
31:42The thing is,
31:42I could still sing along.
31:44That was the worst bit.
31:45I was like,
31:46it's all gone wrong.
31:48I used to be cool.
31:49Well,
31:50I don't know if I ever
31:51used to be cool to be fair,
31:52but...
31:52Of course you did.
31:53Thanks, mate.
32:02Two Intel reports
32:03in relation to
32:04drive on a known
32:06to smoke cannabis
32:07every day
32:08and drive...
32:09You've got to take it.
32:10You've got to have a look, mate.
32:20Tango, Mike, one foot.
32:22Good.
32:23Can you attach us
32:24to that log, please,
32:25and just show us
32:26having a look for it?
32:27We're just going to play
32:28catch-up now
32:28and hopefully be able
32:29to get it pulled over.
32:31I think I might want
32:32for that to it,
32:33already.
32:35Drinking alcohol
32:36or being under influence
32:37or anything
32:38can really cause
32:40serious issues
32:41like being road traffic
32:42collisions.
32:43Don't want anybody
32:44on the road impaired.
32:49Oh!
32:52There it is
32:53down there.
32:59Tango, Mike, one foot.
33:01Yeah, we've got
33:03a positive sighting
33:04of that vehicle.
33:05We're behind it now.
33:06A63 committed
33:07eastbound.
33:09At this time,
33:10it's highway
33:11code compliant.
33:13Both of us
33:13are pursuit management
33:14trained.
33:15We're in a Mark Skoda,
33:16Stinger on board.
33:17Put a follow-me on,
33:21Moth.
33:23Attention.
33:25Traffic.
33:33Yeah, he's
33:34gave us a thumbs-up.
33:38Ah!
33:43Now then, pal,
33:44how are you doing?
33:44So, reason for the
33:46stop today,
33:46there's been a report
33:47about you driving
33:48whilst under the
33:48influence of cannabis.
33:50Oh, really?
33:51Yeah.
33:52Do you use cannabis
33:53at all?
33:53I do use it, yeah.
33:54Have you used it
33:56regularly at the minute
33:56or recently?
33:57On the night time,
33:58innit?
33:58On the night time.
33:59When was the last
33:59time you smoked some?
34:00Last night.
34:01Last night.
34:02Okey-dokey, mate.
34:03If you want to just
34:04take a step out of here,
34:04just take a seat
34:05in the back of our cab.
34:06Follow me around, mate.
34:10Like I said, mate,
34:10so I request a sample
34:11saliva for analysis.
34:13Sticky tongue out for us?
34:14I stick it to that
34:15side for us, mate.
34:16Okey-dokey.
34:17So the results for this,
34:18they aren't instant
34:19like a breathalyzer.
34:26So is cannabis the same
34:27as alcohol regarding
34:28how long it stays
34:29in your system
34:30and blah, blah, blah?
34:32Alcohol, you know
34:33the strength of it,
34:34don't you?
34:35You know, like it
34:36stays on the bottle.
34:37Yeah, yeah.
34:37But with drugs,
34:38it's different
34:39because obviously
34:39you can buy it
34:40from different people.
34:42They might give you
34:42a stronger batch
34:43so it might stay
34:44in your system longer.
34:45OK, so the minute
34:54you see the two lines there,
34:56so that's positive
34:57for cannabis, mate.
34:58OK?
34:59Right, so...
35:00Oh, I could do this.
35:00Yeah.
35:01So the time,
35:02it's 12.41,
35:03so this time
35:04you're under arrest
35:05for driving
35:05whilst over the prescribed
35:06limit to drugs,
35:07all right.
35:07Mm-hmm.
35:10What type of
35:11driving licence
35:12do you have?
35:13Full UK.
35:14Right.
35:15So it's coming up
35:15with an expired
35:16substantive licence.
35:19It's a what?
35:20Expired licence.
35:21What the hell
35:21does that even mean?
35:23So you haven't renewed
35:24it when it's popped up
35:25for renewal.
35:30One, four,
35:31could you just
35:31do us a hash DL, please?
35:32Sean has expired.
35:35How does your licence
35:36expire?
35:38I thought that was
35:39when you got to
35:39a certain age.
35:41Go ahead.
35:42It's showing that
35:43the licence was revoked
35:44in 2008
35:45and nothing since
35:46to say it's been
35:47given back.
35:482008?
35:49Yeah.
35:50Have you got any idea
35:51why it was revoked?
35:532008.
35:54What year we're in now?
35:542000...
35:5524.
35:55That was a long time ago.
35:56Yeah, I know.
35:57Yeah, I was going to say
35:57it's a long, long time ago.
36:01I got done for
36:02drink driving.
36:05When was that?
36:07I was trying to think.
36:09Possibly around then.
36:10I can't honestly think
36:11that yet.
36:12I know it's
36:12a long time ago.
36:14Regardless of that,
36:16you are currently
36:17driving otherwise
36:18in accordance
36:19with the licence.
36:20So I'm
36:20seizing the vehicle
36:21on...
36:21OK.
36:22Christ almighty.
36:26Pop round to you,
36:27mate, all right.
36:27They will pop you
36:34in there, pal.
36:34Well, that was a nice
36:58quick AMPR hit, wasn't it?
36:59But you're like,
37:00shall we go for...
37:00Yeah.
37:01Yes, we should.
37:03Took me drug wipe
37:03and me Tesla
37:05and off he went.
37:06Straight on it.
37:07I was ready.
37:07I was poised.
37:08Oh.
37:09I did find it
37:10quite ironic, yeah,
37:12that he had a massive,
37:13what looked like
37:14a herbal substance
37:14leaf on his jumper.
37:18Maddo,
37:18he has been driving
37:19for years
37:19without a licence.
37:21Yeah,
37:21talk about
37:22right place,
37:23right time.
37:24Or wrong place for it.
37:25I'm going to get a coffee.
37:47Go for a coffee,
37:48if you want.
37:49Snacks on the road.
37:52Treat you to the good stuff.
37:53motorway cops
37:59rack up
37:59some serious
38:00mileage
38:01and for Joe
38:02and Luke,
38:03the refuelling
38:04never stops.
38:08Family bag.
38:09Small bag
38:09to sell last year.
38:14What is that?
38:16It's a strawberry
38:17like sweet thing.
38:18Make a pencil.
38:19You stole it
38:20off a kid,
38:20haven't you?
38:20It's a perfect
38:26I've been a passenger.
38:27You can eat
38:27whenever you want.
38:32Just hope
38:32we don't have a foot
38:33chase in the next
38:34half of them.
38:45They've come across
38:45now,
38:46please hear you
38:46like,
38:47please.
38:47Straight light
38:49out.
38:52And whereabouts
38:52on the lake
38:53said?
38:54Yeah,
38:55it's the roundabout.
39:02So,
39:02we've just got a call
39:03through that
39:03car's taking out
39:04a land person
39:05roundabout.
39:07When collisions
39:08happen like that,
39:09you don't know
39:09what's causing it
39:10or why.
39:11Is there any
39:17other cars
39:18involved?
39:18Have we got
39:19any injuries?
39:21We just need to
39:22get there as
39:22quick as we can.
39:31Wow,
39:31we've made a
39:32right mess of
39:32that.
39:32British drivers
39:52have a record
39:53that is far
39:54from spotless.
39:57So it's time
39:58to give our roads
39:59to spring clean.
40:03Have a quick
40:03whiz round those
40:04hard to reach
40:05corners.
40:09To make sure
40:10everything is
40:11dazzling.
40:15And then throw
40:16open your doors
40:17and let some
40:18fresh air in.
40:18Wow,
40:30whiz,
40:30we've made
40:30a right mess
40:31of that.
40:32Midnight in
40:32Scunthorpe.
40:33Luke and Joe
40:34are at the
40:35scene of a
40:35crash between
40:35a driver
40:36and a
40:37lamppost.
40:43He must have
40:44hit that at
40:44some speed
40:45to knock
40:46all that
40:46back.
40:47Who's
40:48driver of
40:49this?
40:50You.
40:51What's
40:51happened?
40:52So I've
40:52come round the
40:53roundabout and
40:54I've spun out
40:55just here right
40:56now.
40:57Yeah.
40:57And we've
40:57gone over the
40:58kerb.
40:59I've turned
41:00the wheel like
41:00that and we've
41:01just missed
41:01this lamppost.
41:03Yeah,
41:03don't you drink?
41:04No?
41:05Come sit in
41:05my car and I'll
41:06give you a
41:06breath test.
41:09While other
41:10officers breathalise
41:11the driver of the
41:12crashed car,
41:13Joe gets the
41:14passenger's version
41:15of events.
41:17OK, so talk me
41:20through what
41:20happened.
41:22He was
41:23fine and
41:23driving up to
41:25the roundabout
41:25and the next
41:26thing I know
41:26we drove into
41:28a lamppost.
41:29That was just a
41:30flash before my
41:32eyes, like within
41:32seconds, like I
41:33didn't know what
41:33was going on.
41:36Was he going
41:36too fast?
41:37He didn't seem
41:37too fast or
41:38anything like
41:38that, no.
41:40He's a good
41:41lad, like, you
41:42know, he wouldn't
41:43do anything to
41:43purposely harm me
41:44or anything like
41:45that.
41:47So where'd you
41:47been tonight?
41:48How did you
41:48end up being in
41:49that car?
41:49I've just been
41:50at his house.
41:51Right.
41:52So we've had a
41:53drink and then
41:54he's gone to
41:54take me home.
41:56How long had
41:56you been drinking
41:57for?
41:58Only a couple
41:59of hours.
42:00Alcohol?
42:01Yeah.
42:02What kind?
42:03It was just one
42:04bottle of vodka.
42:04OK, so you've
42:12failed the roadside
42:12breath test.
42:14So you're under
42:14arrest for driving
42:15whilst over the
42:16prescribed limit of
42:16alcohol.
42:21Did he suggest
42:22that he would
42:23drive you home?
42:23I asked him if
42:26he was all right.
42:26He said yes.
42:29And then obviously
42:29I asked him if
42:30he was Sean.
42:30He was like,
42:31yeah.
42:33Obviously he
42:34didn't seem like
42:34too drunk at the
42:35time, but he
42:35seemed all right.
42:36I would strongly
42:42advise if you know
42:43that he's had
42:44half a bottle of
42:45vodka, don't get
42:48in his car, even
42:50if he's willing to
42:50drive you, because
42:52this is the ultimate
42:53end game.
43:03What was the
43:04scores?
43:05Wow.
43:05Is that bad?
43:07Yeah, very bad.
43:09I won't cross
43:10myself as a
43:11true driver.
43:12We've failed the
43:12breath test at the
43:13roadside.
43:15So I would say
43:17that's good enough.
43:18Alcohol and
43:18driving don't get
43:19together.
43:21Let's get rid of
43:22you.
43:26He's blown
43:2786 at the
43:27roadside.
43:29You know, these
43:30are a real danger
43:30on our roads.
43:31And in the morning,
43:32hopefully when he
43:32sobers up, he'll
43:33realise the error
43:34of his ways.
43:35that will
43:38rip him off.
43:39Sorted.
43:39They've both been
43:57very, very lucky.
44:00Lucky he didn't kill
44:00anybody, really.
44:01What's amazing
44:04most is the fact
44:05that she allowed
44:06him to drive
44:08and get in a car
44:09with him when she
44:10knows how much
44:10they've driven.
44:13Common sense
44:14should say that
44:15he's not safe to
44:16drive, so don't get
44:17in that car.
44:18Sounds like there's
44:19a lot of common sense
44:19there, doesn't it?
44:21Not a comment.
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