2013
TQ2081 : Pop-up police vehicle check
taken 11 years ago, near to Acton, Ealing, England
Pop-up police vehicle check
A police strategy for finding vehicles which do not have current licence or insurance (or have been reported stolen) is to set up a check point, somewhere with a dual carriageway or layby or slip road so that vehicles can be pulled over without disrupting the traffic flow. They use a substantial team of police officers - there are ten visible in the photo - so they can check several vehicles at the same time. They appear suddenly, check for a few hours, and move on somewhere else.
[edit] I see from TQ2081 : An Unpleasant Surprise On Horn Lane that another Geograph contributor photographed another check in the same place, back in March 2012.
[edit] I see from TQ2081 : An Unpleasant Surprise On Horn Lane that another Geograph contributor photographed another check in the same place, back in March 2012.
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- Grid Square
- TQ2081, 539 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- David Hawgood (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Thursday, 7 November, 2013 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Thursday, 7 November, 2013
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
TQ 2047 8151 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:31.1803N 0:15.9046W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: TQ 2045 8148
- View Direction
- Northeast (about 45 degrees)
