Speeding Ticket.

[SoggyFox]

p this for a speeding ticket...

Two British traffic patrol officers from North Berwick were involved in
an unusual incident while checking for speeding motorists on the A1
Great North Road . One of the officers used a hand-held radar device to
check the speed of a vehicle approaching over the crest of a hill, and
was surprised when the speed was recorded at over 300 mph. Their radar
suddenly stopped working and the officers were not able to reset it.

Just then a deafening roar over the treetops revealed that the radar had
in fact latched on to a NATO Tornado fighter jet which was engaged in a
low-flying exercise over the Border district, approaching from the North
Sea.

Back at police headquarters the chief constable fired off a stiff
complaint to the RAF Liaison office.

Back came the reply in true laconic RAF style:

"Thank you for your message, which allows us to complete the file on
this incident. You may be interested to know that the tactical computer
in the Tornado had detected the presence of, and subsequently locked
onto, your hostile radar equipment and automatically sent a jamming
signal back to it.
Furthermore, an air-to-ground missile aboard the fully-armed aircraft
had also automatically locked onto your equipment. Fortunately the
pilot flying the Tornado recognized the situation for what it was,
quickly responded to the missile systems alert status, and was able to
override the automated defence system before the missile was launched
and your hostile radar installation was destroyed.

Good Day..."

if only he'd been a bit slower.......

[GLOC]

Hoax....been going around the bazaars for ages.

Sorry.

[Richard Mason]

Originally Posted by GLOC

Hoax....been going around the bazaars for ages.

Sorry.

Yeah but it's a good one nonetheless.

[Fiona]

Originally Posted by SoggyFox

Fortunately the
pilot flying the Tornado recognized the situation for what it was,
quickly responded to the missile systems alert status, and was able to
override the automated defence system before the missile was launched
and your hostile radar installation was destroyed.

He wasn't a Yank then

(yes I know Gloc said it was a hoax)

[Waskey]

There is a story from the Devon and Cornwall police about an incident a couple of years ago around RAF St. Mawgen.
Something kept triping their speed traps at the dead of night, but no one could work out what it was. There was no flying activity and no one could see anything on the roads, but this thing was being clocked at around the 100 mark. Now I'm not sure of the set up or how they got these results but it eventually turned out that a pilot had nicked some NVGs and was tearing around the roads on his bike with no lights on.

It's been a while since I heard the story, so a few of the details are missing, but the gist is there!

[Loctite]

Originally Posted by Waskey

There is a story from the Devon and Cornwall police about an incident a couple of years ago around RAF St. Mawgen.
Something kept triping their speed traps at the dead of night, but no one could work out what it was. There was no flying activity and no one could see anything on the roads, but this thing was being clocked at around the 100 mark. Now I'm not sure of the set up or how they got these results but it eventually turned out that a pilot had nicked some NVGs and was tearing around the roads on his bike with no lights on.

It's been a while since I heard the story, so a few of the details are missing, but the gist is there!

That wouldn't happen to be Tank on his Nitrous R1 would it?

[Waskey]

I don't know any names or anything, but that sounds pretty cool!

[Richard Mason]

Originally Posted by Waskey

There is a story from the Devon and Cornwall police about an incident a couple of years ago around RAF St. Mawgen.
Something kept triping their speed traps at the dead of night, but no one could work out what it was. There was no flying activity and no one could see anything on the roads, but this thing was being clocked at around the 100 mark. Now I'm not sure of the set up or how they got these results but it eventually turned out that a pilot had nicked some NVGs and was tearing around the roads on his bike with no lights on.

It's been a while since I heard the story, so a few of the details are missing, but the gist is there!

The speed cameras even here have been infra red for the last 7 years at least - I got caught in one in 2000, driving home to the other end of the State each weekend. I don't reckon "no headlights" would have saved him.

[Waskey]

They couldn't see what was triggering it as he was a way off. As I said, can't remember the exact details.

[Letz]

Maybe a hoax but very, very funny and made me grin from ear to ear