Highway Patrols

milly143 | 09:11 Thu 24th Feb 2011 | Motoring

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Every time I drive up the M40 I see one of these 4x4's painted up like a police car. They say something like 'Highway Patrol' on them. Are they actually the police and do they have any powers, such as being able to pull you over for speeding? Or are they just there to sort of keep an eye on the traffice and help with breakdowns, etc?

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ChuckFickens

they have limited powers to stop you, one of the things they can stop you for is if they think that you a causing a danger to other road users so I guess that could include speeding, but as they can not speed themselves they would have trouble catching a speeder. The powers to stop would more often be used for things like badly secured loads or vehicle faults.

They also do *not* have the power to detain you or to search you.

R1Geezer

They are the "highway's agency" - as chuck says they can do very little really.

milly143

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Ah good, then I shall continue to fly past them in the outside lane at 100mph with no seatbelt on whilst using my mobile phone and eating a sandwich.

R1Geezer

well they can contact plod!