Watch your speed, unless you want to get on TV!

Just found this Hants Police are aparently doing a television programme series from 26th September for seven weeks.

If you use the M27 or the M3 this potentially affects you so please proceed with caution and pass onto anyone who you feel might just need to know.

The program a BBC South commission called "Traffic Cops" will be filmed covering the area from Ringwood concentrating on Ringwood M27 up to M3 J9 and a team working the ringroad around Southampton (Totton will have a unit working it alone), Cosham M27 stretch to J5 of the M27 (Southampton Airport turn-off).

The fourth concentration is working from Winchester Services covering M3 to J10 M3 (Winchester South) using five unmarked cars, Skodas, Mondeos & Volvos.

The BBC unit are going to be based out of a unit in Millbrook Road in Southampton and will also be covering the armed police response unit and the Southampton Airport Police Security / British Transport Police

team.

The BBC team are in Citreon Picasso MPVs

To make it even more effective the Traffic police have authority from Chief Constable to "work to rule" So instead of the laid back approach to the usual Hants traffic police this will be a lot more concentrated to make it effective filming.

You have been warned"

Watch your speed, unless you want to get on TV!

At least we know where all the young hopefuls rejected from X-Factor will be for the next 7 weeks...

Rob.

Could be interesting on Saturday, when we all go the RR day at Southampton.

Own up..Who told Hants Constabulary that the day was on???

Excellent...I had the rare opportunity to have a drag race with a police man the other day on the motorway.

Well he'd been going at about 10mph for 30 mins, so when he let us all go it was too rude a chance to miss...got him up to 70ish just Then he kept going and going then up the slip road :cheat:

Wow I chance to be on the TV.............cant wait

All those planning on starring in the documentary will need:

Plenty of Briskoda stickers

One of those Homer Simpson dolls that drops its trousers in the rear window

Sticker with 'Stop persecuting skodas Hitler boy' etc

Should be great (anyone due for a ban might as well go the whole hog and top out at 146 mph and finish with a run across some fields followed by a chopper )

Cheers Stuart

That counts me out then as I only have a fabia vrs it doesn't go fast enough :P I'm going to miss out on all that fame! Oh my what a shame

My Guess based on local knowledge is the Skodas will probably be 03 Plate & Either Black or Silver, an 05 Plate dark red Mondeo & not sure about the Ovlovs, they used to be either dark Blue or Dark Green but havent seen those around for a while

Watch out for a bright red Mondeo on the BBC shortly

Chris

I have a source that claims Hampshire Police and the BBC are filming the new series of "Traffic Cops" in the Hampshire region. They are concentrating on the Portsmouth and Southampton region and up to Winchester. Filming starts at the end of September and will continue for the next 7 weeks. This means that our normally friendly and usually laid back traffic cops will be 'working to rule'. The camera teams will be accompanying the traffic police and armed response officers in their vehicles as they plod up and down the M27, M3 and surrounding area. Unmarked cars will be playing a major role in the series and we know they have a Black Skoda Octavia, Maroon Ford Mondeo and various Volvos. Go careful guys (and gals), don't want to see any of you on TV next year . You have been warned!!.

reeeeepost. :P

Good to have more than one "heads-up!" though.

reeeeepost. :P

Good to have more than one "heads-up!" though.

Sry, didnt realise was repost, still if you missed the first second chance to be reminded!!

Saw a blue Octy on my way to work this morning too. They've got strobes fitted to the sides of the bumpers.

Sry, didnt realise was repost, still if you missed the first second chance to be reminded!!

Indeed, can never have too many "heads-up"s

Details I recd, gives a bit more info

Hants Police are doing a television programme series from tomorrow (26th September) for seven weeks.

If you use the M27 or the M3 this potentially affects you so please proceed with caution and pass onto anyone who you feel might just need to know.

The program a BBC South commission called "Traffic Cops" will be filmed covering the area from Ringwood concentrating on Ringwood M27 up to M3 J9 and a team working the ringroad around Southampton (Totton will have a unit working it alone), Cosham M27 stretch to J5 of the M27 (Southampton Airport turn-off).

The fourth concentration is working from Winchester Services covering M3 to J10 M3 (Winchester South) using five unmarked cars, two Black Skoda 03 registration Octavias, an 05 plate dark red Mondeo and two Volvo saloon cars.

The BBC unit are going to be based out of a unit in Millbrook Road in Southampton and will also be covering the armed police response unit and the Southampton Airport Police Security / British Transport Police

team.

The BBC team are in Citreon Picasso MPVs

To make it even more effective the Traffic police have authority from Chief Constable to "work to rule" So instead of the laid back approach to the usual Hants traffic police this will be a lot more concentrated to make it effective filming.

You have been warned"

I don't know where all this info is coming from, people are posting it up all over.

It was on the local Radio this morning with a statement from the Police that they will not be changing their normal practises.

It's nothing new FFS there is a current series running which features the Hampshire traffic guy's working the M27 and Portsmouth area's (Sgt John Geydon and his boys).

People are just hyping it up to be something it probably isn't.

I wont say where I heard it but the source should know what they are talking about.

Hopefully if theres enough publicity the Police will stick to their normal & generally fair methods & not follow a method which could be viewed as entrapment, it does their reputation with the public no good at all.

I personaly take the view that if Im caught doing anything I shouldnt & its done fairly I will happily take the consequences but to be stalked by unmarked cars to make a TV program is just not the way it should be, imagine being followed for miles whilst they wait for some good footage before stopping you. Ive worked with film crews & all they want is the best shots, thats what sells their product

OK Rant over, Back to work

Spotted another un-marked Octy, Silver VRS (WK 05 AHD) usual tell tail aerials on roof.

Saw this on the another site, thought it may be of use to a few of ya....................

For those of you traveling around the South, a friend has provided the

following....

Hants Police are doing for a television programmed series from tomorrow

(26th September) for seven weeks.

If you use the M27 or the M3 this potentially affects you so please

proceed with caution and pass onto anyone who you feel might just need to know.

The program a BBC South commission called "Traffic Cops" will be filmed

covering the area from Ringwood concentrating on Ringwood M27 up to M3

J9 and a team working the ring road around Southampton (Totton will have a

unit working it alone), Cosham M27 stretch to J5 of the M27 (Southampton

Airport turn-off). The fourth concentration is working from Winchester Services covering M3 to J10 M3 (Winchester South) using five unmarked cars, two Skoda 03 registration Octavias, an 05 plate dark red Mondeo and two Volvo saloon cars.

The registration of the black Skoda Octavia RS working in Winchester is HN54 PCZ

The BBC unit are going to be based out of a unit in Millbrook Road in

Southampton and will also be covering the armed police response unit and

the Southampton Airport Police Security / British Transport Police

team.

The BBC team are in Citreon Picasso MPVs leased from Arriva.

To make it even more effective the Traffic police have authority from

Chief Constable to "work to rule" So instead of the laid back approach to the

usual Hants traffic police this will be a lot more concentrated to make

it effective filming.

Pretty accurate information, where did the other website find this out?

Pretty accurate information, where did the other website find this out?

Ain't got a clue mate, I just copied & pasted.

Look for your self www.boatmad.com

Go to General Boating Discussions, scroll down to "Warning".

Posted here yesterday.

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/showthread.php?t=37208&highlight=M27

I get the impression that this is just another hoax email doing the rounds. It doesn't ring true at all

Posted here yesterday.

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/showthread.php?t=37208&highlight=M27

Sorry mate, didn't know where to post.

But I do now.

All three threads on this subject now merged.