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Originally Posted by rogermevans

actualy if he can show it could have hindered his duty there is no speed limit for a police office see "Section 87 Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984" link here http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content...tDocId=2223981

as the car was fitted with ANPR i would suspect hes a class one driver

The quotes below are taken from this article and the bottom quote says it all.

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north...03-23285471/2/

The decision to keep the Volvo’s alarms and warning lights off only increased the threat the officer posed, the jury was told.
And the way Dougal “hunted” the Megane even though he had no information about the reason it had triggered the computer system was out of proportion.

“Put simply, our case is that his driving at such extreme speed at night in a residential area was highly dangerous,” he told the jury. “It was even more dangerous to do so without using any special warning devices.”

The jury heard the information that triggered the computer “hit” about the Megane was finally found to be out of date. Its driver, a Czech national with two relatives as passengers, had been driving normally and within the 30mph limit, even seeing the dreadful collision in his rear view mirror.