[hey joe]

Not wishing for a moment to start YET ANOTHER (!!) Winter Tyre and Run-Flat thread (surely there's already enough of those?) but last night I saw something that got me thinking ...

A Police e-91 Traffic car with the blues and two's on going VERY FAST at a round-about. There was very little traffic, and myself and and a couple of other cars had plenty of warning of his (her?) approach to the round-about (which is controlled by traffic lights) and despite our light being on green we all held position while the Police car went thru a Red and went on his way at considerable speed. It was actually quite impressive.

It was a bitterly cold evening with the temperature already showing 0 (albeit completely dry). But that got me thinking ... do the Police change their cars over to Winter Tyres at this time of year?

And, furthermore, do they run their BMWs on the standard run-flats?

Anyone know?

[AlanQS]

I was talking to some cops at a town fair, some of which was being held in the grounds of the police station and they drive run-flats like everyone else (it was an E91 we were standing beside) and, according to the cop, they don't change them in winter.

[dghdgh]

The interesting point to make is not about the tyres but a red light should be treat as a stop or give way even with using it as one of the three legal exemptions emergency service vehicles responding to an emergency have.

[dxb335d]

What cops do is have their fogs on when driving everywhere in BMW's

[mowflow]

Many moons ago my dad had a cancelled order Astra that was intended for the cops. It had extra load tyres because cops were all giant and mostly fat back then.

[dxb335d]

Were the fogs permanently on also?

[DavS1]

They also go on advanced driving courses as well as giving dxb335d fpn's for driving with fog lights on

[E92Fan]

Some police forces do change their tyres over to winters, especially on the rapid-response vehicles. I have seen some police cars at Battersea on Vredestein Wintracs last year

[dxb335d]

Originally Posted by DavS1

They also go on advanced driving courses as well as giving dxb335d fpn's for driving with fog lights on

Sorry mate, but I don't drive with fogs on. I'm talking the Piss out of the kid who impersonates cop cars on here who has his fogs on permanently.

[JLR1969]

Originally Posted by mowflow

Many moons ago my dad had a cancelled order Astra that was intended for the cops. It had extra load tyres because cops were all giant and mostly fat back then.

Not because they carry a lot of equipment in the boot then

[DavS1]

Originally Posted by dxb335d

Sorry mate, but I don't drive with fogs on. I'm talking the Piss out of the kid who impersonates cop cars on here who has his fogs on permanently.

Ahhh I thought you'd hada FPN for it and witnesed various cop cars with them on so had a gripe

[CarAbuser]

What happened to our resident self-employed police officer?

[Ted Rascal]

Originally Posted by dghdgh

The interesting point to make is not about the tyres but a red light should be treat as a stop or give way even with using it as one of the three legal exemptions emergency service vehicles responding to an emergency have.

Not sure why that is relevant?

The highway code states that you should pull over to the side and give way to Emergency Vehicles using their equipment.

[Moh]

Who is this police impersonator then??

[dxb335d]

Originally Posted by DavS1

Ahhh I thought you'd hada FPN for it and witnesed various cop cars with them on so had a gripe

Haha no. I don't think it was ever foggy enough for me to put them on when I had the 335.

I've also NEVER seen the old bill with them on. But this kid seemed to think they did and also had police flashing lights fitted to his grill.

Well worth having a look at the thread for a laugh mate.

[Mart1000]

The Met certainly don't change to winter tyres. My job car is a 325d

[Mart1000]

And yes, standard run flats. It's very rare these days that the police stray from what the cars roll out of the factory with.

[Moh]

I've also NEVER seen the old bill with them on. But this kid seemed to think they did and also had police flashing lights fitted to his grill.

Well worth having a look at the thread for a laugh mate.[/QUOTE]

Link to thread mate??

[dxb335d]

I honestly can't remember mate. Was only a week or so ago!

[parapaul]

I've never seen a police car, BMW or otherwise, with winter tyres on. Likewise for the ambulance service. Our fleet department would rather pay for recovery of stranded vehicles - which was several times a day last winter - than change tyres.

All our response cars are 4x4s... fitted with summer tyres...

[willhollin]

Lets be honest it's only the last couple of years that have really seen the need for winter tyres. I'm sure they will adopt them if they find they are beneficial, but as we have had a few weeks of double figure temperatures they will probably stick with the factory runflats.

[CarAbuser]

Originally Posted by Moh

I've also NEVER seen the old bill with them on. But this kid seemed to think they did and also had police flashing lights fitted to his grill.

Well worth having a look at the thread for a laugh mate.

Link to thread mate??

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=630027

Read some of the other threads he's created. Some real comedy!