Motorway Cops Catching Britain's Speeders S06E07 (Aug 5 2024)
Motorway Cops Catching Britain's Speeders S06E07 (Aug 5 2024)
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00:00It doesn't sound good, does it?
00:07PC Jan Schiemlischer is at a shunt on the busy A19.
00:12Us attending was purely for keeping the gentleman safe.
00:15He was in the central reservation, not in a very good position
00:18and potentially distracting other drivers.
00:21Despite his flashing lights and warning signs...
00:24It's going to be another crash, yeah, I'm telling you.
00:27..more drivers want in on the action.
00:29As you've seen when we've been here,
00:31quite a few near misses from people rubbernecking.
00:34And now, there we go.
00:37See? Just people not watching.
00:41Just park it in there for us, please.
00:44It's just been waiting to happen.
00:51UK police forces have been sent over 100,000 dashcam clips,
00:57exposing the most dangerous drivers on our roads.
01:02All hell has broken loose on our highways.
01:08You on a lesson? At least it wasn't your test.
01:11We join the motorway cops of Northumbria Police...
01:15Shall we gun? Why, yeah, of course we're gunning.
01:19..as they drive criminals of the north-east off the roads...
01:23Crash, crash, crash.
01:25..and put the deadliest drivers behind bars.
01:28Stand still!
01:32Are you going to tell us who you are?
01:34I'm a police officer. What do I look like? I'm in fancy dress.
01:36Do whatever you want. Do you want to arrest me? Do it.
01:38I'll let the dog out on you.
01:40I'm getting a little bit bored of you now.
01:42Jazz, bunch of muppets.
01:44Helping them in their battle with idiots behind the wheel...
01:47..is dashcam.
01:49It's vital evidence...
01:51Does everyone have any dashcam at home?
01:53..and proof that Britain's dumbest drivers...
01:56Bloody idiots.
01:58..are a law unto themselves.
02:01Police 1, criminal nil.
02:11Tonight...
02:12Mate, you seem very flustered.
02:14I'm just tired, that's all, mate, to be fair.
02:16..a driver is up past his bedtime...
02:18Can I answer that? If it's my mum, please, she'll be worrying.
02:22Right, love you, bye.
02:24..a speeder with a cheesy excuse...
02:35The lad's in shock and he's hurt.
02:37..and a collision sees a young boy knocked off his bike.
02:40I'm just going to put this mask on you, OK?
02:42Just breathe completely normally once it's on, all right?
02:45The big question is, has the driver done anything wrong?
02:52WHIRRING
02:58As the UK's sixth-largest force,
03:00Northumbria Police is a well-oiled machine,
03:03but at Follingsby Nick,
03:05the motorway cops run on a different type of fuel.
03:08Want a brew? Yes, please.
03:10Is that a new tattoo?
03:12Well, it's about a year old.
03:14It's just been the winter, I've had it covered over.
03:16Well, I think you're not showing them off because it's new tattoos,
03:19PC's Will Hunter and Martin Anderson
03:22have solved crimes together for years,
03:25but there's always something new to uncover.
03:28Some of them were from years ago,
03:30then I had a bit of a midlife crisis last year
03:32and I decided to get a couple of them all done.
03:34Who's done them for you, though? The bear, no?
03:37No, the little one's got it. He's a better artist than that, actually.
03:40Yeah, I think I've seen him.
03:41No, they're from a proper tattoo shop, paid money for them.
03:43Comes with a fortune.
03:45You should get some. No, no, no.
03:47Nice big sleeve. No, mate.
03:49You wouldn't put bumper stickers on a Porsche, would you?
03:51Thankfully, I'm going through a midlife crisis and buying a motorbike.
03:54I'll stick with that. Right, brew?
03:56Yes, I'll have a quick cup of tea. Brew and then out and about.
03:58Yeah, then we'll get out. Right, let's roll.
04:00No, we'll have a think about your tattoo.
04:14I think it's the best car in the fleet, this one.
04:17It's certainly my favourite.
04:19I've missed it last week and I've been on my training course.
04:22I'll have a quick check round it, make sure it's been looked after while I've been away.
04:26Someone's scuffed my alloys.
04:30I'll take a photograph of this.
04:31I always take a photograph of when someone's scuffed the alloys so I don't get the blame.
04:35I've got to look after these cars. It's our office for the days, isn't it?
04:38Well, or for the night.
04:40Right, we're good to go, I think.
04:47Let battle commence.
04:59Tonight, Martin's on a 12-hour shift patrolling the roads of Sunderland.
05:04I usually hit the wall at about 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning.
05:07My little boy got sent home from school today being sick. He's not been very well.
05:12When I would normally grab a couple of hours sleep before night shift,
05:15I've been playing nurse at home, looking after him.
05:20But yeah, hopefully that's not going to make us too tired.
05:23We need something to keep us going, whether that be coffee or adrenaline or both.
05:38He's quit.
05:41Looked to be quite fast as it's come through the village.
05:47Yeah, it's not hanging about.
05:50Might have seen us now.
05:51Did they catch up here?
05:58I'll bet you I've potentially got a vehicle failing to stop on Silksworth Road.
06:04We're on to Wardenlaw Lane.
06:05I don't know whether it's reacting to the presence of us
06:08or whether it's just driving a little bit erratically anyway.
06:14The bobs have slowed down now.
06:15They'll be aware there's a police car behind them now, aren't they?
06:21Potentially coming to a stop. Stand by.
06:31Just stand still.
06:35What's the crack there?
06:37Is this your car?
06:40Is it?
06:42Can I have a jump in the back of here?
06:43Just because you failed to stop there.
06:46LB, I've got it stopped.
06:47I've got the driver detained. Stand by.
06:51Come in.
06:56You were flying, yeah?
07:00Right.
07:07We've got a car.
07:10Right, it was my car, mate. What's your name?
07:12I've got ID, but I've got my bank card.
07:17Mate, you seem very flustered.
07:18Yeah?
07:19You seem very flustered. Have you took any drugs or anything?
07:21No, no, no, I don't take drugs.
07:23I'm just tired, that's all, mate, to be fair.
07:25I was speeding, I understand.
07:26I put my toe down a bit, I was doing a bit over 40.
07:28That's why I stopped as I understand that.
07:31Sorry, officer, I'm just, like I say, I'm a bit tired and I'm flustered.
07:34I'm just, I'm knackered.
07:36Did you not see the blue lights, like?
07:37I didn't see them, it's got blacked out windows, that's all, mate.
07:40Honestly, I've had a long day, I'm a bit tired.
07:42I was just trying to get home.
07:43I understand if you're going to do this for speeding, that's fair enough,
07:46but I wasn't feeling stopped, it's just a ting at the bottom, that's all.
07:56Will arrives with backup.
07:58Ooh, car's a bit stinky.
08:00And sniffs out why the driver might be a bit jumpy.
08:03I haven't done that.
08:05Oh, there you go.
08:07Cannabis.
08:25Come on, Indians, wait.
08:26Move over, TikTok.
08:29Everyone wants to be an influencer on Britain's roads.
08:37Competing for the most followers.
08:42Showing off with unbelievable filters.
08:49And looking for that shareable moment.
08:54But making a hash tag out of everything.
08:59Just so every post has an impact.
09:10Mate, you seem very flustered.
09:12Eh?
09:13Have you taken any drugs or anything?
09:15No, no, I don't take drugs.
09:16I'm just tired, that's all, mate, to be fair.
09:20Midnight in Sunderland, and Martin's stopped a driver in a hurry,
09:24with something to hide.
09:28Cannabis, yeah, that's down the side.
09:31On the floor, in the driver's pocket.
09:34Right.
09:35OK, mate.
09:36Have you had any cannabis?
09:37No, no, I don't smoke cannabis, I'm just, I'm tired, that's all.
09:41Can you pass a drug swipe, then?
09:42I should do, aye?
09:43You should do.
09:44Well, look, I don't have... Aye?
09:46Right, I'm going to request the specimen's saliva from you.
09:49Right.
09:50Right, you're happy to provide?
09:51Mm-hm.
09:52This'll test if there's a trace of cannabis or cocaine in your system.
09:54Right.
09:55Stick your tongue right out.
09:56Open that wide.
09:58You'd open wider than that in the dentist, wouldn't you?
10:00I know.
10:01I know they're not pleasant, but we need to get a bit on there.
10:06You don't smoke cannabis?
10:07No, not...
10:08No.
10:09No?
10:10I don't know, not really.
10:11Not really?
10:12Well, I smoked some the other day, aye, but...
10:14Aye.
10:16I'm not going to sit and beat about the bush.
10:18Right.
10:19This is test and posit for cannabis.
10:20Right.
10:22I'm arresting you on suspicion of drug driving.
10:24God, I wish I didn't put my toe down there now.
10:26You're further arrested for possession of a controlled substance,
10:29which would be cannabis class B.
10:31I've got to go to the police station.
10:32I've got work in the morning.
10:33You'll be going to the police station?
10:35How long will I be there for?
10:36Who are you texting?
10:37My mam.
10:38Text your mam to let her know, mate, if you're worried.
10:40Have you been locked up before?
10:42Aye, a few times.
10:43PHONE RINGS
10:44Can I answer that?
10:45If it's my mam's place, she'll be worrying.
10:47Hello?
10:48Aye, I'm flunked up.
10:50Because I've come back and the police have stopped us
10:52and I've failed a drugs wipe.
10:55It's less fun than you because you're my mam.
10:57I mean...
10:59What a nightmare.
11:00I know.
11:01The day I just had, I couldn't believe it.
11:03I know.
11:04I didn't stress and didn't worry about just one of them things, mam.
11:07Right now, brother.
11:08See you later, mam, mate.
11:09Didn't worry, right?
11:10Right, love you, bye.
11:25Honestly, it's just the cherry on the top of the day.
11:28I've had a day, honestly.
11:29Been a bad day, like?
11:30Oh, really bad day, to be fair, like.
11:32And it's just getting a lot worse, hasn't it?
11:35Well, tomorrow's a new day.
11:37That's it.
11:38It's a bad day, not a bad life.
11:47Hi, man.
11:50You manage?
11:54Yeah.
12:16So, yeah, a decent little job in the end.
12:18What I always say to people that get locked up for this
12:21is that it could always be a lot worse.
12:23Like, it's obviously a nightmare scenario for you here,
12:25but if you'd had a crash, someone was injured or killed
12:27or something like that, it just opens a big can of worms,
12:30doesn't it, like?
12:33And that little bit of cannabis that he had, which he shouldn't have,
12:36it's been taken from him for disposal.
12:39So, yeah, it's another bad little stop,
12:41considering there wasn't much moving about tonight.
12:54Oh, it's not that heavy.
12:56Ha!
12:58OK, go on, see what else we can get involved in.
13:01See yous later.
13:03It's 8am at Eccle Lane station,
13:06and PC Marianne Hutchison has already had a jump start.
13:10I've had my cup of coffee this morning, so...
13:14..that's a good start of the day.
13:17I tend to go for a little bit of a walk,
13:19That's a good start of the day.
13:21I tend to go for a double coffee, two coffees and then a cup of tea,
13:25just to balance it out a little bit.
13:27And then that'll be all I have today.
13:35I've worked 11 years in the force now.
13:38Unbelievable.
13:39If you want something when you're younger, go out and get it.
13:42And I've always had that sort of determination, that sort of drive.
13:46When I was little, I used to watch The Bill all of the time,
13:49and I absolutely loved it.
13:51So me and my friends used to go out on our bikes.
13:53We used to imagine that these people would run off
13:55and we used to be cycling around like idiots with walkie-talkies,
13:58like, oh, we're catching them on the way.
14:02I used to live on a main road,
14:04and I used to see the police cars going up and down constantly.
14:07And I used to think, I wonder where they're going.
14:09And now, 25 years later, I am in that police car going up and down.
14:14I know what I'm going to, but, yes, it's mad.
14:17Sometimes I've got to pinch myself and think, as if I do what I do.
14:31Headmaster, 3-2. Yeah, go ahead.
14:34We've just witnessed a male jump out a car and beat up a victim.
14:39Males have gone back in the car, they're now making off at high speed.
14:438-9-0-2, put us through it.
14:49So the helicopter is looking for a stolen car for us in the Sunderland area,
14:53but while they've been doing that, the navigator within the helicopter
14:56has caught a male being assaulted in the street by two unknown males.
15:03The National Police Air Service, or NPAS,
15:06has 19 helicopters across England and Wales
15:09and are the eyes in the sky for motorway cops.
15:15In Tyne and Wear, a police chopper has spotted a stolen Fiesta,
15:19wanted by more of Northumbria's motorway cops.
15:22Yeah, we've just got sight on it now. Stand by for location.
15:25It's on the 167 Westbound, and it's just coming off at the first slip.
15:30The driver pulls a sneaky U-turn to throw off ground patrols,
15:34but NPAS are relaying his every move.
15:39Traffic car, keep coming, keep coming. It's coming straight towards you.
15:42A traffic cop attempts to block the car.
15:45Yeah, contact. Tactical contact.
15:47But the manoeuvre fails, and the gloves are off.
15:58The driver becomes more and more reckless.
16:03With patrols closing in, the desperate perp
16:06dives into a maze of backstreets...
16:09It's a left, left, left, and we're backing in.
16:13..and starts a life-size game of Pac-Man.
16:17It's a right, right, right.
16:19Yeah, he's re-stepping back towards Weingrove Road.
16:22He's coming back behind you.
16:24But soon, it's game over.
16:29The driver pleaded guilty to dangerous driving,
16:32aggravated vehicle taking,
16:34driving while disqualified and driving without insurance.
16:38He was jailed for two years and banned from driving for six years.
16:45We've just witnessed a male jump out of a car and beat up the victim.
16:50We're now making off at high speed.
16:528902, put us through it.
16:55Back in Sunderland, a police helicopter has spotted an assault
16:59and is guiding Mary-Anne towards the suspects.
17:02Keep our eye on the offenders at the moment.
17:05Just to confirm, it looks like it's on a dark grey bus
17:08working its way through the estate in South Milton.
17:11There's a lot of units travelling down,
17:13trying to get it boxed in and come to a safe stop.
17:16This is what we're driving for.
17:18This is, like, the exciting stuff.
17:20Take the next right traffic car.
17:22Ahead of Mary-Anne, two patrols have the car in their sights.
17:26Just in front of you, approach the key junction.
17:29In front of you, approach the key junction.
17:36You go front, I'll go back.
17:38Yep.
17:39When you're ready.
17:40Go, go, go.
17:43Move up, move up.
17:45Box on, box on.
17:47Bring it down, bring it down.
17:51I think I'll stop.
17:52Go, go, go.
18:00There was a film. Pop your hands up first.
18:02We'll do all the checks on you.
18:04Is this your car, mate? Aye.
18:08I'll just sit you in the back of the car, mate.
18:10We'll get all the checks.
18:11Have you got any idea what it might be on about?
18:13I tried to find you, but you kept on asking me.
18:15What was all that?
18:16Arguing with my mate off the street the other day.
18:18We're sorting it out ourselves.
18:20We'll just, like, throw it away.
18:22While other officers deal with the driver,
18:25Mary-Anne turns her attention to the passengers.
18:28You all right?
18:29Yeah, yeah, thanks.
18:30You know the police at all?
18:31Yeah.
18:33When was the last time you known the police?
18:35I couldn't hear you.
18:38Bye.
18:40What's wrong?
18:41What's wrong?
18:42Aye.
18:43Nothing.
18:45What's wrong with you, though?
18:47Me, now, why?
18:49No need for you to be agitated at all.
18:53A mile away, officers arrive at the scene.
18:57Officers have also caught up with the alleged victim of the assault.
19:01Ooh.
19:03Is there an update on the level of injury?
19:13You're under arrest on suspicion of assault, OK?
19:19Seemed like you were expecting that.
19:21You had your arms out ready.
19:27You're sitting out for the time being, my mate.
19:58Two seconds, mate. Sorry.
20:13I enjoy my job, and I love it.
20:15When you have got the capability to get the helicopter up to give you a hand,
20:19it's a great feeling.
20:20It's a great feeling.
20:21It's a great feeling.
20:22It's a great feeling.
20:23It's a great feeling.
20:24When you have got the capability to get the helicopter up to give you a hand
20:27and the drones and stuff like that,
20:29whether you're investigating or whether you're on the road to policing,
20:32everyone works as a team in the police.
20:35I thought life as a police officer was going to be out of the bill,
20:38you know, getting the baddies and going to jail and stuff.
20:41But some things don't get wrapped up nicely.
20:43However, it's one thing you know when you're in the police,
20:46and that will always come again.
20:55MUSIC
21:00Given the fact that it's a bit of a sunny day,
21:02the weather is getting warmer,
21:04people start to not concentrate when they're driving.
21:08It's early doors at Eatle Lane, Nick,
21:10and Sergeant Dave Roberts is warming up for a busy shift.
21:17So the day is looking at the A189,
21:20seeing what's going on up there,
21:22because that's a road of interest to us at the minute.
21:24Some activity in the west end of Newcastle,
21:26and wherever the radio takes us, really.
21:29We'll see what happens.
21:42The worst part of this job is you can be driving for hours,
21:45then you'll end up with some form of pursuit that comes to an end.
21:48Then you've got to jump straight out of the car and start running around.
21:51That has got a lot harder, the older I've got.
21:54I'm not as flexible or as agile as I was.
21:57I don't remember ever getting out of a car when I was young and safe,
22:00I was going, ooh, my knees.
22:02But lately that seems to become a thing.
22:04Still catching, but the recovery time is a little bit different
22:07from what it once was.
22:13A child's been knocked off a bike.
22:15He was coming out of school and apparently a car's gone straight into him.
22:19He was floating in the air.
22:21He was wearing a helmet.
22:25541, who else has gone? No trouble.
22:30Just had a report of a child on a pedal bike
22:33that's been knocked off outside of the school by a car.
22:39It's important to get there quickly,
22:41because it may be that we need to rent a first aid.
22:45My eldest son was involved in an accident years ago
22:48and it's absolutely terrifying.
22:50You instantly think the worst.
22:53But it's about looking after somebody else's child,
22:56so we don't know the extent of the injury until we get there.
23:07That'll be the end of the umbrella, then.
23:10Hello there.
23:13Hello, young man.
23:15Are you sore somewhere?
23:19All over your leg.
23:21Don't try and move anything, but can you feel what's going on now?
23:24Yeah? Did you lose consciousness at all?
23:26You didn't.
23:28Is his parents here at all?
23:32Have you rang the ambulance? Have you had a conversation with them?
23:35Have you?
23:37Right. Who's the driver of the car?
23:39That's you, is it? Right. We'll come to that in a second.
23:42I'm going to make a phone call and see if there's an ambulance
23:45going to come and check it out, all right?
23:47And then we'll go from there. Is that OK with you? Yeah?
23:50Awesome. Thank you very much. I'll be back in two seconds.
23:54The lad's in shock. He's hurt.
23:56I'm not an x-ray machine.
23:58I just want to speak to Ambulance Triage and see if they've got an ETA.
24:03Come and check him out.
24:08It's Northumbria Police, just in relation to a pedestrian RTC.
24:12I'm concerned about the potential unseen injuries.
24:15Do you have any kind of ETA for me?
24:20I'm not leaving a child on the side of the road for two to three hours.
24:25I'm going to see if I can get one of our medics to come and check him out.
24:29You've got to get creative with what you've got access to,
24:32and if you can't get the traditional ambulance service,
24:35you've just got to think outside the box a bit.
24:38Are you sure you're all right?
24:40The most important thing now is make sure you're looked after, OK?
24:43You're lying under an umbrella, inside your parker hood, on a sunny day.
24:46It's not the way you thought you'd be at this time of the day, is it?
24:49No.
24:53Hello. All right?
24:58So the firearms team have turned up.
25:01Need to check you out, all right?
25:03Advanced medics, as they are, I've asked for them to assess the young lad.
25:10Just going to put this mask on you, OK?
25:12Just breathe completely normally once it's on, all right?
25:17When you're dealing with a kid who's injured,
25:20all you want to do is to get the kid picked up.
25:22It's enough to be checked, but that's easier said than done.
25:26I hear an ambulance.
25:33SIREN BLARES
25:43Hello. Are you Paul's papa?
25:45Hello.
25:47Hands dropped out before. Breathing rate's been fine. His heart rate's been fine.
25:52Can you wiggle this one for me? Oh, excellent.
25:55I don't think he's got any sort of internal bleeding or anything like that.
25:58Yeah, yeah. Awesome.
26:01Sorry, just want to cross over the road just to leave them to do their thing.
26:08Right now, young lad's in the back of the ambulance.
26:10Paramedics are a bit more settled with his condition, which I'm dead pleased about.
26:14The big question is, has the driver done anything wrong?
26:31Entitled drivers are causing a right royal palaver across the UK.
26:38Kings of the road...
26:42..and queens of the pavement.
26:47Along with their ladies-in-waiting...
26:51..and not-waiting.
26:55Sailing past their subjects with a regal wave.
27:01Pains dropped out before. Breathing rate's been fine.
27:04His heart rate's been fine. Yeah.
27:10Sorry, just want to cross over the road just to leave them to do their thing.
27:15In Gateshead, Sergeant Dave Roberts is dealing with a collision
27:18between a car and a boy on his bike.
27:23So, the driver's been breathalysed. He's not under the influence of anything.
27:27He checks out all in all. It's literally trying to discover who's done what and how.
27:31Have you spoken to the witnesses before? Yes, Sarge. What's in?
27:34The young man has been riding his bike from up this way.
27:39This car has been making a turn in towards the gates from his position on this side,
27:45at which point the kid is pressed, cos it's not his bike,
27:49he's pressed the wrong thing instead of the brakes, according to the children,
27:52and at which point he's collided with the front of the car.
27:58Can you help me out? Yeah.
28:00Tell me where your car was and how the two of you came together.
28:04He was quick, you know, fast, and driving the bike.
28:09So, he hit the car from the front.
28:13These are the kind of marks that have been left by contact with the pedal bike.
28:16When you look at the angle of the bike and the car,
28:19given what the driver said and what the witnesses have said,
28:22the car's either turned or literally the bike has come across the front of the car.
28:26It does look to be very much a case that the bike's not been under control,
28:31if you look at it clinically.
28:33Has the driver done anything wrong? I think not.
28:41I'm reasonably comfortable that there's been no offences committed,
28:44and at which point what you're dealing with is humanity.
28:47You're dealing with human beings and emotions and some shock.
28:52And everybody looks to the police and the ambulance service for reassurance,
28:55and that's what we try to do.
29:09When you get any job that involves kids, the first thing you think is,
29:13God, no, please, no, don't want anything serious.
29:16Whoever's to blame, it doesn't matter.
29:18I'm a dad, you know, I've got kids, and mine are all grown up now,
29:22but you just don't want to go to that job.
29:25That's a bad day in the office.
29:27So, with this, not the case at all.
29:30Young lad, not seriously injured.
29:32And do you know what? It's nice just to have that sort of human contact with people,
29:35you know, just to sort of reassure the driver, reassure the young lad that,
29:38you know, all is OK, you'll be fine.
29:43MUSIC FADES
29:53I think the support has to be dry at night.
29:55I'm hoping so, anyway.
29:57I think even criminals would rather go out and commit crime
30:00when the weather's dry, wouldn't they?
30:02Who likes doing anything in the rain?
30:04Martin's on the night shift in Sunderland,
30:07and although it's not raining,
30:09he'll still be undercover in an unmarked car.
30:12Yeah, I think we're eventually loaded up.
30:15I feel like I don't take this much stuff on holiday sometimes.
30:20Every eventuality.
30:22MUSIC CONTINUES
30:38We're sort of knocking on the door of going into rest days after the night,
30:42so I'm ready for a good couple of days off.
30:47Dad duty when I'm at home,
30:49a lot of that will be focused around me taxiing people
30:53around various sort of clubs and things like that,
30:57getting homework done.
30:59It certainly stops becoming rock and roll once you have kids, I think.
31:03Bedtime in my house, if the kids had their way,
31:07they'd probably be putting me and my wife to bed
31:09and they'd be sitting up watching some sort of Netflix series
31:12or something like that if they got their own way.
31:14Sometimes it's easier to deal with hardened criminals
31:16than trying to put an 11- and an 8-year-old to bed.
31:18At least you can put the handcuffs on a hardened criminal.
31:21I think it's frowned upon if you do that to your kids.
31:37This up ahead looks like a black Corsa.
31:39He's just came over the roundabout quite rapidly,
31:42so we'll try and get caught up with him, see what that's all about.
31:49Tango 461, how are we?
31:51Best.
31:53Mobile vehicle check, please.
31:55It's off the 195 at Washington.
31:57So does the Corsa in black, no report.
32:01Insurance is held, MLT is in order.
32:08Where's the park?
32:19That was fast.
32:24You got your licence on you, mate?
32:33That's why I've stopped you, mate, because you seemed...
32:35Bit rushed. ..quick over the roundabout,
32:37and then when I caught up with you, you were still quite quick.
32:40I'm just trying to get him back.
32:42Where was I?
32:43Mozzarella Dippers.
32:44Mozzarella Dippers?
32:49That's what she's been craving.
32:50I thought it was going to be, like, emergency prescription or something like that.
32:53No, she's been craving them all week in hospital.
32:56So obviously they've left them,
32:57and that's why I've just been trying to get them back,
32:59cos my ID's in there as well.
33:00Right.
33:01So that's why I was a bit quick.
33:02That's going to look good in court if you ran someone over, wouldn't it?
33:04Going fast.
33:05What's the jury going to think of that?
33:07Oh, I was trying to get some mozzarella dippers back.
33:09I know.
33:10Do you want to pass the dippers over, or...?
33:12Here, get your dippers.
33:18Will I be able to do a speed awareness course?
33:20Let's just slow it down, we're not there yet.
33:22You're quite lucky in the fact that we haven't been able to fully gauge the speed you were doing,
33:27other than me saying it looked quick.
33:29Yeah.
33:30How long have you been driving?
33:31Since June.
33:32Only just June gone.
33:33So we'll deal with it as words of advice.
33:35Slow it down, because at the minute, you've only got six points to lose.
33:38Are you aware of that when you've only just passed your test?
33:40Six points for the first two, yeah.
33:41So you're still in your probationary period of driving.
33:43If you start picking points up now,
33:45your licence is going to be gone quicker than you got it, yeah?
33:48So just slow it down.
33:50I like a mozzarella dipper as well, but I like my driving licence better.
33:54Right, no bother, mate.
33:55Thanks a lot.
33:56Take care.
34:16You know, we've been quite lenient with him there.
34:18We've used a bit of discretion.
34:19He's a brand new driver.
34:21We've educated him at the roadside about the risks of driving at excessive speed.
34:28I've heard all the excuses under the sun, but that is a first.
34:31When I seen it in the bag, I thought it was like a prescription or something.
34:36And he hasn't even offered us one of his dippers, so, yeah.
34:40Not that I would have accepted one, I don't think.
34:42I'm more of a chicken nugget, man.
34:45Right, well, we've got to go.
34:55Ford Mondeo in blue, there is an action marker on it.
34:59For drug supply and criminality.
35:02Insurance show not held.
35:06We've got an EMPR application for a blue Ford Mondeo.
35:11It's got links to the organised crime.
35:14We'll try our best to get all of it.
35:18If they've not bothered insuring the car,
35:20is there other things that they're not bothering to do as well?
35:23What else are they up to?
35:25There are around one million uninsured drivers on our roads.
35:29It's not the only gamble these reckless road users are prepared to take.
35:39This uninsured driver runs into Gwent traffic cops
35:43on the outskirts of Newport.
35:45He immediately tries to turn and make a getaway.
35:49The driver races across roundabouts, putting lives at risk.
35:55The chase leads cops onto the busy M4.
35:59But the suspect barely takes his foot off the pedal.
36:03He swerves in and out of rush-hour traffic
36:06and tears up the hard shoulder at over 100 miles per hour.
36:10The desperate driver flees the motorway
36:13and goes on a terrifying 90-mile-an-hour rampage
36:17through suburban streets.
36:20Jumping reds.
36:22Racing on the wrong side of the road.
36:27And nearly taking out a van.
36:30But try as he might, the driver just can't shake off the motorway cops
36:35and surrenders.
36:37The driver admitted dangerous driving,
36:39driving while disqualified and driving without insurance,
36:43as well as possession of cannabis and an offensive weapon.
36:47He was jailed for 12 months
36:49and disqualified from driving for three years and three months.
37:02Flood the area. We'll see if someone can spot us.
37:05Back in Sunderland, Martin is searching for an uninsured car
37:09suspected to have links to organised crime.
37:13Right, we've come up to West Weir.
37:15It's not at the lights, so it hasn't went Wearmouth Bridge.
37:18It must have committed towards the city centre.
37:27We're just playing catch-up on it, mate.
37:29One of the cars has got sight of this Mondeo.
37:33They're behind it now.
37:35It sounds like it hasn't reacted to the presence of them just yet.
37:38We'll get behind them and we'll take over from them.
37:41We're in the unmarked car.
37:43We'll sort of run the bluff on it, so to speak.
37:53Adam, that's me behind you now.
37:56Do you want me to take over here?
37:58I'll be in the unmarked.
38:00Yes, yes. Just about to turn right onto Holman Street.
38:03I'll let you go ahead just a bit.
38:05You turn left here.
38:13LB, I'm behind this vehicle now.
38:15I'm trying to train this vehicle.
38:17I'll take the role of pursuit commander if the vehicle is to make off.
38:21Request another T-PAC unit, air support, dogs.
38:24Roger.
38:31We're a nation of dog lovers.
38:35But some drivers behave like animals on the road.
38:40Wanting to play a game of fetch.
38:45And happy just to chase their tail.
38:52Or escaping death by a whisker.
38:56Or escaping death by a whisker.
39:01And driving like this will always land you in the doghouse.
39:08Holman, do you read me?
39:10There is an action marker on it.
39:12For drug supply and criminality.
39:14Ensure and shield not held.
39:16LB, I'm behind this vehicle now.
39:18Request another T-PAC unit, air support, dogs.
39:20Received.
39:22In Sunderland, PC Martin Anderson is on the tail of an uninsured car.
39:30Martin, I'm behind you.
39:31Come and join me.
39:34Stand by, coming up with a roundabout.
39:38We've got the whole of the team at the minute.
39:41So there's four tactical cars.
39:43Get a pre-emptive box onto the car.
39:46And safely get it stopped that way without causing any sort of damage or injury.
39:51T-PAC units, I think what we'll do is...
39:53We'll get out of the dual carriageway section.
39:55Pass this roundabout.
39:57We should have the rail into the near side.
39:59We'll just go for a box.
40:00Yes, yes.
40:01Yeah, let's move up, move up, move up.
40:04I'm coming, sir.
40:16Slow it down, slow it down.
40:18Slow it down.
40:20Vehicle stopped.
40:21No damage, no injury.
40:32Turn the engine off.
40:35Give me the key.
40:38Go on, mate.
40:39Right, just keep your hands where I can see them, buddy.
40:41Hello, mate.
40:44What's your name? You've got a driving licence?
40:46Come and jump in the back of our car.
40:47We'll just do some checks.
40:48Should I take the phone?
40:49Where's your ID and that?
40:50Yeah, of course, I'll give you the ID and everything.
40:52Right, you've got that on you, haven't you?
40:53Yeah, yeah.
40:54Right, come and have a sit in here because this car was shown as not being insured.
40:57Right, no, that's fine. Jump in here.
41:10Have you got your ID on you there?
41:12Yeah, yeah, of course.
41:13Should I give you the driving licence?
41:15Yeah, please.
41:20So this is an Albanian driving licence.
41:22And how long have you been in the UK for?
41:24August.
41:25August?
41:26Yeah.
41:27Have you got anything to show you've got insurance for this car?
41:36Is that a screenshot?
41:37Yeah.
41:38I don't know if I can check now.
41:40Yeah, I can give you the police number, I can find it.
41:43Have you had any emails from them that say it's been cancelled?
41:48Oh, okay.
41:49Was it just a short policy, was it?
41:50Yeah.
41:51For a day or two?
41:52Yeah.
41:53Did you think it could have run out?
41:55No, not for sure.
41:57Oh.
42:22While Martin deals with the driver,
42:24more cops run checks on his passenger.
42:28It does look like it's the same guy.
42:30It's certainly the photograph on his licence.
42:37So we'll detain and arrest him.
42:41Keep an eye on him.
42:45I don't know if you're aware, but your friend that you were with,
42:49he's wanted by Immigration.
42:51So he'll be coming with us.
42:53Really?
42:54Yeah, he's been arrested for that.
42:57Right, I'll come and let you out.
43:06Do me a favour, while you can get out,
43:08if you just get your belongings out the car, but do it from this side,
43:11because this car's obviously going down that other side of the road, okay?
43:24HE SIGHS
43:37Get two for the price of one, because that's an uninsured car
43:40with someone that's wanted in the passenger seat.
43:43You know, if you wanted, you'd be trying to keep a low profile.
43:47A little bit of common sense would probably suggest
43:49that you probably wouldn't want to be in a car that's not insured,
43:52but, you know, thankfully not everyone's got common sense
43:55and it makes our job a little bit easier at times.
43:58So a brilliant little stop, a good bit of teamwork.
44:01Happy.
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