Road Wars

The One With The Etheridge Patented Gate Opening Service (6x9)

Uitzenddatum: Sep 23, 2008

Daz and Dan are in Reading, and fall in behind a Corsa which pulls an illicit U-turn, causing Dan to pull out a tidy cliché before they try to pull the Corsa. The Corsa driver, however, has other plans and a pursuit ensues. Simon and JK are also in the area, and head in to assist. The fleeing driver doesn’t give a stuff about anything other than getting away, and Dan suspects the vehicle has been stolen. Attempts to lay a stop stick fail as the driver goes a different way, so Dan requests permission to carry out a TPAC once they’re on a suitable road. This turns out not to be necessary as the car flies down a dead end, and the driver flees on foot – hurtling through fences, rather than over them. The passengers, however, weren’t quick enough and have been captured. One of them is only fourteen. The driver, however, has disappeared into the night. Not surprising given that the car is a vamoose. It’s lunchtime in High Wycombe, and Simon and Conrad’s break is interrupted by the appearance of a wanted car which pootles past them. They attempt to remain anonymous in the queue of traffic, but this proves impossible when the car pops into a petrol station, and they have to follow, scaring the driver away. Griff and Anna are ready at a roundabout to pull in front of it – but the driver backs into Simon and Conrad before zipping away at speed and triggering a pursuit before dumping the car and fleeing. This is not a problem for the dog patrol, and the occupants – who turn out to be suspected thieves – are soon collared. Simon and Conrad are back in Slough, working as part of Operation Caveat, looking to catch burglars. A car spikes their ANPR as having no insurance so they head off after it, as it comes back as having been used for a burglary, so they get behind it as it pulls into a drive. The occupants are Romanian, which makes questioning them a challenging affair, and have an interesting heap of bling in the footwell of their car. With Charlie and