Years ago I was driving into London from Essex at around 2:30 in the morning, I approached a roundabout/traffic circle slowed right down to about 10 MPH, checked it was clear drove around then headed for a set of traffic lights about 200 yards away. I saw blue lights in my rear view mirror, I pulled over and a cop driving an 850cc Austin Mini got out of his car, approached me claiming I was doing 80 MPH in a 40 MPH limit. I thought he was kidding but he wasn't. He asked if I had been drinking,
I said "Yes, I had a cup of tea about an hour ago."
COP "Don't be smart. I clocked you doing 80."
I didn't even reply I took out a note book I always carried and took down the registration of the car he was driving. If I had been doing 80 MPH he'd have to do 180 mph to catch me, I doubt if 850 mini's were capable of doing 80 and my FIAT 124 took 6 days to reach 60 MPH let alone 80. I took his police number down in my note book, date, time of day, weather conditions, distance from the roundabout where I was stopped. He asked what I was doing so I replied "When this goes to court I want all the evidence on hand, so if you are going to nick me, nick me." There was no way I was going to let this go. He sniffed and told me I could go.
I knew what he was doing, he was probably bored on night shift saw me and thought he had a drunk driver dead to rights and needed some excuse to pull me over. And British police wonder why they have got a bad name. I am totally against drink driving, but pull people over by the book and don't lie.
This was not the only incident I've had with British police.