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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: doog on 08 March 2009, 23:32:45
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are there any omegas still in service with the UK police?
Doug
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Yep 3 area met still use estates but mainly for accident investigation work
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One round here that I see frequently. 04 plated.
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does anyone know if police spec Omega's can switch off the abs as i saw one not so long ago doing speed tests, on the first run no lock up, on the second run locked up the wheels measuring tyre marks left
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does anyone know if police spec Omega's can switch off the abs as i saw one not so long ago doing speed tests, on the first run no lock up, on the second run locked up the wheels measuring tyre marks left
Sounds like it'd be a strange switch to put on the dash. I'd guess more likely they just pulled a fuse for the second run?
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does anyone know if police spec Omega's can switch off the abs as i saw one not so long ago doing speed tests, on the first run no lock up, on the second run locked up the wheels measuring tyre marks left
They do for skid tests.
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does anyone know if police spec Omega's can switch off the abs as i saw one not so long ago doing speed tests, on the first run no lock up, on the second run locked up the wheels measuring tyre marks left
They do for skid tests.
We normally pull the fuse, not aware of any 'switch'.
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Does the fuse for the ABS affect anything else.
Reason I ask is that it's reckoned that driving in snow is better without ABS so you can get a build up of snow under the tyres which in turn creates a wedge under the wheels to slow the car.
I believe some car have a switch to turn it off
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On the Omega, its fuse 19 and covers both ABS and traction control. Generally, when skid testing, the road thats being used will be closed. Its technically a crime scene so its not important if any other system is switched off when the fuse is pulled.
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Saw them testing a few years ago in our village, the local nurse knocked someone down on a crossing. Then did the tests with 2 different cars (quite a few times) and had SY99 hovering metres above the ground recording it all head on to the traffic above the crossong.
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Two Omegas were in Gordon Brown's convoy this morning when he visited the barracks where the two soldiers were brutally murdered .
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West Mercia Police have a fair few
Ive seen atleast 4 different ones 3 estates 1 saloon i was told theyre all traffic cars
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Still a West Mercia estate running around in Telford.
In Coventry theres a 98 saloon running round as an ambulance :o
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There is none with Kent Police. ;)
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West mercia like old cars i think.... they have a collection of Y Reg Vectra Estates aswell all undercover ANP or XUY plate prefixes
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There is none with Kent Police. ;)
No there to busy running around in Skoda's ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)
Though the traffic bods still use the old trusty Volvo V70 or whatever the new ones called
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There is none with Kent Police. ;)
No there to busy running around in Skoda's ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)
Though the traffic bods still use the old trusty Volvo V70 or whatever the new ones called
But I can vouch for the fact they can really shift around town on 999's, with some great handling characteristics! :y :y
But, a fault develops in the transmission that makes going in reverse sound like the gear box is falling out any minute!! :o :o :D
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Surrey still use a few.
Thames Valley use them, as seen in Road Wars lol
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Bit of a side line to this discussion, but my unbadged 53 plate GLS gets some interesting reactions on the motorways from other drivers.....
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Two Omegas were in Gordon Brown's convoy this morning when he visited the barracks where the two soldiers were brutally murdered .
There are still a few in use in Northern Ireland
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It was good to see a gold Omega the other week where i live, so i guess we still have a good use for them :y
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I see one most days in whitehall, London, its a red police car from the Diplomatic Protection Group full Met livery 53 plate
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we never had omegas here
we got volvos and astras