Playing games Traffic policemen are playing "snooker" with vehicles they
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pull over, I can reveal. During a recent trip to the Lake District I met an off-duty traffic policeman, who divulged a couple of trade secrets.
As in the game of snooker, policemen are looking to "pot" a red in between each colour, so red vehicles are most likely to be pulled. Black, pink and blue vehicles are the most valuable in points terms and are jealously targeted.
It's typical—I've got a blue lorry, and I've been pulled over more than my fair share (CM 4-10 June). But now I'm thinking of respraying it white—the colour of the cue ball. They won't want to go in-off!
I can also reveal that policemen play a form of heads and tails when stopping vehicles. They always look at your front nearside wheel valve. If it has stopped at the top it's heads, and at the bottom it's tails. Great fun for them, I'm sure, but I really think they should be taking enforcement a bit more seriously.
Robin Milton, Mickfield Hostas, Suffolk