07-04-2020, 08:20 AM
Perhaps we should start a thread on 'How to hit a Police Car'. My first accident back in 1964 involved driving my Opal into the side of a Police Car ... and getting away with it! It was at a set of cross-roads in Chesterfield: a van coming the other way turned right in front of me, I swerved to the left to avoid him ... straight into the side of the (unmarked) Police Car. The van driver jumped out full of apologies, at which point the driver of the car I had hit extracted himself from the passenger's side and said "That's alright, I'm a Police Officer". I reversed out of the Ford Zephyr, twisted the Opal's front wing back into shape, straightened the headlamp, and then we all duly drove down to the Police Station to sort the matter out. When the Duty Officer came to look at the cars, he asked where the other vehicle was - he couldn't believe the the apparently undamaged Seven had inflicted so much damage to the Ford. I heard no more about the incident!