Episode 16
The One With the Victory Wiggle
Still in Reading, a bunch of young men make the foolish mistake of racing past Yorkie and Dixie while hurling abuse. They are brusquely stopped and expected to account for themselves. The passengers are gobby and trying to out-impress each other. It appears that this is normal, as the car is flagged for antisocial behaviour, the driver being too chicken to stop his passengers from being idiots. Worse still – it’s his mum’s car, and she’s going to keep on being stopped now because the car is flagged!
Simon and JK are patrolling in Aylesbury when Simon notices a car with a whopper crack in the windscreen. While they’re dealing with that in a multi-storey, a car park attendant asks JK to investigate what he thinks might be dealing going on in one of the toilets. They stop the two suspects and carry out a drugs search. One is carrying a wrap of heroin; the other isn’t, but admits being a user, so he was able to go; unlike the other.
Yorkie and Dixie are listening in on a chase through Reading with commentary by Rosie. A bloke has nicked a bike and is trundling sedately across a playing field with Rosie in tow on foot. What he doesn’t know is that Dixie has stationed their car at the proposed exit, so Yorkie is waiting for him by the gate. Rosie is dead impressed, and does a nice little dance to celebrate not having to do all the paperwork.
Lloydy and Jim are travelling on the A40 in Oxford and get a hit on their ANPR – as usual there’s no insurance. The guy’s just bought it a few days ago and is ‘in the process of changing it over’ from his previous vehicle. Which is never going to happen as he’s only got an expired provisional license. Though his dog doesn’t take too kindly to Lloydy’s first greeting; apparently he doesn’t like people touching his ears! With the car facing seizure, the driver’s going to have to resume his journey on foot. But he doesn’t have a dog lead, so he has to use a fetching pink child’s top instead. Just as well, given that the dog tries to have a go at the cameraman.
Rosie and Daz are in Reading looking out for people leaving a big gig in town, in case they’ve been enjoying too many drinkies. After a bit of nature spotting (a badger, no less!) they pull a guy and attempt to breathalyse him. Unusually, this isn’t made difficult because he won’t do it, but because Rosie can’t get the tube out of its plastic wrap. She manages in the end (using her teeth) which is just as well as the guy was over the limit, though a procedural error killed the conviction.
Back out on the streets of Reading, Daz and Rosie are alerted to another uninsured driver by their old pal ANPR. The guy immediately admits to no license, insurance or anything – which is odd, because it turns out that he actually does have a license; but he’s claiming not to in an attempt to prevent getting points on it! Given that he could face up to eight points for no insurance, and he’s been driving less than two years, it’s easy to see why…

