Pedalling policemen put stop to pot production

Just goes to help the case that taking coppers out of their tin boxes and putting them back on the streets, either on foot or bike, gets them closer to the people and more aware of their surroundings.

Four plants?- I thought from your headline they'd nabbed Mr Big or Mr Nice; do you have a friend in the Essex Police press office?

It does show the advantage of not being cocooned from the world in a car though, I suppose.

Is there anywhere you can report these vehicles and the drivers to the police?

I followed a Council recycling collection van in Bristol for 3 miles or so a while back and there was a very pungent aroma of cannabis coming from the vehicle - I made a point not to overtake.

Perhaps pot sniffing cycle cops could also crack down on drivers. I'd just reached the end of my road this morning when I came up behind the first, a bloke in a white Mercedes van. I overtook the second on the South Circular, being already aware of what he was doing and having made sure I had plenty of room. On average I pass about two drivers/day smoking cannabis while behind the wheel. Cops in patrol cars would never know.

This is a serious safety problem in the UK. At the moment the authorities do not have drug testing kits for drivers either. There is widespread research showing that drivers who smoke cannabis while driving present similar risks to drink drivers. There is also research suggesting that drivers who smoke cannabis at the wheel are more likely to be involved in accidents, drive defective vehicles, have no insurance, MOT or current/valid licence and be connected with criminal behvaiour of one sort or another.