I went out tonight for a pub meal with my bf, I drove there as I was meeting the boyfriend, his brother and his O/H at the pub. My boyfriend is on the early this week at work, so we left earlier than is brother and his girlfriend (about 9.45) and I drove my boyfriend home.

We live in a rural part of the country, nothing but villages and open farmland for miles this way - and my boyfriend lives in a larger village about twenty minutes from the pub and about half an hour away from me.

I drove him home and was driving back to mine and as you would expect, country lanes at that time of night are pretty quiet - until I noticed a Police car was behind me. At first, I thought nothing of it (although I was secretly grateful I hadn't decided to light a cigarette just yet!) until I decided to turn off to drive through a village, rather than carry up that lane (I don't particulaly like that lane late at night to drive through) - and the Police car did the same.

I thought that was odd, as at no time did it try to overtake me - I purposely was driving slower than normal - and then decided to take a couple more de-tours to ge back to the lane I needed to be on. Again, with the Police car following me - it continued to follow me for another five minutes or so (I was still driving slightly slower than normal) until it flashed at me to pull over.

I pulled over, and the two Policeman got out of the car - I asked if everything was ok (as geniunely could not work out why they had stopped me). They said everything was fine, but could they look at my license - showed them my license and that was all fine. They then asked me to get out of the car, so I did and they were asking me if my car was mine (which it is), if it was insured, taxed, MOT up to date and who the insurance was with (it is insured and everything else is up to date - but I wasn't entirely sure of all the details, as my Dad sorted it all out, I just pay him X amount each month).

That was all fine - and then they started asking me where I had come from and where I was going. I explained that I had been out for something to eat and just dropped my bf off - they then asked why he wasn't with me!? I was a bit freaked out at this, bearing in mind I'm a teenag girl, it's night on a pitchblack road with nobody else about and I've got two Police officers asking me if and why I'm alone at night?

They asked a few more random questions - including 'did I have a pleasant evening?', what the hell am I supposed to say?! Well, yes I was, up until this point. I then asked if they wanted anything else and then said no, I could continue going home - so I got in my car and drove off, although they were still behind me for some of the way.

I turned off again, into a nearby pub carpark, to ring my Mum and told her what had happened and that I was freaked out by it - who bless her heart, drove out to meet me a and follow me home.

But we both think it was very odd - I'd done nothing wrong, yet they followed me for ages and then asked me lots of rather strnge questions about my evening and my boyfriend?! Dad, reckons they were just checking up on why I was alone late at night and making sure I was safe- but 10/10.30pm isn't that late and I clearly wasn't doing anything remotely illegal!

I don't know - it's just freaked me out a little bit, and I must admit, they did make me feel quite vulnerable on the roadside with the two of them questioning me about my personal life!

You should've asked and written down they're names - considering time and place it could be quite normal to do for you.

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I know I thought of that once I got home, or at least taken the number plate of the car I suppose - typically, I think of these things afterwards!

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Ring your local police station in the morning and have a word with the sergeant they should be more careful to not put the wind up anybody

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Good idea.

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i had a similar thing last year ,i was followed in daylightby a police car for at least 2 miles through a couple of villages ,i then turned onto the single lanes went past a couple of riders ,the cop then decided to ask me to stop ,unfortunatly being older i had a right go at himfor stopping me in such a isolated area as i was a single women ,pml poor bugger i think i frightened him he soon got back in his car ,he claimed it was the first safe place he could find to stop me!!!!! although like yourself my car was totally legal anddddddddddd he had checked it on his comp

they probably thought you was out robbing houses

Could be well true.......

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Terriermaid - could you please share a detailed experience on how exactly you did go at him - just in case it will happened for one of us again.....

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i have heard that if a woman is driving her car on her own, and the police ask her to stop she is within her rights NOT too, if you they are alone, and that she can call the police to make sure they are legit! before she stops!! cant remember where i see it now but if you call the police im sure they could tell you if i am correct in what i am saying!!

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