why would a police car be driving very slowly with blue lights flashing

[brizzledrizzle]

We were driving home and saw a police car in the distance with it's blue lights flashing but sirens off. Unusually it was driving very slowly, about 10mph as it drove towards us and after it had gone past.

Any ideas why they'd be going so slowly?

Looking for someone?

Looking for someone? Deterrent?

Looking for someone who has been reported missing or injured?

I'd assume looking for someone or something.

Looking for an address, maybe.

They where very slowly running over a delinquent on a moped.

Hedgehog convict on the loose 🦔

Maybe looking for somebody but it was on a strange road to be doing that - a quiet town centre road on a Sunday night that was very brightly lit up.

at the moped idea - hopefully the local takeaway delivery people aren't out on the road much tonight!

Carrying someone inside who's drunk and likely to throw up?

I did wonder if they had a casualty on board but they were taking a very roundabout route to the police station/hospital if they were.

They could be drinking hot coffee. Don’t want that in their lap!

Could they have been slowly running out of petrol? Maybe?

Helping someone find them.

Could be that they were doing a rolling stop (Or whatever it's called)? They might have been clearing debris in the road up ahead and needed to slow down traffic going towards it.

I once saw the police block the road like this when there was a dog on the motorway, they were sort of herding it along.

They will be looking for someone or for an address. I often end up driving slowly on blues (ambulance not police)looking for an address or a person. Lights are there to warn people that I might have to stop suddenly and that I am driving in an unusual manner ie very slowly. Blue lights are not all about speed.

Going to get a sandwich? I regularly get nearly run off the road by police, admittedly going very quickly, with blue lights on, on the way to our local Tesco. Then when I get there, I see then parked up and inside picking up a meal deal. It happens frequently enough that it’s now become a joke and we know our local detectives on sight!

Looking for someone or something. Trying to find an address. There can be numerous reasons.

Juggling their coffee in one hand and a donut in the other.....? #lighthearted, before I get jumped on 🙈

Round here they would have ordered a Chinese takeaway, and are going to pick it up at a certain time.