It's often the details that would be the simplest if you knew the place which are the hardest to find out when you don't!
Lestrade would have a police car - unmarked, but with lights hidden in the radiator grill in case he needs to use the blues and twos (lights and siren). It would be a pool car, so not his to keep, but his when he needed it. So, with it being official, he would be able to break the parking rules if he were at a crime scene etc. Warrant cards (when Sherlock hasn't stolen it) also entitle police to free travel on the tubes/buses. The tube will almost always be faster than driving, especially at peak times morning and evening, and the buses are handy for places the tube doesn't go. He'd probably walk a bit too - the tube map is very misleading about distances between stations. Londoners definitely walk quite a lot, especially in the centre of town. www.tfl.gov.uk is the london travel website, and will give you the amount of time it takes to get from a to b on a bus/tube/walking, if you tick the right boxes :)
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Date: 2010-09-01 06:44 am (UTC)Lestrade would have a police car - unmarked, but with lights hidden in the radiator grill in case he needs to use the blues and twos (lights and siren). It would be a pool car, so not his to keep, but his when he needed it. So, with it being official, he would be able to break the parking rules if he were at a crime scene etc. Warrant cards (when Sherlock hasn't stolen it) also entitle police to free travel on the tubes/buses. The tube will almost always be faster than driving, especially at peak times morning and evening, and the buses are handy for places the tube doesn't go. He'd probably walk a bit too - the tube map is very misleading about distances between stations. Londoners definitely walk quite a lot, especially in the centre of town. www.tfl.gov.uk is the london travel website, and will give you the amount of time it takes to get from a to b on a bus/tube/walking, if you tick the right boxes :)
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