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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Dan282 on 01 January 2014, 14:19:46
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My car was showing as no insurance? They put the "follow me" sign on and pulled me over. Very nice sergeant. Courteous and explained everything clearly. My insurance was valid. I also did a road side breath test and despite 2 pints last night I blew 0. He had already stopped 2 cars for driving under the influence and thanked me for being respectful regarding my small drinking amount last night knowing I was driving this morning.
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Is it a standard policy? Or are you on a traders setup? Something must have triggered APNR, unless it read yours incorrectly
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Is it a standard policy? Or are you on a traders setup? Something must have triggered APNR, unless it read yours incorrectly
The insurance database is far from reliable.
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Convenient excuse for a tug if nowt else :-X
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Convenient excuse for a tug :-X
Yeah. They probably had nowt better to do. ;D ;D
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Convenient excuse for a tug :-X
Yeah. They probably had now better to do. ;D ;D
He is from Stoke...
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By and large I've no problem being pulled over for a 'routine check' though aren't they supposed to have reason for puling you over these days? :-\ It did get to be a PITA though when I was pulled over every week end at least once because I was a young lad in a MKIII Cortina ::) The young bit isn't a problem nowadays though ;D ;D ;D
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Convenient excuse for a tug :-X
Yeah. They probably had now better to do. ;D ;D
He is from Stoke...
Haha althought not where I was stopped. I have checked MID and I am showing as insured.
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Is it a standard policy? Or are you on a traders setup? Something must have triggered APNR, unless it read yours incorrectly
Mine is a traders policy and I have to carry it around because they don't always show up on the police database. >:( >:( I have had many an argument with Mr plod :-X :-X
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Got stopped in my Capri many times ??? Never been breathalyzed though ever , dont think tea and coffee will take me over the limit ::)
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Never been breathalyzed though ever , ....
Closest was when I was 17 on my CD175 & the copper asked to smell my breath ;D ;D
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The wife was pulled over once for apparently not having insurance on the ANPR, which was quickly proven to be wrong after a call to the insurance company. They then proceeded to try and argue that her German licence was invalid as she had been here more than a year. They didn't even apologise after I had pointed out all the laws in place which proved their claims to be rubbish. I considered some action over the data protection act but I was getting ready for a trip to the sandbox and thus didn't have time.
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Its routine now that any tug results in a beath test. I've never managed to register more than a big fat 0.
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By and large I've no problem being pulled over for a 'routine check' though aren't they supposed to have reason for puling you over these days? :-\ It did get to be a PITA though when I was pulled over every week end at least once because I was a young lad in a MKIII Cortina ::) The young bit isn't a problem nowadays though ;D ;D ;D
That used to happen to me, late nights in my MKII escort. Got that sick of it that one night spent a couple of hours going round and collected about 10 "producers". Following day handed them into "sarge" on desk, one by one. When asked why i didn't give them all at once said I didnt get them all at once. Didnt get pulled up in that car again ;D ;D ;D.
Hey, hum what you could get away with ::)
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I got rid of my Astra GTE in the early 90s, partly as I was always in Aylesbury cop shop doing "show-ers", usually 2 or 3 times a week (not always due to pulls in the Astra, mind ;D).
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Got stopped a few times in the Granada 2.9 , it was once owned by a band member of showaddywaddy ;D
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As far as being stopped goes, an 'excuse' isn't needed, plod can stop anyone they please simply to check their driving documents are in order(common sense and resources generally dictate folks are only stopped if there is some reason though).
Re breath tests, a requirement to blow can only be made in the events of an RTC, if a moving traffic offence is committed (eg running a red, etc) or if the bobby suspects booze through some good reason, eg manner of driving, or smell in the car
A breath test under any other circs would be unlawful, and most certainly "random breath tests" cannot be done
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As far as being stopped goes, an 'excuse' isn't needed, plod can stop anyone they please simply to check their driving documents are in order(common sense and resources generally dictate folks are only stopped if there is some reason though).
Re breath tests, a requirement to blow can only be made in the events of an RTC, if a moving traffic offence is committed (eg running a red, etc) or if the bobby suspects booze through some good reason, eg manner of driving, or smell in the car
A breath test under any other circs would be unlawful, and most certainly "random breath tests" cannot be done
There was an 'operation' on the run upto Chrimbo in Chiseldon....You got a speed gun pointed at you....30mph limit....anything above....stopped and breathalysed........ :y
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Got stopped a few times in the Granada 2.9 , it was once owned by a band member of showaddywaddy ;D
I lent my 2.8i Mk 2 Grannie to my then 18 year old son some years ago and yes, he got pulled. Had to go to cop shop
in Sudbury, Suffolk to verify that he was ok to drive it.
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My dad used to have a Daimler Double six when I was 19, never once got pulled in it. Couldn't say the same for my Astra GTE though, every bloody week! ::)
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Always getting stopped by the police only because I've fixed all the faults that they never did and now they want their cars back ::) :y
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My dad used to have a Daimler Double six when I was 19, never once got pulled in it. Couldn't say the same for my Astra GTE though, every bloody week! ::)
We had a mk1 Astra GTE when I was a kid.. Great memories!!! :y
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I have great memories of the rear seat in the Daimler! :-X :-X :-X
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I found it easier to keep the documents in the car, as my pattern of leaving work at about 3AM, or hanging around Maidstone bridge after closing time meant I got stopped a lot. My Sunbeam being loud enough to set off car alarms can't have helped either.
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I always carry my docs in the
pikey van
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Is it a standard policy? Or are you on a traders setup? Something must have triggered APNR, unless it read yours incorrectly
The insurance database is far from reliable.
True. I got stopped a couple of years ago in my omega. Although being fully insured and had been with the same insurer for 4 years they insisted I wasn't.
It was traffic police that stopped me. The driver was as nice and friendly as could be, the other guy was an absolute prick.
He kept saying look mate just tell us the truth.. Your not insured, we get guys "Like you" ...???!!!, who say they're insured all the time and it turns out they're not. What the.... Does "like you" mean??
To say I was furious is an understatement .
They gave me 7 days to provide my details. I said I'll be at the police station with my details in half an hour which I duly was.
After handing over my docs and waiting for around 45 mins I was told that all was in order and I was no longer being pursued for having no insurance .
Wtf??
How come the police officers in the station could ascertain I was legal and the guys in the car couldn't? Surely it's the same information they're accessing .
:(
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Got stopped a few times in the Granada 2.9 , it was once owned by a band member of showaddywaddy ;D
That's a crime in its self ;D
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Got stopped a few times in the Granada 2.9 , it was once owned by a band member of showaddywaddy ;D
That's a crime in its self ;D
Well it was 3am and police said we dont see many grannies around at this time of night ;D
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Got stopped a few times in the Granada 2.9 , it was once owned by a band member of showaddywaddy ;D
That's a crime in its self ;D
Well it was 3am and police said we dont see many trannies around at this time of night ;D
Fixed :y
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I lent my 2.8i Mk 2 Grannie to my then 18 year old son some years ago and yes, he got pulled. Had to go to cop shop
in Sudbury, Suffolk to verify that he was ok to drive it.
I lost count of the amount of times my parents had to go to the police station with my birth certificate when I first started driving, but I guess having a 5 year old Granada and only looking 14 at best was probably enough for them to think it was nicked.
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I lent my 2.8i Mk 2 Grannie to my then 18 year old son some years ago and yes, he got pulled. Had to go to cop shop
in Sudbury, Suffolk to verify that he was ok to drive it.
I lost count of the amount of times my parents had to go to the police station with my birth certificate when I first started driving, but I guess having a 5 year old Granada and only looking 14 at best was probably enough for them to think it was nicked.
;D
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Got stopped a few times in the Granada 2.9 , it was once owned by a band member of showaddywaddy ;D
That should knock a few hundred quid off it's value. ;D ;D ;D
They were shite. :P
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I hope you mean Shawaddywaddy ???
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I hope you mean Shawaddywaddy ???
Oh yes ;D It was a chauffeur car for the band members , wish i still had it . Still lovely big cars with a lot of toys :)