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[JamesV6CDX]

Working under the car, doing a few little jobs outside my girlfriends place. Some old busybody comes out of his house and storms over to me, wags his finger and says

"I hope you're not going to get oil everywhere"

I said

"Of course not, I always clean up behind myself". He was still wagging his finger at me (which we getting on my nerves) so I said "And don't you point your finger at me"

He then replied

"What you're doing is illegal - maintenance on the highway is an offense"

I replied with

"Here's my mobile phone - why don't you call the police, and tell them to come and get me"

To which he walked back into his house.

What a stupid old git -

Is it really illegal for me to be doing a few little servicing jobs outside my girlfriends place, on a dead quiet little road?

[ffcgary1]

Tec yes, it is but the old bill have got other more important things to be doing than coming to haul your sorry ass to jail.It would more likly to be the council that would take an interest.Even so what a silly old git and sad too.

[ffcgary1]

Why did it change my post, i did'nt say backside, i said a##.  eeyoor eeyoor.

[rcaws]

Yep illegal, but at least you, like me clean up all the mess from working on your beastie.

Unlike the Mondeo driving moron down my road who parks his crap heap right out on the road and then rinses his oil, break fluid, or whatever else he can find down the drain.  

[razzo]

A few years ago i was doing some work on my car & one of our neighbours who was also a local council adviser told me it was not illegal to work on a car in the street providing you didn't get oil or grease on road or pavement & not leave anything around where someone could trip over or hurt themselves

[Baron Von Spongebob]

I can feel a cambelt party happening at James"s girlfriends place soon...

[Crazydad]

I can feel a cambelt party happening at James"s girlfriends place soon...

I like your sence of humor Spongbob

[Bo Bo]

So is this still the case if you brake down & are attempting to mend your car  :-/

[Golfbuddy]

Right then. I've done a bit of Googleing (Great verb that ) and found the following:

Question Q621
Can you repair vehicles on the road?

Answer
You cannot repair vehicles on a road if,

it is during the course of a business
it is for gain or reward
it causes annoyance to people in the vicinity
The only exception is that if the repairs are carried out following an accident or break down where it was necessary to do the repairs on the spot or within 72 hours.
 
 
This was found at this link.

Check it out for yourself for reliability of information

[Crazydad]

So is this still the case if you brake down & are attempting to mend your car  :-/

Road side assistance try to repair your car all the time, does this mean that they all break the law

[Chopsdad]

Fussy old idiot  

[Chopsdad]

Fussy old idiot  

Spell check always misses that one  

[Tony H]

I bet if he had broken down on the road and you offered to get his car going he wouldn't have behaved like a crusty old tw*t

[RonaldMcBurger]

Remember last year when Pete, Mark and I stripped a 1999 MV6 outside my house in about 4 hours? The police turned up to enquire about the reported 'abaondoned vehicle'. Neighbours in bthe UK are the WORST in the world without question. Are they Jelous? (is that spet right?). This is why I do all my work on the driveway. Shuts them up. Even an engine chage like today, no mess. Everything cleaned up and put away. I frankly don't give a flying break what they think. If they whinge at me I will pop down the auction and buy the most hideous wreck I can find that has an MoT, tax it for 12 months and park it right outside their door!

I got asked this morning again.... 'Oh, having trouble again'. My response was no, no trouible at all. This is a hobby that saves me thousands. I bet you wish you could fix cars for free like me!

[Craig_R]

I get this off both sides of my house they are always asking whats up with it now blah blah, now the of them comes to me and asks if this is a good price and so forth and i say i dont know you have a VW Golf mate, he says oh i thought you knew alot about cars as you are always working on yours , Nah its just a hobbie i would get bored if i had a car that worked