Got pulled by the Police last night..

GEEGEE8

hubert_cumberdale wrote: »

i would have snapped it off and said what wiper

Hahahaha - that made ma laugh :beer:

I actually confirmed with her what the issue was. Was it that it didn't clean the window, or that it wasn't in the correct place. Apparently it's because it's not in the correct place. I asked if I removed it all together is that okay, and she said 'oh yes, that's fine'.

She may have fancied me, although I am a girl

PudseyDB

I'm speechless really - I'm not really sure how a broken wiper constitutes a danger unless its likely to fall off.


I'm beginning to think I might get pulled over now - my rear wiper is absolutely fine, but I sometimes hang doggy poo bags from it after going to the park !!

GEEGEE8

PudseyDB wrote: »

I'm speechless really - I'm not really sure how a broken wiper constitutes a danger unless its likely to fall off.


I'm beginning to think I might get pulled over now - my rear wiper is absolutely fine, but I sometimes hang doggy poo bags from it after going to the park !!

It's definately not coming off, I've yanked it about trying to get it off and it's not moving..

Ewww, dog poo.. I should try doing that, bet they would leave me alone then!

GEEGEE8

loislane999 wrote: »

I think one of two things may have happend here - either she had a 'sniff' that something was amiss, gut instinct (which was wrong) but had to throw her weight around so to speak to make up for the embarrasment of finding nothing (and yes I believe you can get a vehicle defect notice for a defective rear window wiper - I have stuff wrong with my car which I know will get one of those if I was pulled over but it's not part of the MOT)

or

your car matches the description of one that was invovled with an incident earlier on, such as a fail to stop, which is why she was asking about the dents.

(or perhaps it was PMT -Police Motorist tension!)

I agree, she had nothing on me and was embarassed.

Also, from where they were they wouldn't have seen the damage until after they stopped me.

She said she was just doing a vehicle check on me and I said 'that's fine, everything is in order', and she said 'that's okay then, we'll see'.. Grrrr

Gordon_Hose

"Busy night, Officer?" *big grin*

maninthestreet

If the wiper is projecting out from the car, then it is a potential danger to another road user. I'm not sure whether a faulty rear wiper is an MOT failure or not.

GEEGEE8

maninthestreet wrote: »

If the wiper is projecting out from the car, then it is a potential danger to another road user. I'm not sure whether a faulty rear wiper is an MOT failure or not.

It's not sticking out, just flopped down so it's pointing at the floor.

mikey72

Take it off, or tape it to the backscreen.

Gordon_Hose

Yeah, like Mikey says, tape it to the screen or take it off completely.

Or repair it lol

GEEGEE8

I'm going to have a look at it today and see if I can sort it out.. luckily I don't need the car for a few days.. It's actually been like it for a few weeks now and I've been past a few Police cars.