Got pulled by the Police last night..

rev_henry

esmerobbo wrote: »

There are no rights the Police can stop you in a car at anytime for any reason.

Not true iirc. They have to have some reason, however superfluous, unless its a spot check where they're doing 1 in 10 cars or whatever.

ani_26

Dan_Gleebitz wrote: »

The police of today! Why?
Dan

Methinks they have nothing better to do?


I've been pulled on numerous occasions, but they've never had reason to stop me. The last time, ( last year ), they knew everything about me, before they stopped me,which i know they know, including addressing me by my christian name. They knew i had insurance, mot, road tax, licence, and not so much as a scratch on the car. They could'nt give me a reason for stopping me, just routine, they said. I always thought they had to have a reason for stopping you, but apparently not, because i rang up about the ' incident ' .


As you say, there might have been another incident in that area involving another car, but theres no way they could have confused my car with another.


The only way to beat the police is to play them at their own game and make sure they can't collect any revenue from you.

esmerobbo

rev_henry wrote: »

Not true iirc. They have to have some reason, however superfluous, unless its a spot check where they're doing 1 in 10 cars or whatever.

"The police have the power to stop anyone at any time – they don’t need to give you a reason – and failing to stop is a criminal offence."

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/police/powers/road-traffic

Trebor16

rev_henry wrote: »

Not true iirc. They have to have some reason, however superfluous, unless its a spot check where they're doing 1 in 10 cars or whatever.

The Road Traffic Act gives police the power to stop a vehicle at any time to check that the driver has a licence, the car is insured or it has an MOT (if required). So, in short, no reason required.

ani_26

esmerobbo wrote: »

There are no rights the Police can stop you in a car at anytime for any reason.

The police can stop you in a car at anytime for no reason. Any traffic cops on here?

esmerobbo

Nohope wrote: »

The police can stop you in a car at anytime for no reason. Any traffic cops on here?

Does not need to be a traffic cop either.;)

ani_26

Trebor16 wrote: »

The Road Traffic Act gives police the power to stop a vehicle at any time to check that the driver has a licence, the car is insured or it has an MOT (if required). So, in short, no reason required.

Which seems stupid when they have access to that information before they stop you. But i totally agree with what you've said.

rev_henry

Ah I didn't know that. I was just basing it on something I saw on Traffic Cops years ago lol. IIRC they suspected drunk driver but waited until she pulled off the motorway without signalling so they could pull her.

ani_26

esmerobbo wrote: »

Does not need to be a traffic cop either.;)

bring it on, haha

Its my pet hate, being stopped for nothing, and theres no way a drop ever touches my lips even if i know i'll be driving early next morning. That would be insane, lol

rev_henry

Well the RTA was written years before the advent of ANPR.