Its OK to drive uninsured the police do not care.

astgte

redped wrote: »

Why? We've got a confidential phone over here as well, if people want to speak to the police anonymously.

Thinking the same myself, must be something i'm not aware of

Tilt

mustrum_ridcully wrote: »

So did they read and confirm this when searching the details:



How is the insurance brokerage business nowadays I wonder? :whistle:

Can 'they' prove it?

Tilt

mikey72 wrote: »

Well, either it's your neighbour, or you must drive around randomly putting numberplates into askmid.

Err... it wasn't me who made the report?

Norman_Castle

Its OK to drive uninsured the police do not care.

Nice headline, do you work for the Daily Mail?. Reports of suspected uninsured driving are unlikely to result in an immediate response.

forgotmyname

No I dont sit in almost empty car parks putting random numbers into askmid. Do you work for the police? lol

Lets just say the car is used for dodgy deeds. But if I divulged all the info they may click it was me. But a random
stop for no insurance which is true would be a lucky find for the police.

Obviously police shows on the TV are not real. It only happens on TV.

Rolandtheroadie

forgotmyname wrote: »

Lets just say the car is used for dodgy deeds.

Was thinking this was a possibility, perhaps a no insurance charge right now could interfere with something bigger already being looked at?
May also explain the questioning.

Flyboy152

forgotmyname wrote: »

Tried reporting a vehicle today for being driven with no insurance. What a nightmare Had to dial 0345 which costs how much on a mobile? After being passed through several switchboards i got passed to the local police. Who then gave me the 3rd degree to who am i and how do i know its uninsured.

As far as I know, generally speaking, just he same as any other call

Eventually a police car arrived and drove straight past the car and into the Macdonalds drive through.

How do you know that car was responding to your call, or was equipped with ANPR?

Uninsured car drives off and seconds later another police car drives in and parks in the spot that vehicle just left.

No wonder crimes going down if thats what it takes to report something. Its just not worth the effort.

Seems you cannot report something anonymously. And they then decide if your report is accurate, Which im sure a quick check on the system will have proved me correct its not insured.

And its now still on the roads being driven.

Maybe you were mistaken about the insurance status of the car?

forgotmyname

No the questioning started before I gave them the reg number. It was as if i was doing something wrong
by reporting this.
I would understand if i had dialled 999. But thought this was not a life saving emergency. The sooner they
get caught the better but it probably wont save anyones life.

I could have dialled 0800 but would i not have been charged the same on a mobile?

By phoning the local station I thought it would get a decent response as the station is only 2 or 3 miles away.

I was not expecting one police car to drive past it and another to pull into the space it left.

I tried stopping a police vehicle a couple of years back to alert them to an accident scam i had just witnessed
but they failed to stop. Oblivious to me beeping them and swapping lanes all over the place.

Just makes me think why bother. I say fit CCTV to all their vehicles and allow public access.

Flyboy152

forgotmyname wrote: »

No I dont sit in almost empty car parks putting random numbers into askmid. Do you work for the police? lol

Lets just say the car is used for dodgy deeds. But if I divulged all the info they may click it was me. But a random
stop for no insurance which is true would be a lucky find for the police.

Obviously police shows on the TV are not real. It only happens on TV.

Or maybe the police have the owner, or driver under, observation and have bigger fish to fry with them. Perhaps a pull for no insurance would put a more important operation at risk. Maybe you ought to be careful about which rocks you turn over.

Outpost

forgotmyname wrote: »

No I dont sit in almost empty car parks putting random numbers into askmid...

You haven't lived...