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Removal charges, scrapping car.
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Residential - rural road. There were cars parked on that road, but on town side. My car was parked literally 50 meters outside town sign. On the side, didn't cause any disruption.
As you gathered the police dont routinely remove abandoned vehicles, it cost them money and is an expensive inconvenience. This is why the role was handed over to the local authority.
Having read the thread my guess is they thought they were doing you a favour ( it had already been vandalised - might have been stripped) they also might have thought it was stolen /abandoned and couldnt trace you (erring on the side of caution) or adjudged it was left in a dangerous position (how was it parked...offside to the kerb - no street lighting etc )
There was a reason they did it...broken glass wouldnt be one.
The decision is usually taken by a senior officer (Inspector or above) who needs to be satisfied there was a good reason for karting it off.0 -
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As you gathered the police dont routinely remove abandoned vehicles, it cost them money and is an expensive inconvenience. This is why the role was handed over to the local authority.
Having read the thread my guess is they thought they were doing you a favour ( it had already been vandalised - might have been stripped) they also might have thought it was stolen /abandoned and couldnt trace you (erring on the side of caution) or adjudged it was left in a dangerous position (how was it parked...offside to the kerb - no street lighting etc )
There was a reason they did it...broken glass wouldnt be one.
The decision is usually taken by a senior officer (Inspector or above) who needs to be satisfied there was a good reason for karting it off.
Decision would have been made by a PC who was sent to it. Don't guess at the reasons it was a danger to other road users left on a national speed limit road without lights and most probably dark at the time.0 -
But car was on the side of road, not on road itself, even if someone drove there with speed limit, wouldn't crash on it.0
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But car was on the side of road, not on road itself, even if someone drove there with speed limit, wouldn't crash on it.
On the grass verge?
If it was the road side if the farmers fence, whether it was on grass Tarmac or cow !!!!, you left it on the road.
If you explained it was an unlit rural road subject to the national speed limit it would have save time and stopped any false hope you may have had.
Out of interest was there a white line down the side of the road?0 -
Captaincodpiece wrote: »Decision would have been made by a PC who was sent to it. Don't guess at the reasons it was a danger to other road users left on a national speed limit road without lights and most probably dark at the time.
What force do you work for ? My neck of the woods and neighboring forces its an Inspectors authority due to cost and has been for years.
As for guessing, I posted before the OP said it was parked in a 60 mph limit.0 -
No,it wasn't.Captaincodpiece wrote: »On the grass verge?
Out of interest was there a white line down the side of the road?0 -
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What force do you work for ? My neck of the woods and neighboring forces its an Inspectors authority due to cost and has been for years.
As for guessing, I posted before the OP said it was parked in a 60 mph limit.
What cost?
The vast majority of the £150 goes the the recovery operator police just get an admin fee. If the punter don't pay up its the recovery operator who's out of pocket until it's sold.0 -
Captaincodpiece wrote: »What cost?
The vast majority of the £150 goes the the recovery operator police just get an admin fee. If the punter don't pay up its the recovery operator who's out of pocket until it's sold.
Youre picking holes now, vehicles are seized under all sorts of circumstances and quite often the owner will have redress over the fee for example if its a CSI seizure . In this case the OP can attempt to claim the money back from the Police..hence the reason every seizure is authorised by a senior officer (something you clearly were unaware of)0
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