Abandoned Vehicle on my Drive!

Mercury1

Col.Mastard wrote: »

I feel (not just in this case, but things in everyday life), if you mistakenly drop a piece of litter on the street, hidden camera’s will snap at you and you’ll get a court summons in the next mornings post…..But if you carried around, a semi automatic, no one wants to know!!!???.....

Agree with you 100%!!!

jarrod1

i would have put an ad in the local paper

breaking blah blah blah (what ever car it was)

and sold it as parts

dolce_vita

jarrod1 wrote: »

i would have put an ad in the local paper

breaking blah blah blah (what ever car it was)

and sold it as parts

That is good advice.

You're just 190 posts too late.

guppy

Col.Mastard wrote: »

I feel (not just in this case, but things in everyday life), if you mistakenly drop a piece of litter on the street, hidden camera’s will snap at you and you’ll get a court summons in the next mornings post…..But if you carried around, a semi automatic, no one wants to know!!!???.....

Cheer up, life really isn't that depressing Despite what the Daily Mail would have us believe.

Col.Mastard

Mercury1 wrote: »

Agree with you 100%!!!

Moral of the story – Don’t trust the police, unless you’re a criminal, in which case, their on your side!!!

guppy

Col.Mastard wrote: »

Moral of the story – Don’t trust the police, unless you’re a criminal, in which case, their on your side!!!

No offence, Colonel, but this is frankly tripe

Firstly, I'm very happy living in a country where the police obey the law too, not just do what they like in any given situation.

Secondly, as I've said about four times now, you have the full force of the law behind you in ejecting a trespasser from your land (provided you do so in a reasonable manner). This goes back hundreds of years.

So, if the car was bothering you that much you had every right to remove it. If you were unwilling/unable/couldn't afford to do that, that has nothing to do with the police or the council or anyone else.

But of course its much easier to do nothing and sit indoors blaming everyone else...just like its the speed camera's fault when it flashes me, the litter warden's fault when I get caught dropping rubbish and the police's fault when someone breaks in to my house.

reformedEffortMaker_2

Col.Mastard

'fraid I have to agree with Guppy on this one, the Police are paid to fight crime, not heal the world. Whilst it is more than annoying to have someone park on your drive, it is not an arrestable offence, and was not causing anyone to come to serious harm/loss of life etc.

Imagine any of these scenarios :-
-You are asleep upstairs, and are woken up by sound of movement downstairs
-You are out for dinner with friends and one is severely attacked in a case of mistaken identity
-You are in your local supermarket and bump into your neighbour who is going frantic because her 3 year old daughter has disappeared

In all three cases, the Police do not turn up for over an hour, because they were dealing with a 'blocked driveway dispute'.

If it was me?...I would have 'helped' it back on to the pavement, or knocked on a few neighbours doors, which would have helped in this case


.....and on the topic of 'being on the side of the criminals'. I am sure most, if not all, Police Officers know what side they are on, the problem comes in the shape of the 'Pink and Fluffy' society we now live in where nobody takes responsibility for their actions and expects everything for nothing, and when they cant get their own way, uses the Human Rights Act or something similar for shelter...



p.s. let's not forget that it appears the car was parked on your drive by mistake and that there was no malicious intent at all....or is that not relevant?