Stopped by police...

Car_54

decrement wrote: »

**UPDATE**

So i phoned my local police station and spoke to an officer and took him through exactly what had happened. Explained my concerns that they were not genuine cops and gave descriptions of the individuals.

He said that no report had been filed under my name/car and that as i had not signed the police notebook detailing my name/address and my dads details then no prosecution can take place. He said that a signature is required from me confirming the details they wrote are correct for a prosecution to take place.

He said there must have been a "miscommunication" about why they pulled me over.

That is tosh. Are you sure you spoke to an office? Probably a civilian clerk.

Tammykitty

knightstyle wrote: »

Several years ago my DW had a bad experience and it did go to court.
Briefly she was a guider, in her guides uniform on her way from a guiders meeting she stopped by two police officers to ask if there was a petrol station open nearby, it was about 11.30pm. They started showing off and checked all round the car, told her to produce documents at a police station and were generally nasty.
We left early next morning to go to France, when we got back we found the police had been twice to our house, frightened our son who was there and didn't believe him when he told them we were in France.
A month later I returned to UK and got a court summons for my DW, eventually I went and was allowed to talk to the magistrates, I explained what had happened and was able to prove the police were lying. The magistrate dismissed the charges.
Should add we have never been in trouble with the law and this was a case of a female officer trying to impress a probationer!

So they gave your wife a producer for documents, your wife didn't produce the document at the station.
The police then followed this up with a visit to the house and a summons for not producing the documents.


This judge dismissed the case, as there was a valid reason for not producing the documents.


Happened a friend with a spending fine - they were out of the country when the fine arrived for a significant amount of time, police were seen at the house a few times, eventually delivered the summons to a housemate.


Case went to court (after friend returned home) - he was given the speeding fine and points as normal (no additional court charges etc - as valid reason for ignoring letter)

parking_question_chap

Franz_Ferdinand wrote: »

I've got you, I bet you'd want their help if your mum got raped.

You are a disgusting individual.

Franz_Ferdinand

parking_question_chap wrote: »

You are a disgusting individual.

True though.

stator

Is the car you were driving branded motobility ? or otherwise obvious?
Might be someone looking for easy victims.

Franz_Ferdinand

stator wrote: »

Is the car you were driving branded motobility ? or otherwise obvious?
Might be someone looking for easy victims.

They all are.

Hintza

Franz_Ferdinand wrote: »

True though.

Will you last longer than your last alter ego?

The_Fiddle_Man

decrement wrote: »

Completely agree with you as i queried all of this with motability. Again i can only go back to what they told me and that was you can use it for short commuting. I have on numerous occasions told them this and they dont care.

Absolute rubbish, Motability would never say this. You are clearly defrauding the Motability scheme.

Richard53

AdrianC wrote: »

There's a big difference between the motability/DLA recipient using the car for commuting, and a random family member using the car for commuting.

http://www.motability.co.uk/about-the-scheme/how-your-car-can-be-used/
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http://www.motability.co.uk/statement-of-responsibilities.pdf
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Thank you for posting this. I was about to do the same, and you saved me the effort.

decrement wrote: »

Completely agree with you as i queried all of this with motability. Again i can only go back to what they told me and that was you can use it for short commuting. I have on numerous occasions told them this and they dont care.

Told you? By phone? Have you a record of this? Because the information posted by AdrianC above is completely unambiguous. You are not permitted to use the car for your own purposes, not even occasionally or for short distances. The car is a benefit for a disabled person to help keep them mobile; it is not a freebie for the whole family to take advantage of.


If Motability hear of it, they have the right to remove your Dad's entitlement to the car.


Tell you what, phone Motability and ask them specifically if you are allowed to use your Dad's Motability car for commuting to your own place of work, even just a short distance. Then post the answer here.

Joe_Horner

Richard53 wrote: »

You are not permitted to use the car for your own purposes, not even occasionally or for short distances. The car is a benefit for a disabled person to help keep them mobile; it is not a freebie for the whole family to take advantage of.

The rule is clear enough but the interpretation is on a case by case basis.

As an example, we had a motability car for 3 years in my partner's name and they were quite happy for me to use it for commuting. We confirmed that with them directly and also had commuting cover for me on their insurance, which they wouldn't have provided if it was a disallowed use!

The reasoning they gave at the time was that, as the sole earner, my ability to get to work and earn an income was a direct benefit to my partner. Whether something similar might apply in the OPs case depends very much on what the overall domestic set-up is.