Failing to produce Insurance and Broken Handbrake

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A menace on the roads, I thought it all sounded familiar.:rolleyes:

chris147_2

Police have 6 months in order to get you to court. The handbrake not working would be 3 points as it's considered as dangerous parts. You're lucky that the car wasn't prohibited by the Police when you were stopped.

Temporary cover notes are a problem as you've found out as they don't post you anything (despite the law stating you actually have to be in possession of the certificate to be covered on a particular vehicle. There is no such thing as phone insurance etc).

Happychappy

CarUser wrote: »

The car is not mine, its an old car my cousin used to give to his reps. If it was mine i would have had it repaired before i drove it. At that time there was no other way of getting to work so i used his car. Its not that he's careless, he had the car booked in to be repaired but due chirstmas it was delayed by a couple of days. The car also passed its a MOT in the same month. Also who gets prosecuted here? me or owner.

Fortunately, or hopefully it is both you and the owner, although you should be able to get a reduction as you have a season ticket in driving defective vehicles on the road and then claiming you didnt have a clue ? cant wait to see what next you get up to, oh and your cousins :rolleyes:

Conor_3

CarUser wrote: »

TBH, i did not know hand brake cable snapping was an offence carrying 3 points. Also do the police have the right to get into my car and try out the handbrake. I tought they only check the outside of the car.

Yes they do have the right. They have the right to carry out any tasks as necessary to check the operation and functionality of mandatorily required components.

Think yourself lucky. Get shirty and they could call out a VOSA inspector who can cause you a whole lot more grief as they can inspect it to MOT standards.

Conor_3

adouglasmhor wrote: »

You don't use the handbrake for stopping but to stop you moving, sounds a bit over dramatic to me.

So you're on a hill at a junction. Can you guarantee that without the handbrake, you wouldn't roll back a couple of feet before you managed to get moving forward?

spaceman5

this is the kid that is quite happy paying £11 a day insurance, lol

anewman

Before reading this I have to say I would probably have used a car with a broken handbrake that was going to be fixed. I would of course ensure I parked on flat ground and in gear, and take some wheel chocks along.

goldspanners

anewman wrote: »

Before reading this I have to say I would probably have used a car with a broken handbrake that was going to be fixed. I would of course ensure I parked on flat ground and in gear, and take some wheel chocks along.

i currently am,my handbrake cable snapped in my van the other day.it will be fixed soon though.

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anewman wrote: »

Before reading this I have to say I would probably have used a car with a broken handbrake that was going to be fixed. I would of course ensure I parked on flat ground and in gear, and take some wheel chocks along.

But you probably would not give the police cause to stop you in the first place.;)