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bakerboy83
13-04-13, 03:28 PM
Got pulled by the police this morning just to check the car
I haven't been pulled over for years get another nova and pulled on the 5th time of driving it lol
Any of you been pulled over resent?
TeddyThom
13-04-13, 03:30 PM
Haven't been pulled over since I stopped driving my nova lollollol
However last time I was stopped, copper gave the excuse that I "didn't look right in the vehicle", I asked what he meant and he said, "well the nova is a small car"...
I told him, that yes I was fat but there was no need for fcuking blues and twos to tell me about it... I was on my way home from a late shift at work...
Haven't been pulled over since I stopped driving my nova lollollol
^ this lol
I get pulled about one a month for driving a Nova
chrisd1986
13-04-13, 04:14 PM
i got pulled in my saloon and was breathalised 2 days before new year, but tbh it looked like he was waiting for me to get in and drive off so he could follow
bakerboy83
13-04-13, 04:48 PM
I told him, that yes I was fat but there was no need for fcuking blues and twos to tell me about it... [/QUOTE]
lol
8valve-craig
13-04-13, 05:24 PM
Got pulled in mine the day i finished building it last year. Accidently pulled out in front of an unmarked 5 series and burned off up the bypass. Copper was very sound, and quite impressed at how quick it was for a Nova.
Got pulled in my Van a few months back for no insurance. Only a technicality which was quickly sorted, but managed to get 10k in on all the major motorways before getting stopped.
Been pulled over once in 15 years of driving and that was during a Christmas breath test season.
police seem to love the old vaux's lol
my cavs like to attract the volvo traffic cars lol lol
Not yet in later life lol but when i was younger & had nova's i was on first name terms with most of the local fuzz.
scott.parker
13-04-13, 05:55 PM
Was pulled over in my old nova like 9-10 years ago, then in the yellow almost two years back due to fact I had green L pass plates on as the missus was learning/driving it etc, the cop pulled me as he thought I was driving to enthusiastically for a new driver lol and told me to not set a bad example.
About 10 years ago i had to make a complaint after being pulled 14 times in a year. All because i worked nights and drove home through the town centre, didnt get pulled again. Till about 3 years ago over my rear plate.
bakerboy83
13-04-13, 06:05 PM
I was lucky coz I haven't sorted out the log book yet says its a 1.2 and is actually 2.0 oops
thespannerman
13-04-13, 06:22 PM
Not been pulled in the defender!! 4 1/2 years ive had it and not been stopped. I have had a few funny looks though when they here a loud exhaust and expect a sporty motor lol.Coincidently the last vehicle i was stopped in was the astra g sxi i traded in for the landy!! Nova should be done in the next few months so itll start agin no doubt
Ive been pulled once in 9years of driving, and that wasnt in a nova
was pulled last week by VOSA and traffic old bill in the van , done al the checks, and sent me on my way, the way i look at it , aslong as you dont get cocky they leave you alone.
bakerboy83
13-04-13, 06:31 PM
was pulled last week by VOSA and traffic old bill in the van , done al the checks, and sent me on my way, the way i look at it , aslong as you dont get cocky they leave you alone.
That's so true fella I'm sure if I got cocky they would of started looking all over the car
staggy_gsi
13-04-13, 06:50 PM
8 years ago when i was a new driver i went through a phase where i was getting pulled pretty much every night, sometimes twice!! This lasted easily 3 months. Looking back i should have filed a proper complaint for harassment, but then again, i guess i was a bit of a cnut back then lol. I still get stopped from time to time for 'routine checks' and stuff...
Not owned a nova since '08 mind, so maybe i just look dodgy or summat....
chadders
13-04-13, 06:51 PM
The last time my 3 door was on the road was pull 4 time in as many month for no good reason
was pulled last week by VOSA and traffic old bill in the van , done al the checks, and sent me on my way, the way i look at it , aslong as you dont get cocky they leave you alone.
Act like a c**t, get treated like a c**t.
Always said that.
chrisd1986
13-04-13, 07:15 PM
ive always been ok with them but if i get out the car with a smile and he starts being a cock then i usualy make them wish they headent pulled me over lol
Act like a c**t, get treated like a c**t.
Always said that.+1 , ive talked my way out of a few close ones in my time driving, im no angel, but know when to shut my mouth lol
i once got jammed in to a roundabout off a escort cossie whale tale (marked police car) astra gte (un marked police car) and a un marked metro, dragged out the car cuffed and put in the astra what had happened was the car i was driving was brand new and was not showing up as being registered there was a postal strike at the time a seem to remember when it all got sorted out phone calls etc the sergeant out of the un marked metro come over and said you were speeding there but we will let you off!!
i once got jammed in to a roundabout off a escort cossie whale tale (marked police car) astra gte (marked police car) and a un marked metro, dragged out the car cuffed and put in the astra what had happened was the car i was driving was brand new and was not showing up as being registered there was a postal strike at the time a seem to remember when it all got sorted out phone calls etc the sergeant out of the un marked metro come over and said you were speeding there but we will let you off!!the old "tax in the post" one lol
+1 , ive talked my way out of a few close ones in my time driving, im no angel, but know when to shut my mouth lol
Same here, be nice and polite and youll get on much better.
conza123
13-04-13, 07:26 PM
Well i aint been pulled once in the nova (touch wood) )
Ive had them behind me and fort this is the time but no.
Never been pulled over but when I had the Nova TD I had a police car pull up outside the house to tell me I went past them "a bit quick" and to keep it steady "because er, um.... it's a residential area and... people"
It was about 3am lol
staggy_gsi
13-04-13, 07:35 PM
Sometimes they just cant be arsed to pull people even when they are committing an offence though.
For example, last week i was running rather late for work. Was sat at some red lights and unbeknown to me i had a police van behind me. Lights went green and i took off, accelerating to about 40mph in a 30 zone. Checked my mirror and i see this van sat right on my backside. I thought bloody hell thats three points, didnt bother slowing down cos he obviously knew what speed i was doing. Came to brake for a junction and realised i hadnt replaced a blown brake light bulb so thought id be getting done for that too. Was behind me all the way until i turned into the street i work on, where he had to manoevour round me as i sat in the road waiting to pull across, never even looked at me. I reckon it must have been nearly the end of his shift lol
8valve-craig
13-04-13, 07:45 PM
^ Or a mechanic.
chrisd1986
13-04-13, 07:50 PM
ive followed a copper doing 120 without his lights on in a 50 after picking up a girl for shopp lifting in asda
Southie
13-04-13, 08:09 PM
In one of my old Novas I was pulled over 20 times in a month, I did cruise about alot when I was a young'un though... once did 80k in a year :eek:
conza123
13-04-13, 08:12 PM
i was followed by one on wednesday it was about 8 so dark and he didnt have any lights, seems that they dont follow there own rules
kent14sr
13-04-13, 08:25 PM
Sometimes they just cant be arsed to pull people even when they are committing an offence though.
For example, last week i was running rather late for work. Was sat at some red lights and unbeknown to me i had a police van behind me. Lights went green and i took off, accelerating to about 40mph in a 30 zone. Checked my mirror and i see this van sat right on my backside. I thought bloody hell thats three points, didnt bother slowing down cos he obviously knew what speed i was doing. Came to brake for a junction and realised i hadnt replaced a blown brake light bulb so thought id be getting done for that too. Was behind me all the way until i turned into the street i work on, where he had to manoevour round me as i sat in the road waiting to pull across, never even looked at me. I reckon it must have been nearly the end of his shift lol
They can only "do you" for speeding if the vehicle they are driving is equipped with the relevant equipment - usually this means it needs to be a traffic car.
I remember many years ago a friend being pulled over in his Racing Puma for 120 on a dual carriageway by a copper in a berlingo van. The copper took great pride in advising that the driving licence may be lost, etc etc. However, no charges or endorsements were forthcoming as the van was merely a panda car and had nothing calibrated to record the excess speed.
ive followed a copper doing 120 without his lights on in a 50 after picking up a girl for shopp lifting in asda
Well would you wanna be seen with her before she ends up back at the same asda without any charges? lol
turbojolt
13-04-13, 09:10 PM
good to see the old Bill doing there job!! especially pulling people at night, hopefully it will help some people get there cars back before there set alight in a field
In one of my old Novas I was pulled over 20 times in a month, I did cruise about alot when I was a young'un though... once did 80k in a year :eek:
Fcuking hell southie,were you actually living in the car? lol
^^ southie was "burn out king" back in the day lol lol
thats how he racked up 80k!!!! lol lol
I got pulled in and asked if I had a hole in my exhaust lol that was a long time ago
mk1nova_rich
13-04-13, 10:19 PM
About 10 years ago i had to make a complaint after being pulled 14 times in a year. All because i worked nights and drove home through the town centre, didnt get pulled again. Till about 3 years ago over my rear plate.
As annoying as that might have been, it also gives you some confidence in knowing theres half a chance you will get your pride and joy back should the worst happen
i get pulled continuously if i'm driving anything old. last time a idrove a nova i got pulled 3 times in 2 miles, although in fairness it was xmas holidays.
last time i was in a nova i dont know how i didnt get pulled, being towed in a car thats been sorned for 3 years and is covered in dust, no lights in the middle of the night. miracle.
they just didn't see you. i used to get pulled about once a week in my mk3 astra then i moved out the area and it all stopped been done for 2 different speedings but been pulled for no reason about 2 maybe 3 times in the 5 years ive lived here
TeddyThom
14-04-13, 11:23 AM
^^ southie was "burn out king" back in the day lol lol
thats how he racked up 80k!!!! lol lol
Alex's hero?
I got pulled a few times last year in the Gsi vectra b. happened when I was making my way home from a late shift at work, so close to 4 in the morning. Second time I was stopped the cops passed me and did a 'u' turn and came after me. When i asked the copper why he stopped me. He said; "you look like a hood sir"! People do get pulled for what they drive, and how they drive.
back in the day, i got pulled regularly near coventry... but i was usually coming back from my girlfriends (we got married eventually) in the early hours..... remarkably, it was usually road tax, tyres & drink driving road checks.... if they'd found out that i'd just driven the previous 60 miles at approx a ton, they might have kept me in.....
i once had an amazing escape... before the towcester bypass was built, you had to drive thru the village.. at 2am, it was a flat out blast & i came round a bend at 90 ish to find a traffic car dawdling along at the speed limit.. i managed to slow up, but they pulled into the next layby, and then pulled out & followed me for the next 25miles... i've never driven as legally as that before or since.
I was lucky coz I haven't sorted out the log book yet says its a 1.2 and is actually 2.0 oops
Get that sorted, cops can and do check now.
They can only "do you" for speeding if the vehicle they are driving is equipped with the relevant equipment - usually this means it needs to be a traffic car.
Unfortunately not - looked into this the other day and the law basically says a copper needs some evidence to support his suspicion (note suspicion, they don't even need to record your actual speed) of you speeding. This could be anything from an electronic measurement device, to a stopwatch, or even just another copper saying "Ooh yeah, he looks like he's going a bit quick" lol
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Unfortunately not - looked into this the other day and the law basically says a copper needs some evidence to support his suspicion (note suspicion, they don't even need to record your actual speed) of you speeding. This could be anything from an electronic measurement device, to a stopwatch, or even just another copper saying "Ooh yeah, he looks like he's going a bit quick" lol
Rubbish! If a copper pulls you for speeding, and he is only in a panda car, without proper detection equipment installed, the only way you can be done is if you admit you were speeding and accept a fixed penalty ticket at the time. Any other police evidence has to be able to stand up in court (on board cameras and calibrated equipment which has been calibrated and checked).
I didn't say it would get a conviction lol But in terms of being admissible evidence, anything could be used. Obviously stuff like electronic devices would be more reliable and more likely to get a conviction than just two coppers thinking you were going a bit quick.
8valve-craig
15-04-13, 11:58 AM
Edit.
Double post
jimbob-mcgrew
15-04-13, 12:42 PM
ironically, ive been pulled over in all the fords ive owned, but never any of the nova's
actually, I lie, once in a nova, but that was because a passenger of mine threw a ciggy butt out the window, and they told me it was illegal to do so.... (was a new one on me) but apparently its a littering law. aint they got better things to do
I got stopped in my old 1.2, it was silly o'clock in the morning and I was heading back from work. I was happy they were checking it wasn't getting twoc'd.
Not been pulled in the 3.2 which is a shame, would be satisfying watching them check that its all legal and declared.
I didn't say it would get a conviction lol But in terms of being admissible evidence, anything could be used. Obviously stuff like electronic devices would be more reliable and more likely to get a conviction than just two coppers thinking you were going a bit quick.
I have heard of, but not confirmed, someone getting prosecuted (but not necessarily convicted) because he had a welded diff and his tyres squealed around a roundabout, which the police used as an indication that he was speeding.
I got stopped in my old 1.2, it was silly o'clock in the morning and I was heading back from work. I was happy they were checking it wasn't getting twoc'd.
Not been pulled in the 3.2 which is a shame, would be satisfying watching them check that its all legal and declared.
That reminds me, I have actually been asked if my car was all legal as it died on me the first day it was on the road... I rolled it into a car park at the base of Reading police station lol
He came out for a fag I think and just asked me straight if it was all declared, didn't seem interested in actually checking it out after I said it was.
The only car I got pulled in was my nova, once for causing a disturbance (was sat outside a friends house on tick over, standard exhaust :s ) once coz they had nothing better to do and I got a warning coz some civic boys had been revving the nuts off their cars with their 12 inch exhausts and someone complained not long before I turned up, wrong place wrong time!
bazzap8389
15-04-13, 02:12 PM
I used to get pulled over in my nova all the time, was always for something pointless. got pulled in the gt4 a few times aswell, i got off with a cracker one time me and this guy in a clio v6 were tanking it down some road (not going to state how fast as ill get flamed for it) and a police car was coming from the opposite direction so on came the blue lights and me and this guy were in about all these small side streets pulled over for a yap and a few mins later the police car pulled up! He was on his own though so after a proper talking to we were off the hook.
i'll leave this ere lol lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knH51LX1e8Y
Not been pulled in the 3.2 which is a shame, would be satisfying watching them check that its all legal and declared.
I did in the 3.0, which was amusing. Two bored traffic cops in Dorset doing 'random' (lolz) spot checks. They were actually Ok though, had a good yak with them about cars.
i hate the stigma that comes with owning a nova. theres loads of kids who've had a license for 5 minutes driving new audi's round here at the minute, racking up speeding points like pokemon cards who never get pulled by the fuzz because they see it as a 'respectable' car. but i garantee that when my nova's back on the road it'll be a regular occurance (even though i've been driving for 8 years with no points or claims)
shaunboy84
15-04-13, 05:56 PM
very true they tried to say a was doing 60 in a 30 in icy weather , aye ok gatso eyes ****ing mugs !!
Rubbish! If a copper pulls you for speeding, and he is only in a panda car, without proper detection equipment installed, the only way you can be done is if you admit you were speeding and accept a fixed penalty ticket at the time. Any other police evidence has to be able to stand up in court (on board cameras and calibrated equipment which has been calibrated and checked).
waggygsi
15-04-13, 06:25 PM
been pulled around 4 or 5 times in the year ive had my nova for silly things like headlight bulbs out! Got pulled in Castle douglas and the officer said it was because the Nova wasent from that area! also got pulled in Penrith about 7 in the morning while heading down to the RAC RALLY last year! copper said the were looking for a silver nova doing burnouts.... even tho my nova is white lol
i'll leave this ere lol lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knH51LX1e8Y
No harm to anyone, but that fella was a complete ****! He was lucky they gave up and went away. He will come across a copper who is better versed and a bit more confident one day, who will just nick him for obstruction! Plank
Agreed, the lad who made that video is a champion cock, they said at the beginning that he had been doing handbrakes and he pulls the mightier than thou art, butter wouldnt melt act, i watched a few mins of it then turned it off, tossers like that are the reason coppers can be nobs at times, as they have to deal with muppets like that day in and day out!!
I have heard of, but not confirmed, someone getting prosecuted (but not necessarily convicted) because he had a welded diff and his tyres squealed around a roundabout, which the police used as an indication that he was speeding.
Welded diff is an mot fail now, and classed as a defect. It could see the owner of a sierra with a welded diff being prosecuted for using a vehicle in a dangerous condition, believe it or not. But as proof of speeding, I doubt it. :o)
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