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Bingo, but mr policeman told me " now listen son it's a truck therefore it must have it! Also for not having a tachograph chart in use i'm charging you with that too "
I simply replied " no problem, I don't accept your ticket and I'll see you in court "
4 years ago that was,
Iirc travelling fairgrounds are also exempt from O licence.
showmens rules are crazier than all other road laws... remember the haulier with the double trailer wagon that got arrested.??? his wagon was still shorter than a showmans train can be.........they have 5th wheels hidden in strange compartments, towbars, trailers & caravans, odd wheelbases..etc they are usually well maintained, but just odd.
Local sillage contractor got a bollocking for towing 2 trailers. They were empty!!
I also have been asked to produce my class 1 ( C+E ) for towing a trailer with a tractor!
Usually it's the normo police that make a balls up of traffic law but up here there are stories of the traffic cops being disbanded! Honestly scares the crap out of me thinking of normo cops doing traffic duty.
and this is the whole reason you pay insurance! to cover stuff like this.Quote:
Originally Posted by CrAzY_kAyLL
The police take msot of the money when you pay the recovery firm, my dad owned one for 20+ years and barely ever made any money, and its allways the recovery people who get the ****ty end of the stick, becaus eno-one ever argues with the police anymoreQuote:
Originally Posted by CrAzY_kAyLL
If its been inpounded, pay the F***ING fees and stop being a baby, if you knew what the recovery people went through, youd be gratefull
We aint talking about cars that have been inpounded for breaking the law we are on about cars that have been removed after a car crash bit of a difference there because they dont send crashed cars to the Police compound they only send inpounded cars to Police owned compounds or ones that are on the goverments books because the local police station aint got there own compound or truck to tow the car away
As I have also had my car inpounded before now and didn't mind paying the 140 quid it cost me to get it back because it was my own fault for parking in a non parking spot in Manchester lol and that was put in Manchester Police own compound that they have for inpounded cars
I argue with the Police all the time even my cousin who is a copper ! As half the time they dont even know the law and just make it up to suit them until you actually stand upto them and question them about what they think you have done wrong ! Like when one tryed to do me for having black number plates on my beetle I argued the toss with him telling him the car was old enough to have them he said I was making that law up until his mate came over and corrected him on his mistake lol
Flying Flea is a Coppers worse nightmare as he carrys all the rule books around with him and has even been know to pull them out and ask what section it is they are trying to do him for
Thats wrong, i worked in my dads police compound untill last eyar, we had no insurance cars, stolen cars, crashed cars, illegally parked cars, everything to do with vehicles the police were involved in, we got themQuote:
Originally Posted by CrAzY_kAyLL
every car crash the police are called to, they offer to get the "police rota garage" to rmeove the car, which is their compound :d
towing a not connected, but braked farm trailer is illegal... considering round here, the biggest contractor takes a low loader behind a tractor with an LDV minibus on it, which is a massive offence with customs & excise using something with red diesel to tow something with white in it..........but they've not been done for it..Quote:
Originally Posted by bazil
we did get a tractor pulled into the local ministry checkpoint, with special vehicle road tax, white diesel, a driver with a class1 licence and a load that was under the 'unofficial weight limit' for tractors. and still the vosa prat tried to do us.... then he wanted an mot doing, then he rang my brother up, who gave him 20 minutes on transport law & tractors.
silly_Kylie, you are making MattBrown look good lol
I dont 'hate' you for the ratting lark, You are doing a perfectly good job of making yourself look like a mong without the project lol
Oh so your dads compound was a Police compound no wonder the money went to the police :roll:Quote:
Originally Posted by xXx_Nova_xXx
Well round here we have to big recovery companys one in Chester and one in Warrington and both of them do all the recoverys for the Police when it comes to a smashed up car depending on the postcode of the area you crash in - I had my smash in a WA postcode so my car was taken to the one in Warrington even though Chester is closer just like they tryed to take me to Warrington hospital till I told them no chance I aint going there so they took me to Chester hospital instead - They dont touch anything else at the Chester one and the one in Warrington only had smashed up cars in it as well and when I visited the Police compound in Manchester to collect my car after it been illegally parked they also didn't deal with any cars that have been in a smash they just looked after all the illegal cars
So maybe it depends on what the area you live on how they deal with things ? - Just like it depends on where you live on what laws there rent a cops can dish out - Yes it's true some community officers have different rules to others because it's upto the Police station to decide what they can and can't do ( am sure someones now going to start a debate with me on this one now as well lol )
Stuart you do an good job at keeping the forum running like a playground :thumb: