Very nice policeman today, VERY decent.

[Mk3Spitfire]

I'm town based response. Sometimes I'll take an unmarked out. Even based in town, it's not feasible to call in a marked car for every stop, purely on availability of resources.

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Mk3Spitfire said:

I'm town based response. Sometimes I'll take an unmarked out. Even based in town, it's not feasible to call in a marked car for every stop, purely on availability of resources.

...and we'd do the same -only if nobody available.

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Breadvan, YHM

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

Geekman said:

Ray Luxury-Yacht said:

You possibly and probably received a 'Section 59' notice.

If you did, then I would re-read and take to heart the implications of it, if it was a Section 59.

It's not something that I would dismiss as 'something or other...' it's actually a wee bit grave and pretty flipping serious and heavy?

Please do check up on it!

I had one until it expired last year, couldn't see any major implications to having one? Certainly not something I'd class as serious anyway.

What, seriously? The fact that your car can be seized??? You don't see that as a major implication? Wow.

An officer only has to 'form an opinion' that you are driving in a careless manner, and if he stops you with a Section 59 in force, then it's bye-bye car, BFH, and big money to get your car back.

I've heard of a few cases where an officer has 'formed an opinion' of careless driving, but the driver with a section 59 has not necessarily agreed with the officer's opinion. They've challenged the opinion, and got exactly nowhere, apart from incurring even more cost and stress.

I would certainly be 'Driving Miss Daisy' if I had a S59. However, I've not had one myself, and I am hopefully not ever going to suffer one either!