Got pulled today
Discussion
For the first time ever! I was just wondering - would they have ran my number plate through the computer before they stopped me? Does this leave a footprint on my reg, and also am I likely to get pulled again because i've been pulled once already? It was a meat wagon with a bird and a bloke in it, and they didn't radio while i was in the back chatting to them. The bloke desperately wanted to do me for something - it was hillarious watching him try and find comebacks to my answers! 
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miniandy said:
miniandy said:
Does this leave a footprint on my reg
Were they kicking your reg plates???
no! i mean on the computer, will it show that on 01/01/05 a check was done on my reg?
Yes it does.
Not that it will be detremental to you though. A PNC record will be made that the vehicle was checked and who checked it. This is more about DATA protection than subversive activity.
PNC send out random enquiries about reasons for vehicle checks to officers that use the system. If there is no valid reason, then there are difficult questions to answer like "why did you do it?"
This stops people misusing the system for personal gain or benefit!
Of course if you happen to be a customer who is continually checked and you sail close to the proverbial wind, then a pattern emerges which could be eventually to your detrement!!!
mungo said:
what did they pull you over for?
It was as simple as i was looking all over for a place to get my lunch as everywhere was closed!
I came out of my work car park and pulled up behind the meat wagon who were doing 15mph and straddling the road. This was in the centre of glasgow and the place was like a ghost town. anyway i thought about overtaking but decided against it as i was turning up ahead, they also turned so i got to buchanan st and passed them. they followed me up it and i turned left onto bothwell st. the pulled along side me and had a look in, but did nothing. it was at this point i saw that sainsburys and marks were both shut, so when the lights changed i went left. they went straight on. they disappeared for a while and i headed over to the west end. they then reappeared again behind me at woodlands road and i knew they were following me. i was going to the sainsbury shell but it was closed so i pulled into the forecourt and turned around. didn't think any more of it until i pulled up at some traffic lights and they appeared again and pulled me over.
got out, jumped in the back and the questioning started. good cop, bad cop scenario! bad cop said did i know why i was pulled and i said no. he replied i was driving erratically along argyle st and acting suspiciously! i just laughed and explained about getting lunch but everywhere was shut and he asked had i been drinking! i said i don't drink and drive, and he then asked if i was out the night before drinking. i just said no, which is true, and that i was working the next day. good cop then chirps in and asks where i work, so i told her. bad cop then asks where i was going, so i replied as everywhere was shut i would go home. he asked where i lived and then said that it was a bit far away, to which i replied its only 10 mins down the road! he then said was it my car, to which i said yes, and he asked if it was insured and registered! we then sat in silence for a while, while they looked at my licence, and tried to decide if it was me in the picture!
such a waste of time. in the end they said obviously i would understand their suspicions of me, and i replied i didn't really, but it was good that they were stopping drivers who they thought were drunk!
mungo said:
Not really mate, you were cosha but several drink drivers / disqaulified drivers have been caught this way
yeah but my car is brand new, there's nobody else on the roads, I wasn't driving badly, i was dressed smartly..
i do understand why at this time of year, but i also know that me in my car could be suspicious! my mum had the same problem in the early 80s with her bright red XR2!
miniandy said:
The fact your car is new and your dress was smart makes you no less likely to be a drink driver...
this is true, but the fact i'm 21 and driving a powerful car would make them suspicious
Not really.
It doesn't really matter what anyone drives, it all depends on area, type of driving, behaviour. The fact that you are 21 and drive a 'powerful' car really doesn't matter, for some reason they thought you were behaving in a sus manner, and thought they would give you a tug.
As it turns out, all was in order, and no, you will not be more likely to be stopped.
love machine said:
mungo said:
what did they pull you over for?
I being a typical mini driver was hooning it around like a monkey on drugs, naturally they were concerned for the safety of the other road users. I said "I haven't got used to this quickrack yet"
funny, in all the years of doing that in the mini it never caused suspicion! silverback mike said:
The fact your car is new and your dress was smart makes you no less likely to be a drink driver...
this is true, but the fact i'm 21 and driving a powerful car would make them suspicious
Not really.
It doesn't really matter what anyone drives, it all depends on area, type of driving, behaviour. The fact that you are 21 and drive a 'powerful' car really doesn't matter, for some reason they thought you were behaving in a sus manner, and thought they would give you a tug.
As it turns out, all was in order, and no, you will not be more likely to be stopped.
cool.
i still reckon it has something to do with the car though...!
silverback mike said:
Maybe with some, but not me. Unless you are driving like a nutter, hiding your face and deliberately being evasive.
In which case you would be stopped anyway, but it takes all sorts.....
they're not all pistonheads like you though mate! as i said, not driving like a nutter, just know the city very well including the short cuts. this is probably what arose suspicion.
anyway it's done now!
mungo said:
i still reckon it has something to do with the car though...!
Nah!
Beaten up old bangers with lights out etc etc are far more likely to be pulled
I wouldn't look twice at a new Clio 182 unless there was something sus about the way it was being driven or area it was being driven in
..driven by a 21 year old?
Probably the way it was being driven in that case, I mean afterall I was driving slowly round the city looking for open shops..
mungo said:
i still reckon it has something to do with the car though...!
Nah!
Beaten up old bangers with lights out etc etc are far more likely to be pulled
I wouldn't look twice at a new Clio 182 unless there was something sus about the way it was being driven or area it was being driven in
..driven by a 21 year old?
Probably the way it was being driven in that case, I mean afterall I was driving slowly round the city looking for open shops..
From the way you described it, it appeared to the bibs that you drove off, turned around on an empty garage forecourt and drove back in the other direction again - Trust me, thats suspicious at this time of the year when all the drink drivers try every trick in the book to try and avoid getting pulled... we've caught many this season behaving in such a sus manner. They also try to drive overly carefully
In your case you were genuine. But drink drivers will still try and lie about what they were doing...
Stop going on about the fact you are 21 for crying out loud, there is nothing remotely out of the ordinary about that - Most people I see driving brand new 182's around here are in their early 20's - it's not unusual
Bear in mind too that the area may have been a hotspot for things like drug dealing / prostitution etc etc so it may be a highly policed area where a lot of people are stopped for a chat
>> Edited by mungo on Monday 3rd January 12:23
I'm not going on about being 21 - BUT you have to admit it does affect the chances of getting pulled. I had NO issues EVER in my Mini, which was done up and attracted more attention than any other car. My mate got his 172 when he was 20 and he says the same. As do other friends who drive cars that you wouldn't put a younger driver in. It's a fact. None of my close friends drive irresponsibly, and attracting attention is the last thing on our minds because we value our licences. Ok, maybe I was acting suspiciously in the eyes of the bib, but at the time I didn't think anything of it.
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