Pulled over for looking young...
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Nothing major, but I was on the way to the gym last week, when I was pulled over by an unmarked car. Asked to step out of the vehicle and asked for my age, then the rest details. When I asked why I had been stopped, it was because "you look very young and don't match the person we have on insurance documents"
Not quite sure how they got this, from me driving past them.
As I didn't have ID I had to give over all my details and confirm that the car was my wife's to prove that I was indeed now a middle aged man in his 40's and not a yoof.
The officers were polite and friendly and a bit embarrassed at the end of it all. I thanked them and said I would take the mistaken age as a win for the day.
I was in a 04 Golf and about 1 mile from home.
Not quite sure how they got this, from me driving past them.
As I didn't have ID I had to give over all my details and confirm that the car was my wife's to prove that I was indeed now a middle aged man in his 40's and not a yoof.
The officers were polite and friendly and a bit embarrassed at the end of it all. I thanked them and said I would take the mistaken age as a win for the day.
I was in a 04 Golf and about 1 mile from home.
One day In the 80's I got stopped for a bit of excess speed in a very modified Mini. I had a nice chat with said copper about the mods and told to be a little bit more "sensible". Next day I had an interview so decided to cut my rather long and unruly hair. On the way home from work I was stopped by the same copper, not for speeding or being silly but because he thought someone else was driving my car.
So I win, I got stopped for having a hair cut
So I win, I got stopped for having a hair cut
CheesecakeRunner said:
Happened to me when I was 19, so in fairness I was young. I was driving my Dad’s company car, a Mercedes 190E.
Officer, “Do you know why I’ve stopped you?’
CCR, “No, Officer, I’m afraid I don’t.”
Officer, “You look a bit young to be driving this car. Is it yours?”
CCR, “No, Officer, it’s not”
Officer, “Hmm, does the owner know you’re driving it?”
CCR, “No, Officer, they don’t”
Officer, “Would you care to explain?”
CCR, “It’s my Dad’s company car. It’s owned by XXX Construction. It’s insured for anyone to drive with my Dad’s permission, which he has given, and I’m on my way to the airport to pick him up”
Officer, “Oh, ok, on your way then”
Possibly a bit cocky on my part, but hey, I was 19 and I answered exactly the questions that were asked
I had a similar conversation aged 19 when pulled over in my dads company Rover SD1, but I was less confident and a bit flustered so it wentOfficer, “Do you know why I’ve stopped you?’
CCR, “No, Officer, I’m afraid I don’t.”
Officer, “You look a bit young to be driving this car. Is it yours?”
CCR, “No, Officer, it’s not”
Officer, “Hmm, does the owner know you’re driving it?”
CCR, “No, Officer, they don’t”
Officer, “Would you care to explain?”
CCR, “It’s my Dad’s company car. It’s owned by XXX Construction. It’s insured for anyone to drive with my Dad’s permission, which he has given, and I’m on my way to the airport to pick him up”
Officer, “Oh, ok, on your way then”
Possibly a bit cocky on my part, but hey, I was 19 and I answered exactly the questions that were asked
Officer - Is this your car?
me - er yes, er no its my dads, err no its his company's
Officer - would you step out of the car sir so we can get to the bottom of this
me thinking - I made that look bad
After a radio check to confirm that the car was indeed owned by British Leyland and my dad was its driver, they let me on my way
Edited by blueg33 on Wednesday 28th June 11:39
A few times in the late 90's when I was young. Mostly for driving a Golf GTI which was deemed by the local police as either stolen or to new/nice/fast to be driven by me at 18. I must been stopped every other week until I went to the local station with my documents and sat down with the sergeant. We had a coffee and asked him to try and make it stop mostly because work were getting sick of me being late and threatened to fire me. It stopped immediately after.
I'm in my 40's now so old and fat enough to drive something new/nice/fast without a second look.
I'm in my 40's now so old and fat enough to drive something new/nice/fast without a second look.
Before car insurance and MOT was digitalised getting pulled for a routine check was roughly a monthly occurrence.
Most times you were given a ‘producer’ slip saying which documents to produce at the local police station within 7 days- Drivers Licence/MOT/Insurance. They did it to everyone but more so, if you looked out of place.
Being totally honest, I have no issues with being pulled over and questioned. It’s not personal and they often catch people who steal car keys from houses that way.
Most times you were given a ‘producer’ slip saying which documents to produce at the local police station within 7 days- Drivers Licence/MOT/Insurance. They did it to everyone but more so, if you looked out of place.
Being totally honest, I have no issues with being pulled over and questioned. It’s not personal and they often catch people who steal car keys from houses that way.
Edited by Hol on Wednesday 28th June 12:00
Wildfire said:
Nothing major, but I was on the way to the gym last week, when I was pulled over by an unmarked car. Asked to step out of the vehicle and asked for my age, then the rest details. When I asked why I had been stopped, it was because "you look very young and don't match the person we have on insurance documents"
Not quite sure how they got this, from me driving past them.
As I didn't have ID I had to give over all my details and confirm that the car was my wife's to prove that I was indeed now a middle aged man in his 40's and not a yoof.
The officers were polite and friendly and a bit embarrassed at the end of it all. I thanked them and said I would take the mistaken age as a win for the day.
I was in a 04 Golf and about 1 mile from home.
Go on then, post a pic. I struggle to believe that even the thickest copper (and there will be many contenders) would mistake a man in his 40s for 16 or younger.Not quite sure how they got this, from me driving past them.
As I didn't have ID I had to give over all my details and confirm that the car was my wife's to prove that I was indeed now a middle aged man in his 40's and not a yoof.
The officers were polite and friendly and a bit embarrassed at the end of it all. I thanked them and said I would take the mistaken age as a win for the day.
I was in a 04 Golf and about 1 mile from home.
CheesecakeRunner said:
Happened to me when I was 19, so in fairness I was young. I was driving my Dad’s company car, a Mercedes 190E.
Officer, “Do you know why I’ve stopped you?’
CCR, “No, Officer, I’m afraid I don’t.”
Officer, “You look a bit young to be driving this car. Is it yours?”
CCR, “No, Officer, it’s not”
Officer, “Hmm, does the owner know you’re driving it?”
CCR, “No, Officer, they don’t”
Officer, “Would you care to explain?”
CCR, “It’s my Dad’s company car. It’s owned by XXX Construction. It’s insured for anyone to drive with my Dad’s permission, which he has given, and I’m on my way to the airport to pick him up”
Officer, “Oh, ok, on your way then”
Possibly a bit cocky on my part, but hey, I was 19 and I answered exactly the questions that were asked
It never fails to surprise me how posts can sound differently to how the poster thinks. This conversation sounds perfectly reasonable to me, not cocky. The poster even gave the extra information of where they were going.Officer, “Do you know why I’ve stopped you?’
CCR, “No, Officer, I’m afraid I don’t.”
Officer, “You look a bit young to be driving this car. Is it yours?”
CCR, “No, Officer, it’s not”
Officer, “Hmm, does the owner know you’re driving it?”
CCR, “No, Officer, they don’t”
Officer, “Would you care to explain?”
CCR, “It’s my Dad’s company car. It’s owned by XXX Construction. It’s insured for anyone to drive with my Dad’s permission, which he has given, and I’m on my way to the airport to pick him up”
Officer, “Oh, ok, on your way then”
Possibly a bit cocky on my part, but hey, I was 19 and I answered exactly the questions that were asked
If I was the office, I would have thought - what a polite young man.
I had this happen to me back in the early noughties.
Young 20-something, driving a Porsche Boxster late one night.
Was on the way back home from Bluewater, after watching a film, and the Police pulled me over in Chislehurst.
They were very polite, but just wanted to run a check as the car and driver didn't "match up". I seemed unusually young to be driving just a car.
Given the time just after midnight, empty roads, and i was bang on the speed limit ( i did clock them behind me). I think they wanted to see what was going on and if the car was just stolen.
Young 20-something, driving a Porsche Boxster late one night.
Was on the way back home from Bluewater, after watching a film, and the Police pulled me over in Chislehurst.
They were very polite, but just wanted to run a check as the car and driver didn't "match up". I seemed unusually young to be driving just a car.
Given the time just after midnight, empty roads, and i was bang on the speed limit ( i did clock them behind me). I think they wanted to see what was going on and if the car was just stolen.
Byker28i said:
Imagine then passing your test a week after your 17th birthday, looking about 13, at a grammar school with uniform and blazer, in an old mini. I got pulled about twice a week 
This was me. Mini Mayfair 1000. Although it was probably more to do with my Maniflow system..Canon_Fodder said:
OP is your wife much older than you?
No, I'm a couple of years older than her. 0ddball said:
Go on then, post a pic. I struggle to believe that even the thickest copper (and there will be many contenders) would mistake a man in his 40s for 16 or younger.
I'm not one for posting pictures up, but I will admit I look pretty young for my age. But I thought I had at least made it past the young driver stage. I moved work recently and was mistaken for the new trainee in our team, when I started. They did joke that they would have definitely put me in my 20's when I told them my age.
If only my knees felt like they did in my 20's.
Don't think I've ever been stopped for looking young and that ship has certainly sailed now. But I used to get pulled regularly when driving around Kidderminster and its environs in my early 20s.
Oddly, I didn't get pulled once between 17 and 22 when I was a named driver on my Mum's new Corsas. But as soon as I got my own car - a 12yo 205 Roland Garros, I was pulled numerous times. Must have fitted a profile.
Notable incidents were the breath test despite telling them I'd just come off shift at a bar. It seemed to me like one cop believed me but his colleague didn't. He requested his colleague set the test up in code, almost so as not to alert me. He was genuinely shocked when I blew negative - clearly I had been particularly clumsy that shift and reeked of booze!
My next car was a Mk2 Golf GTI 8v and that definitely fitted a profile. Anecdotally, all of us who'd driven hot Golfs had tales of regular pulls. The oddest one though was turning into Load Street car park in Bewdley one Saturday night immediately after a Mk2 Astra GTE coming from the other direction. Wrong place, wrong time - the Astra scarpered as soon as it clocked a Bobby on foot and he stopped me to tell me he knew I'd been racing that Astra around all night and he wanted me to stop.
I'd been out in Redditch with the now Mrs T so offered him this as an alibi, but he wasn't having it.
The next day I mentioned it to a mate - he'd seen the cars in question and, where my Golf was Jade Green, this Golf was a completely different colour. Community policing at its best! ;-p
Oddly, I didn't get pulled once between 17 and 22 when I was a named driver on my Mum's new Corsas. But as soon as I got my own car - a 12yo 205 Roland Garros, I was pulled numerous times. Must have fitted a profile.
Notable incidents were the breath test despite telling them I'd just come off shift at a bar. It seemed to me like one cop believed me but his colleague didn't. He requested his colleague set the test up in code, almost so as not to alert me. He was genuinely shocked when I blew negative - clearly I had been particularly clumsy that shift and reeked of booze!
My next car was a Mk2 Golf GTI 8v and that definitely fitted a profile. Anecdotally, all of us who'd driven hot Golfs had tales of regular pulls. The oddest one though was turning into Load Street car park in Bewdley one Saturday night immediately after a Mk2 Astra GTE coming from the other direction. Wrong place, wrong time - the Astra scarpered as soon as it clocked a Bobby on foot and he stopped me to tell me he knew I'd been racing that Astra around all night and he wanted me to stop.
I'd been out in Redditch with the now Mrs T so offered him this as an alibi, but he wasn't having it.
The next day I mentioned it to a mate - he'd seen the cars in question and, where my Golf was Jade Green, this Golf was a completely different colour. Community policing at its best! ;-p
CheesecakeRunner said:
Happened to me when I was 19, so in fairness I was young. I was driving my Dad’s company car, a Mercedes 190E.
Officer, “Do you know why I’ve stopped you?’
CCR, “No, Officer, I’m afraid I don’t.”
Officer, “You look a bit young to be driving this car. Is it yours?”
CCR, “No, Officer, it’s not”
Officer, “Hmm, does the owner know you’re driving it?”
CCR, “No, Officer, they don’t”
Officer, “Would you care to explain?”
CCR, “It’s my Dad’s company car. It’s owned by XXX Construction. It’s insured for anyone to drive with my Dad’s permission, which he has given, and I’m on my way to the airport to pick him up”
Officer, “Oh, ok, on your way then”
Possibly a bit cocky on my part, but hey, I was 19 and I answered exactly the questions that were asked
Are you married? You should know that you are not supposed to answer the question that is asked, only to answer the question they believe they have asked, preferably with an answer that allows the asker to retain their moral superiority.Officer, “Do you know why I’ve stopped you?’
CCR, “No, Officer, I’m afraid I don’t.”
Officer, “You look a bit young to be driving this car. Is it yours?”
CCR, “No, Officer, it’s not”
Officer, “Hmm, does the owner know you’re driving it?”
CCR, “No, Officer, they don’t”
Officer, “Would you care to explain?”
CCR, “It’s my Dad’s company car. It’s owned by XXX Construction. It’s insured for anyone to drive with my Dad’s permission, which he has given, and I’m on my way to the airport to pick him up”
Officer, “Oh, ok, on your way then”
Possibly a bit cocky on my part, but hey, I was 19 and I answered exactly the questions that were asked
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