Pulled For No Road Tax
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Well since everyone here seems to be on a downer about the police and rotten things happening to them i thought i'd post a lighter side of things.
The BIB pulled up next to me 2 days ago when i was in glasgow in the SX picking up the GF, i was in the left lane, them in the right.
I looked over and smiled at them cause i seen them checking out the car.
Next thing they tooted the horn at me, and asked me to pull over once i'd passed the junction when the lights changed.
I pulled over and jumped out knowing that i'd done nothing wrong and they wandered over and asked if i had a roadtax disk, i said "yea", they said, "where is it?", i walked them to the front of the car and pointed at it on the windscreen and said, "there it is there"
Now i keep mine up the upper left rather than the lower left, so they couldn't see it from the angle they were at in the high up van, they laughed and said fair enough, has a little ask about the car and things like that, one of them was utterly perplexed by the carbon bonnet and kept touching it to see if it has a grain to it lol, seemed very friendly and then after a few mins said "well we better let you go, not hold you up any futher"
Always nice to see not all police are jerks, they were nice from the get-go, getting the job done without talking down their noses at people
The BIB pulled up next to me 2 days ago when i was in glasgow in the SX picking up the GF, i was in the left lane, them in the right.
I looked over and smiled at them cause i seen them checking out the car.
Next thing they tooted the horn at me, and asked me to pull over once i'd passed the junction when the lights changed.
I pulled over and jumped out knowing that i'd done nothing wrong and they wandered over and asked if i had a roadtax disk, i said "yea", they said, "where is it?", i walked them to the front of the car and pointed at it on the windscreen and said, "there it is there"
Now i keep mine up the upper left rather than the lower left, so they couldn't see it from the angle they were at in the high up van, they laughed and said fair enough, has a little ask about the car and things like that, one of them was utterly perplexed by the carbon bonnet and kept touching it to see if it has a grain to it lol, seemed very friendly and then after a few mins said "well we better let you go, not hold you up any futher"
Always nice to see not all police are jerks, they were nice from the get-go, getting the job done without talking down their noses at people
I got grief for keeping my tax disk in the area behind/in front, (depending on which way you look at it.), of the rear view mirror. BiB argued that it stated on the back of the disk that it must be placed in the bottom left of the windscreen when in fact it said something to the effect of plain view.
I was young and impressionable so complied, but it did wind me up.
Good to hear of some proper Policing being done!!
I was young and impressionable so complied, but it did wind me up.
Good to hear of some proper Policing being done!!
Big Rod said:
I got grief for keeping my tax disk in the area behind/in front, (depending on which way you look at it.), of the rear view mirror. BiB argued that it stated on the back of the disk that it must be placed in the bottom left of the windscreen when in fact it said something to the effect of plain view.
I was young and impressionable so complied, but it did wind me up.
Good to hear of some proper Policing being done!!
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2002/20022742.htm#6I was young and impressionable so complied, but it did wind me up.
Good to hear of some proper Policing being done!!
the regs said:
Exhibition of vehicle and nil licences
6. (4) The licence shall be exhibited on the vehicle -
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(c) in the case of any vehicle fitted with a glass windscreen in front of the driver extending across the vehicle to its near side, on or adjacent to the near side of the windscreen;
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(5) In each case referred to in paragraph (4), the licence shall be so exhibited that all the particulars on the licence are clearly visible in daylight from the near side of the road.
It needs to be on the near side.6. (4) The licence shall be exhibited on the vehicle -
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(c) in the case of any vehicle fitted with a glass windscreen in front of the driver extending across the vehicle to its near side, on or adjacent to the near side of the windscreen;
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(5) In each case referred to in paragraph (4), the licence shall be so exhibited that all the particulars on the licence are clearly visible in daylight from the near side of the road.
g_attrill said:
(c) in the case of any vehicle fitted with a glass windscreen in front of the driver extending across the vehicle to its near side, on or adjacent to the near side of the windscreen;
It needs to be on the near side.
A vehicle (or a windscreen) has two sides, the nearside and the offside, these meet at the centre of the car.It needs to be on the near side.
Therefore a tax disk in the centre of the windscreen is "on or adjacent to the near side of the windscreen"
'A vehicle (or a windscreen) has two sides, the nearside and the offside, these meet at the centre of the car.
Therefore a tax disk in the centre of the windscreen is "on or adjacent to the near side of the windscreen"'
Pedant! Where do you keep your nearside wheels?
Therefore a tax disk in the centre of the windscreen is "on or adjacent to the near side of the windscreen"'
Pedant! Where do you keep your nearside wheels?
Edited by fangio on Sunday 16th December 13:37
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