Police tonight - fantastic attitude a lesson for me !
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The best experience I've ever had with the police tonight, not that I've had that many ! I admittedly took too much of chance at traffic lights and was pulled for going over as the light had gone red.
Understandably they then checked my car and licence. I have no points but they could not find my insurance on the MIB database. I was convinced it was insured and called home, but alas my wife could find nothing other than a renewal notice that showed expiry in August. To my horror, I was in the back of a police car and had been driving an uninsured car. I am normally meticulous in my 'admin' but I'd clearly made a mistake and put my hands up...
The response ! One of the officers offered to drive my car home, in case it got damaged being left where it was. I jumped in with him, we drove 10 miles with the traffic car following, he dropped me off, the kids came out, he offered them a go in the car with the lights and siren, which they took up. I thanked them for being so understanding and off they went after telling me to drop into the local station for a chat anytime..
My view of the police, while not at all bad before, just improved massively. Very releived and a lesson to me to double check all of the car admin ! BTW, there main role was drugs, i.e. disrupting the low life that deal - fair play to them.
Understandably they then checked my car and licence. I have no points but they could not find my insurance on the MIB database. I was convinced it was insured and called home, but alas my wife could find nothing other than a renewal notice that showed expiry in August. To my horror, I was in the back of a police car and had been driving an uninsured car. I am normally meticulous in my 'admin' but I'd clearly made a mistake and put my hands up...
The response ! One of the officers offered to drive my car home, in case it got damaged being left where it was. I jumped in with him, we drove 10 miles with the traffic car following, he dropped me off, the kids came out, he offered them a go in the car with the lights and siren, which they took up. I thanked them for being so understanding and off they went after telling me to drop into the local station for a chat anytime..
My view of the police, while not at all bad before, just improved massively. Very releived and a lesson to me to double check all of the car admin ! BTW, there main role was drugs, i.e. disrupting the low life that deal - fair play to them.
WindsorRob said:
The best experience I've ever had with the police tonight, not that I've had that many ! I admittedly took too much of chance at traffic lights and was pulled for going over as the light had gone red.
Understandably they then checked my car and licence. I have no points but they could not find my insurance on the MIB database. I was convinced it was insured and called home, but alas my wife could find nothing other than a renewal notice that showed expiry in August. To my horror, I was in the back of a police car and had been driving an uninsured car. I am normally meticulous in my 'admin' but I'd clearly made a mistake and put my hands up...
The response ! One of the officers offered to drive my car home, in case it got damaged being left where it was. I jumped in with him, we drove 10 miles with the traffic car following, he dropped me off, the kids came out, he offered them a go in the car with the lights and siren, which they took up. I thanked them for being so understanding and off they went after telling me to drop into the local station for a chat anytime..
My view of the police, while not at all bad before, just improved massively. Very releived and a lesson to me to double check all of the car admin ! BTW, there main role was drugs, i.e. disrupting the low life that deal - fair play to them.
Just to confirm, no points for you?!Understandably they then checked my car and licence. I have no points but they could not find my insurance on the MIB database. I was convinced it was insured and called home, but alas my wife could find nothing other than a renewal notice that showed expiry in August. To my horror, I was in the back of a police car and had been driving an uninsured car. I am normally meticulous in my 'admin' but I'd clearly made a mistake and put my hands up...
The response ! One of the officers offered to drive my car home, in case it got damaged being left where it was. I jumped in with him, we drove 10 miles with the traffic car following, he dropped me off, the kids came out, he offered them a go in the car with the lights and siren, which they took up. I thanked them for being so understanding and off they went after telling me to drop into the local station for a chat anytime..
My view of the police, while not at all bad before, just improved massively. Very releived and a lesson to me to double check all of the car admin ! BTW, there main role was drugs, i.e. disrupting the low life that deal - fair play to them.
Possibly if OP had been insuring with DD, then the renewal notice would have mentioned that in the event of insured not cancelling, then the policy would auto renew and payments would be taken as normal. On the Askmid front, I renewed the day before mine ran out and checked Askmid to find mine was not on ,the day after it would have expired. Insurers are pretty quick to take you off, but it can take up to seven days to put you back on .
Jesus f
king Christ. Assuming the OP's post is 100% correct (and I have no reason to believe that it isn't) why the hell for once can't it be taken at face value and viewed as the police took a common sense approach to a person with no previous convictions and decided it was a genuine oversight!
Yes he broke the law
Yes he would be buggered if he had had an accident
Yes he's probably learned the lesson without the need for points/increased insurance costs etc etc
Plus we've all saved by not paying for the BIB to fill in all the bloody paperwork
king Christ. Assuming the OP's post is 100% correct (and I have no reason to believe that it isn't) why the hell for once can't it be taken at face value and viewed as the police took a common sense approach to a person with no previous convictions and decided it was a genuine oversight!Yes he broke the law
Yes he would be buggered if he had had an accident
Yes he's probably learned the lesson without the need for points/increased insurance costs etc etc
Plus we've all saved by not paying for the BIB to fill in all the bloody paperwork
Incredulous and jealous in equal measures here
Due to a f
k up at Harvey Keitel's favourite insurer I was pulled by ANPR a little while after they unilaterally (and without communication) canned my coverThe crew were polite and understanding but the fine and 6 points were something I had no quibble with
You need to buy a lottery ticket tonight if this story is true
supermono said:
Excellent story of policing by brain instead of computer. More please
Funny that i was watching a 4 year old version of traffic cops last night and to avoid a parking fine, the passenger nipped in and drove it round the block, no harm caused but he got £560 and 6 points.What's the difference ? I thought the prosecution would be for 'potential' in this case ?? The above case was "Well you 'may' have been involved in an accident and been uninsured".
I suppose the BIB may be investigated and potentially sacked if his boss see's this, Was it an absolute case of no insurance like being pregnant, You either are or aren't.
If were in Malta, your car would almost certainly have been crushed for no insurance, even if it was a brand new model, irrespective of value.
You even have to go to the Licencing building in Valletta to pick your number plates up, which THEY make for you.
On the other hand the MOT's (VRT) are only every TWO years and your car will usually pass if it has a steering wheel, four wheels and an exhaust pipe.......
At least that was the case several years ago........
You even have to go to the Licencing building in Valletta to pick your number plates up, which THEY make for you.
On the other hand the MOT's (VRT) are only every TWO years and your car will usually pass if it has a steering wheel, four wheels and an exhaust pipe.......
At least that was the case several years ago........
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