En route to the airport and you get pulled over.....
Discussion
Carlton Banks said:
.....How would you produce your documents if you were away for a month on holiday for example?
Will they bear this in mind?
In the past when I was in the Army the issuing Officer certainly gave an extension of the 7 day producer when requested. He wrote upon the producer a date that I had asked for to enable me to get the documents together as I was away from my normal base. Things may of course be different now that pettiness appears to be a priority over common sense.Will they bear this in mind?
10 Pence Short said:
With a bit of luck your plane would be on a conveyor belt and therefore would never take off, allowing you to return home and present your documents as requested.
Please, please, please don't. Just, don't.
A plane is not a car.
Edited by roachcoach on Wednesday 13th June 14:02
I've had this before, pulled over less than half a mile from the airport parking because ANPR flagged up the vehicle as being uninsured thanks to the MID not being updated.
I explained to the officer that I would not be able to produce my documents within 7 days as I wouldn't be back in the country, which he said was fine and made a note of - although whether that note ever made it beyond his pocket book I wouldn't like to say. I produced them a couple of weeks later when I was back in the country, and heard nothing more about it.
I explained to the officer that I would not be able to produce my documents within 7 days as I wouldn't be back in the country, which he said was fine and made a note of - although whether that note ever made it beyond his pocket book I wouldn't like to say. I produced them a couple of weeks later when I was back in the country, and heard nothing more about it.
rewc said:
Carlton Banks said:
.....How would you produce your documents if you were away for a month on holiday for example?
Will they bear this in mind?
In the past when I was in the Army the issuing Officer certainly gave an extension of the 7 day producer when requested. He wrote upon the producer a date that I had asked for to enable me to get the documents together as I was away from my normal base. Things may of course be different now that pettiness appears to be a priority over common sense.Will they bear this in mind?
He wasn't interested.
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Not all police are out to get you.
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Dead right,but my experience of something like this was in the late 60's. Both my sister & I lived in a town away from home. I had a job & lived in lodgings,she was still at school( 6th year) and had a provisional licence, and lived in lodgings near me . As it was getting near her test ,in a little village and she had no town experience,I used to let her drive around the town for an hour or two . I'd just dropped her off and hadn't removed the L plates, when some young ( even to me at 22) PC stopped me and asked for documentation . I'd no problem with TAX- staring him straight in face. MOT- kept it in car, but licence - was off to Swansea for renewal( days of a one year renewal). But not just normal renewal. I was employed by one of BT's ancestors ,who paid for the licence,and had sent it off for renewal. I nominated my local station for production( it was my next door neighbour) ,and at the weekend got hold of the local Sergeant. I don't know what was said to PC, but I was told that he (Sergeant) had seen my licence on a previous occasion,and had told the reporting office of this fact. ( I'd been stopped when some old busybody had reported that I was supervising a learner). Advice from SGT was not to worry, and bring it in when I got the renewal back .When I took it in,for inspection, he'd already sorted out the whole matter.
Strangely enough ,I never got so much as a nasty look from plod in the other town ,whole time I had that car after that episode . Could it be that his boss, the Inspector( in the town) ,who'd been the previous SGT at our local place ,and also one of our neighbours had a hand in the matter .
Not all police are out to get you.
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Dead right,but my experience of something like this was in the late 60's. Both my sister & I lived in a town away from home. I had a job & lived in lodgings,she was still at school( 6th year) and had a provisional licence, and lived in lodgings near me . As it was getting near her test ,in a little village and she had no town experience,I used to let her drive around the town for an hour or two . I'd just dropped her off and hadn't removed the L plates, when some young ( even to me at 22) PC stopped me and asked for documentation . I'd no problem with TAX- staring him straight in face. MOT- kept it in car, but licence - was off to Swansea for renewal( days of a one year renewal). But not just normal renewal. I was employed by one of BT's ancestors ,who paid for the licence,and had sent it off for renewal. I nominated my local station for production( it was my next door neighbour) ,and at the weekend got hold of the local Sergeant. I don't know what was said to PC, but I was told that he (Sergeant) had seen my licence on a previous occasion,and had told the reporting office of this fact. ( I'd been stopped when some old busybody had reported that I was supervising a learner). Advice from SGT was not to worry, and bring it in when I got the renewal back .When I took it in,for inspection, he'd already sorted out the whole matter.
Strangely enough ,I never got so much as a nasty look from plod in the other town ,whole time I had that car after that episode . Could it be that his boss, the Inspector( in the town) ,who'd been the previous SGT at our local place ,and also one of our neighbours had a hand in the matter .
Lurking Lawyer said:
And what happens if you're one of the many people who do not carry their paper licence and/or their photo card around on them....?
If you know you are going to be traveling far from home or away for a while , it is silly not to carry your documents . A photocard on its own is normally sufficient to satisfy a roadside check , along with insurance and MOT certificates . I always have my photocard in my wallet and keep photocopies of insurance and MOT in the glovebox , with the original documents safely at home . The only recent time I have been stopped ( because the ANPR showed my car as having no MOT , despite having passed earlier that day ) I had the printout from the VOSA website showing the pass that day since I had not received the certificate due to collecting the car after the garage had closed , and this was accepted by the officer .
I had anticipated a possible problem because I knew I was going to be a couple of hundred miles from home and avoided difficulty by taking documentation with me . A little forethought is all it takes .
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