Coronavirus = empty roads

[95JO]

Michael Gove said:

Can I go for a drive to blow the cobwebs away?

"It is unlikely anybody will be pulled over by the police just for driving," Mr Gove said.

Thanks for clearing that up Michael

[Chubbyross]

95JO said:

Michael Gove said:

Can I go for a drive to blow the cobwebs away?

"It is unlikely anybody will be pulled over by the police just for driving," Mr Gove said.

Thanks for clearing that up Michael

It does send out rather a mixed message though. Going out for a spirited drive isn’t what I interpret to be essential, as much as I’d love to stretch the legs of my car in this wonderful weather.

[95JO]

Chubbyross said:

95JO said:

Michael Gove said:

Can I go for a drive to blow the cobwebs away?

"It is unlikely anybody will be pulled over by the police just for driving," Mr Gove said.

Thanks for clearing that up Michael

It does send out rather a mixed message though. Going out for a spirited drive isn’t what I interpret to be essential, as much as I’d love to stretch the legs of my car in this wonderful weather.

I agree, as much as I wish I could use that as justification to go for my usual spirited drives around the Welsh countryside, I'm not going to.

I'll be staying local and just extending any of the necessary driving (supermarket and dropping food off for elderly relatives).

[Kev_Mk3]

We have road blocks near me asking why we are out and where we are going.

[sharepointalex]

Agree it's sending out mixed messages so I'll just stick to shopping or exercising (and taking a longer route there) to get a short driving fix rather than a trip to stretch the cars legs with no destination in mind...

[sharepointalex]

Kev_Mk3 said:

We have road blocks near me asking why we are out and where we are going.

Whereabouts is this? Have you been stopped? How much did they challenge you? Also in pics I've seen the police are not standing 2 metres away from the car window either...

[95JO]

Kev_Mk3 said:

We have road blocks near me asking why we are out and where we are going.

Really? Whereabouts in Cheshire is this? I'm in Warrington/Widnes border and I've seen nothing...

[Zoobeef]

anonymous said:

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It looks like see you next Tuesdays. But I actually wrote 3.14keys.

[Kev_Mk3]

sharepointalex said:

Kev_Mk3 said:

We have road blocks near me asking why we are out and where we are going.

Whereabouts is this? Have you been stopped? How much did they challenge you? Also in pics I've seen the police are not standing 2 metres away from the car window either...

a41 on the Wirral. Didnt get stop me BUT if they did I have a letter to advise where I work and where I am going - thats the only time I'm going out.

95JO said:

Kev_Mk3 said:

We have road blocks near me asking why we are out and where we are going.

Really? Whereabouts in Cheshire is this? I'm in Warrington/Widnes border and I've seen nothing...

A41 near Eastham

[V8fan]

anonymous said:

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6 month extension granted to all vehicles. Comes in on 30th March for 12 months.
Mine was done in Feb so I've basically got 17 months MoT.

[Superleg48]

V8fan said:

6 month extension granted to all vehicles. Comes in on 30th March for 12 months.
Mine was done in Feb so I've basically got 17 months MoT.

No you don’t. The extension only applies to cars with an MOT due from March 30th not those that have already had a test recently. Your car will still need to be MOT’d in Feb next year, assuming society has resumed some semblance of reasonableness.

[Yodafone]

I think this confirms that we can't go for a drive

https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2020-03-25/north-wa...

[Boosted LS1]

I think that's what they'd like us to do.

For me it's about common sense and being confined in your car isn't spreading anything. The last few days I've walked in the countryside near me and I've driven to get there. It's less then a mile. If I walked there I'd encounter people on the pavements.

[Chubbyross]

Yodafone said:

I think this confirms that we can't go for a drive

https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2020-03-25/north-wa...

Selfish p**cks. I hope when they’re unwrapped from a tree the paramedics classify them as non-priority.

[rosetank]

Typical sensationalist BS from the Police.

[V8fan]

I went to Asda this morning. Roads on the way quiet, definitely people out driving at full chat because of this...

[demic]

A64 was lovely today. Camera vans still out though

[rosetank]

demic said:

A64 was lovely today. Camera vans still out though

Got to keep that revenue rolling

[Woody John]

More on the roads today than yesterday. I expect this trend to continue.

[V8fan]

Superleg48 said:

No you don’t. The extension only applies to cars with an MOT due from March 30th not those that have already had a test recently. Your car will still need to be MOT’d in Feb next year, assuming society has resumed some semblance of reasonableness.

Wrong. The emergency act is in force for 12 months. So, any vehicle with an MoT expiring between 31/03/20 and 30/03/21 gets a 6 month extension.