can you say no if the cops ask you to sit in their car ?
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I would suggest if they have done that, they will have some sort of suspicion. If you've got nothing to hide, just go along with it. If you get their backs up its a down hill spiral.
Speaking from experience getting pulled on the motorway for excessive speeding, I was more than happy to go sit in the back of their car, do what ever they say. I'm sure if I would have been a dick I wouldn't have just got a telling off and on my way...
Speaking from experience getting pulled on the motorway for excessive speeding, I was more than happy to go sit in the back of their car, do what ever they say. I'm sure if I would have been a dick I wouldn't have just got a telling off and on my way...
The answer is no, they cant, if it is a request. Nor can they simply remove your keys because they want to. They can only ask, or be invited to do so.
It gets their backs up of course which makes your life much harder, but they have no entitlement if you have not committed a crime to FORCE you to do anything.
Maybe invite them to come sit in the back of your car if they want a chat?
It gets their backs up of course which makes your life much harder, but they have no entitlement if you have not committed a crime to FORCE you to do anything.
Maybe invite them to come sit in the back of your car if they want a chat?
Interesting. I HAVE refused once.
Got pulled over on the M40 about a mile south of Warwick services (I may have been driving a little energetically), as you should I remained in the car. Put the window down polite mr plod asked me to come and sit in their car as 'it's safer'. I beg to differ.
I politely requested that we drive a further mile up the carriageway to the services "We can't do that sir" but I was politely insistent. I assured him that I was not going to do a runner as a) it's not worth it and b) it's not worth it. Handed over my licence at which point he agreed.
when we got into the services literally a minute later I parked up, got out of the car and went to the back of his car. Opened the rear door and got in.
He asked why I was so insistent about heading to the services.
About three years prior to that day I was a passenger in a friends car that broke down on the M40. I got out of the car and stood behind the barrier rear of the vehicle. As did my mate. He called the RAC from where we were standing but the noise of the traffic meant he could barely hear the person on the other end ( 40ft downwards bank next to us so we couldn't exactly move further away) "I'm going to sort this in the car as I can't hear s**t all" my mate said.
Within 2 minutes of getting back into his car a Polish registered truck had slammed into the back of the car and my good pal died.
And THAT, as I explained to the policeman is why I have this horrible 'fear' of stopping on the hard shoulder.
His reply was "I attended that"
He checked my licence, car leagalities etc and I was allowed on my way.
Got pulled over on the M40 about a mile south of Warwick services (I may have been driving a little energetically), as you should I remained in the car. Put the window down polite mr plod asked me to come and sit in their car as 'it's safer'. I beg to differ.
I politely requested that we drive a further mile up the carriageway to the services "We can't do that sir" but I was politely insistent. I assured him that I was not going to do a runner as a) it's not worth it and b) it's not worth it. Handed over my licence at which point he agreed.
when we got into the services literally a minute later I parked up, got out of the car and went to the back of his car. Opened the rear door and got in.
He asked why I was so insistent about heading to the services.
About three years prior to that day I was a passenger in a friends car that broke down on the M40. I got out of the car and stood behind the barrier rear of the vehicle. As did my mate. He called the RAC from where we were standing but the noise of the traffic meant he could barely hear the person on the other end ( 40ft downwards bank next to us so we couldn't exactly move further away) "I'm going to sort this in the car as I can't hear s**t all" my mate said.
Within 2 minutes of getting back into his car a Polish registered truck had slammed into the back of the car and my good pal died.
And THAT, as I explained to the policeman is why I have this horrible 'fear' of stopping on the hard shoulder.
His reply was "I attended that"
He checked my licence, car leagalities etc and I was allowed on my way.
maverickdrives said:
That's the thing, I did not get nicked or done for any offence because I did not commit any. They can search my car all they want and waste time but I am really p*ssed off at the fact that he took my car keys out and essentially told me I look like a criminal.
Yeah I had the same thing too mate. I was already pulled up at my house at the time tho. They cant just pull your keys out (legally). Last one said to me "we're the police we can do what we want mate"maverickdrives said:
Ok, driving at night went into a car park of a place me and my mates usually go to eat. I did not know the place has been moved and shut so turn around On the way back plod/cops/police(whatever you like to call them) block me in. Their question was what am I doing in an empty car park, I was literally there for 2 seconds. I told them again and again why I was there but they kept thinking I am upto something dodgy. I put the window down because I didn't really think he would pull me keys out like that. Does that give you enough information to make an 'informed judgement' ?
Go on... you were doing handbrake turns in McDonalds car park weren't you? 
N88 said:
maverickdrives said:
Ok, driving at night went into a car park of a place me and my mates usually go to eat. I did not know the place has been moved and shut so turn around On the way back plod/cops/police(whatever you like to call them) block me in. Their question was what am I doing in an empty car park, I was literally there for 2 seconds. I told them again and again why I was there but they kept thinking I am upto something dodgy. I put the window down because I didn't really think he would pull me keys out like that. Does that give you enough information to make an 'informed judgement' ?
Go on... you were doing handbrake turns in McDonalds car park weren't you? maverickdrives said:
Ok, driving at night went into a car park of a place me and my mates usually go to eat. I did not know the place has been moved and shut so turn around On the way back plod/cops/police(whatever you like to call them) block me in. Their question was what am I doing in an empty car park, I was literally there for 2 seconds. I told them again and again why I was there but they kept thinking I am upto something dodgy. I put the window down because I didn't really think he would pull me keys out like that. Does that give you enough information to make an 'informed judgement' ?
So you "usually" go there to eat however you didn't know it had moved? That's usually something a company publicise quite widely. Me thinks you're not offering the entire truth here...Did you actually get caught drifting / racing / dogging in a car park which made the PoPo suspicious?
mistakenplane said:
Nor can they simply remove your keys because they want to. They can only ask, or be invited to do so.
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That is absolutely untrue.It:
They can if they believe the driver may drive off, by allowing the driver to drive off further offences may be immediately committed, personal saftey etc etc.
They can. They do. And quite rightly so.
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