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Hi, First time creating a topic so go easy on me. The topic is about what records police keep.
Background: Driving home with my kids about 7pm yesterday. Leaving the main town I had a tailgater. No big deal, just ignored them. Wasn't in a rush so just pottered back at the speed limit. Apart from the tailgater, the journey back was completely uneventful.
Half hour after getting home two police turned up at my house, said someone had called in that I was weaving all over the road and had I been drinking. I confirmed I hadn't and they agreed. They then asked if I'd been distracted in any way. Again I confirmed I hadn't and the journey was uneventful. I asked for bit more information about what had been reported. This was that I had been weaving all over, driving on the wrong side. I confirmed unambiguously that this had not occurred.
Sensing my utter bafflement with the whole affair, the police thanked me and departed. Reflecting afterwards, I presume it was the tailgater that called this in. Why I don't know.
Just in case relevant, I'm mid 40s with 25 years clean driving licence / no accidents. Pretty safe driver so finding all this a bit bizarre.
The question I have is how all this gets documented. The report is clearly vexatious. Is it documented as so, is it just deleted or does it hang around in a police database that my car was reported, and if so for how long?
Background: Driving home with my kids about 7pm yesterday. Leaving the main town I had a tailgater. No big deal, just ignored them. Wasn't in a rush so just pottered back at the speed limit. Apart from the tailgater, the journey back was completely uneventful.
Half hour after getting home two police turned up at my house, said someone had called in that I was weaving all over the road and had I been drinking. I confirmed I hadn't and they agreed. They then asked if I'd been distracted in any way. Again I confirmed I hadn't and the journey was uneventful. I asked for bit more information about what had been reported. This was that I had been weaving all over, driving on the wrong side. I confirmed unambiguously that this had not occurred.
Sensing my utter bafflement with the whole affair, the police thanked me and departed. Reflecting afterwards, I presume it was the tailgater that called this in. Why I don't know.
Just in case relevant, I'm mid 40s with 25 years clean driving licence / no accidents. Pretty safe driver so finding all this a bit bizarre.
The question I have is how all this gets documented. The report is clearly vexatious. Is it documented as so, is it just deleted or does it hang around in a police database that my car was reported, and if so for how long?
I wouldn’t worry. It’s unlikely it would have been followed up to that extent out of drink driving prime season.
Basically there will be a call log with your details on, but that’s it. If you had answered the door clearly drunk or similar then there would be a degree of future targeting!
Basically there will be a call log with your details on, but that’s it. If you had answered the door clearly drunk or similar then there would be a degree of future targeting!
Vtec-yo said:
Hi, First time creating a topic so go easy on me. The topic is about what records police keep.
Background: Driving home with my kids about 7pm yesterday. Leaving the main town I had a tailgater. No big deal, just ignored them. Wasn't in a rush so just pottered back at the speed limit. Apart from the tailgater, the journey back was completely uneventful.
Half hour after getting home two police turned up at my house, said someone had called in that I was weaving all over the road and had I been drinking. I confirmed I hadn't and they agreed. They then asked if I'd been distracted in any way. Again I confirmed I hadn't and the journey was uneventful. I asked for bit more information about what had been reported. This was that I had been weaving all over, driving on the wrong side. I confirmed unambiguously that this had not occurred.
Sensing my utter bafflement with the whole affair, the police thanked me and departed. Reflecting afterwards, I presume it was the tailgater that called this in. Why I don't know.
Just in case relevant, I'm mid 40s with 25 years clean driving licence / no accidents. Pretty safe driver so finding all this a bit bizarre.
The question I have is how all this gets documented. The report is clearly vexatious. Is it documented as so, is it just deleted or does it hang around in a police database that my car was reported, and if so for how long?
They used to charge £10. They give you a print out of what they have on record.Background: Driving home with my kids about 7pm yesterday. Leaving the main town I had a tailgater. No big deal, just ignored them. Wasn't in a rush so just pottered back at the speed limit. Apart from the tailgater, the journey back was completely uneventful.
Half hour after getting home two police turned up at my house, said someone had called in that I was weaving all over the road and had I been drinking. I confirmed I hadn't and they agreed. They then asked if I'd been distracted in any way. Again I confirmed I hadn't and the journey was uneventful. I asked for bit more information about what had been reported. This was that I had been weaving all over, driving on the wrong side. I confirmed unambiguously that this had not occurred.
Sensing my utter bafflement with the whole affair, the police thanked me and departed. Reflecting afterwards, I presume it was the tailgater that called this in. Why I don't know.
Just in case relevant, I'm mid 40s with 25 years clean driving licence / no accidents. Pretty safe driver so finding all this a bit bizarre.
The question I have is how all this gets documented. The report is clearly vexatious. Is it documented as so, is it just deleted or does it hang around in a police database that my car was reported, and if so for how long?
https://www.police.uk/pu/services-information/free...
The cops will have been chatting to you whilst trying to decide if you had been drinking, and were clearly happy that you hadn't so left and they'll now have forgotten all about it. The only record will be an incident recorded on their computer of the call they received from the tailgater and the officers conclusions. That's it.
If in the future the cops search your name or car on their incidents software on their computer then the only record will be that incident (assuming no others exist). They have a separate system where criminal details are stored and assuming you don't have any such records then nothing will appear on that search.
If in the future the cops search your name or car on their incidents software on their computer then the only record will be that incident (assuming no others exist). They have a separate system where criminal details are stored and assuming you don't have any such records then nothing will appear on that search.
The way you write your post, op, you remind me of myself.
It’s an absolute nothing burger.
So so far away from being a problem. The obvious starting point is that, their visit didn’t even get anywhere near to forming an allegation. And even if an allegation is made, you’re of course innocent until
proven guilty. Naturally.
It’s an absolute nothing burger.
So so far away from being a problem. The obvious starting point is that, their visit didn’t even get anywhere near to forming an allegation. And even if an allegation is made, you’re of course innocent until
proven guilty. Naturally.
Vtec-yo said:
Hi, First time creating a topic so go easy on me. The topic is about what records police keep.
Background: Driving home with my kids about 7pm yesterday. Leaving the main town I had a tailgater. No big deal, just ignored them. Wasn't in a rush so just pottered back at the speed limit. Apart from the tailgater, the journey back was completely uneventful.
Half hour after getting home two police turned up at my house, said someone had called in that I was weaving all over the road and had I been drinking. I confirmed I hadn't and they agreed. They then asked if I'd been distracted in any way. Again I confirmed I hadn't and the journey was uneventful. I asked for bit more information about what had been reported. This was that I had been weaving all over, driving on the wrong side. I confirmed unambiguously that this had not occurred.
Sensing my utter bafflement with the whole affair, the police thanked me and departed. Reflecting afterwards, I presume it was the tailgater that called this in. Why I don't know.
Just in case relevant, I'm mid 40s with 25 years clean driving licence / no accidents. Pretty safe driver so finding all this a bit bizarre.
The question I have is how all this gets documented. The report is clearly vexatious. Is it documented as so, is it just deleted or does it hang around in a police database that my car was reported, and if so for how long?
Whenever I get a tailgater (usually in 30s for obvious reasons) I floor it at the NSL and it's very rare they have anything that can keep up. I suggest this tactic in future. Although it went amusingly for me the other day as said tailgater was one of my neighbours - just goes to show what I've always thought that the vast majority of tailgaters are just clueless rather than doing anything deliberately. It's perfectly probable it was nothing to do with your tailgater. Background: Driving home with my kids about 7pm yesterday. Leaving the main town I had a tailgater. No big deal, just ignored them. Wasn't in a rush so just pottered back at the speed limit. Apart from the tailgater, the journey back was completely uneventful.
Half hour after getting home two police turned up at my house, said someone had called in that I was weaving all over the road and had I been drinking. I confirmed I hadn't and they agreed. They then asked if I'd been distracted in any way. Again I confirmed I hadn't and the journey was uneventful. I asked for bit more information about what had been reported. This was that I had been weaving all over, driving on the wrong side. I confirmed unambiguously that this had not occurred.
Sensing my utter bafflement with the whole affair, the police thanked me and departed. Reflecting afterwards, I presume it was the tailgater that called this in. Why I don't know.
Just in case relevant, I'm mid 40s with 25 years clean driving licence / no accidents. Pretty safe driver so finding all this a bit bizarre.
The question I have is how all this gets documented. The report is clearly vexatious. Is it documented as so, is it just deleted or does it hang around in a police database that my car was reported, and if so for how long?
Somewhatfoolish said:
Whenever I get a tailgater (usually in 30s for obvious reasons) I floor it at the NSL and it's very rare they have anything that can keep up. I suggest this tactic in future. Although it went amusingly for me the other day as said tailgater was one of my neighbours - just goes to show what I've always thought that the vast majority of tailgaters are just clueless rather than doing anything deliberately. It's perfectly probable it was nothing to do with your tailgater.
Username checks out.I've been through the process albeit for something different. As I understand it there is a local computer that records stuff like this and it will be on that, and then there will be the Police National Database and it won't be, it would have been if you'd been drunk. The former, for want of a better description, basically helps with local policing and pre-prosecution stuff, and also as I understand it is why country lines is a thing, as the info isn't shared at that level between police forces to build a picture. It's also partly why tracking kids/families that move from area to area is a challenge.
The important thing is the police concluded there was no case to answer. If you get a lot of them, you've either got someone who's got it in for you and the police may well turn their attention to them if they know who it is (they did in my case and when I put in a harrassment complaint they were issued with a community resolution order to not hassle me and to not waste police time, which surprisingly actually worked), or you're a worse driver than you think, which is always a possibility
The important thing is the police concluded there was no case to answer. If you get a lot of them, you've either got someone who's got it in for you and the police may well turn their attention to them if they know who it is (they did in my case and when I put in a harrassment complaint they were issued with a community resolution order to not hassle me and to not waste police time, which surprisingly actually worked), or you're a worse driver than you think, which is always a possibility
Sebring440 said:
Somewhatfoolish said:
I floor it at the NSL and it's very rare they have anything that can keep up.
A few years ago when I had a 24v manual Senator I was following a tractor in a 40 zone at 20 mph & there was an un-marked T5 behind me.
I waited until there was a gap, which by them was in a NSL zone.
Floored it in 2nd, up to 3rd still full-throttle & at exactly 60 on the clock up-shifted to 5th & backed off to hold 60.
The look on the drivers face when he realised I had backed off & he needed to slam all on to prevent him rear-ending me was priceless.
Yes, I was young & stupid at the time.
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