BiB, you know someone is driving over the drink limit.......

[Tyre Smoke]

but they are abiding by the speed limits, not being erratic in any way and all their lights are working, etc.

What 'excuses' do you use to pull them over?

I think that I am right in saying you have to have a reason and cannot ramdomly pull people?

There's no hidden agenda here, I'm just curious.

Thanks

[hugoagogo]

surely just make something up if you need a reason afterwards?

oh, except obviously police wouldn't do that

[mr_annie_vxr]

Tyre Smoke said:

but they are abiding by the speed limits, not being erratic in any way and all their lights are working, etc.

What 'excuses' do you use to pull them over?

I think that I am right in saying you have to have a reason and cannot ramdomly pull people?

There's no hidden agenda here, I'm just curious.

Thanks

The fact I know they are over the limit (ie someone phoned it in or intelligence exists on said chap). Or where they have come from (pub forecourt) or stop them to check they own the car or that there documents are in order at which point if you can smell the intoxicants then you can carry out the breath test.

[mr_annie_vxr]

hugoagogo said:

surely just make something up if you need a reason afterwards?

oh, except obviously police wouldn't do that

Make stuff up indeed

[WeirdNeville]

Tyre Smoke said:

I think that I am right in saying you have to have a reason and cannot ramdomly pull people?

No, the police can stop any vehicle without reason*. It's best to have one of course, and if you look hard enough you'll find something to use, be it a feature of the vehicle or the manner of driving. Someone who's drunk will have visible flaws in their driving and reactions.

In order to require a breath test you need to have a "moving traffic offence" i.e. a vehicle defect, driving offence but not documentation offences, or else you need to suspect alcohol i.e. smell of intoxicating liquor, speech slurred, eyes glassy...

None of which matters if you open the door and the driver falls out, of course.

Hope that helps.

* IMO this works quite nicely with civil rights. You have the right to walk down the street unhindered, providing you're not up to no good. However as soon as you take charge of a vehicle you take on responsibility for the safety of those around you, and therefore it seems reasonable that the Police can stop you without specific reason in order to check that you are abiding by the law surrounding the responsibility of driving.

[sheetstabuer]

Their driving was erratic, no honest sarge it was

[Parrot of Doom]

I've been pulled after coming out of a pub car park, after a 1.5 shandies. Quite normal driving, nothing wrong, totally sober.

I didn't have a problem with it. Green light on the breathlyser.

[vonhosen]

sheetstabuer said:

Their driving was erratic, no honest sarge it was

Doesn't have to be.
Any vehicle can be stopped at any time in order to check that the driver is a licence holder.

[thinfourth]

Tyre Smoke said:

but they are abiding by the speed limits, not being erratic in any way and all their lights are working, etc.

What 'excuses' do you use to pull them over?

I think that I am right in saying you have to have a reason and cannot ramdomly pull people?

There's no hidden agenda here, I'm just curious.

Thanks

Do they stop for a kebab?

[alphadog]

I got pulled driving back from the offie once. Bib said 'Did you trip outside the shop or are you pissed?'. I hadn't tripped, anyway advised him to breathalyse me repeatedly whilst he burbled on about a number of incidents locally. Eventually he capitulated and allowed me to give said clean breath test and I was on my way.

I thought his attitude stunk.

Still you always get one bad apple - every other encounter in my driving career has been friendly and professional.

[V8Cerbera]

I was PARKED, engine off but ignition on while I was fixing an air freshner and listening to the end of a track on the CD I had in. Officer comes down my road, sees the interior light on and stops alongside.

I wind my window down and he asks me what I'm doing, I tell him, as above. He pulls up behind, gets me out of the car and requests a breath test immediately, obviously I can't say no as that would be an offence of failing to provide a specimen of breath. He then proceeds to tell me that he hasn't got a kit on him and he'd have to call a car that does have a breathalyser - Cue a 45minute wait in the freezing bloody cold (it was november) sitting on my wall outside my house while I wait for another car to show up and prove that I was clean.

[djohnson]

Tyre Smoke said:

but they are abiding by the speed limits, not being erratic in any way and all their lights are working, etc.

What 'excuses' do you use to pull them over?

I think that I am right in saying you have to have a reason and cannot ramdomly pull people?

There's no hidden agenda here, I'm just curious.

Thanks

Fat bird in the passenger seat and a kebab on the dash board?

[C2'S'man]

A Police officer can stop a motor vehicle on a road, for the purpose of checking the drivers licence, docs etc at any time.

If when speaking to the driver, the officer suspects the driver has been drinking.....

kr

[jacko lah]

Tyre Smoke said:

but they are abiding by the speed limits, not being erratic in any way and all their lights are working, etc.

What 'excuses' do you use to pull them over?

I think that I am right in saying you have to have a reason and cannot ramdomly pull people?

There's no hidden agenda here, I'm just curious.

Thanks

A BIB I know said that He just stops anyone driving at 29 mph at 1 am on a sunday morning. WHY would any sober person not be driving at 40 past a school at that time in the morning? He says he's seen the car weaving and thought he should take a look.

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djohnson said:

Fat bird in the passenger seat and a kebab on the dash board?

[Six Fiend]

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[catso]

Six Fiend said:

She'd be a fair old size for her kebab to be on the dahboard!

[rs1952]

jacko lah said:

A BIB I know said that He just stops anyone driving at 29 mph at 1 am on a sunday morning. WHY would any sober person not be driving at 40 past a school at that time in the morning? He says he's seen the car weaving and thought he should take a look.

In the politically incorrect 1960s there was a gag about the BiB who stops a motorist:-

"Obeying all the traffic signs .....keeping to all the speed limits ..... being considerate to other road users ....."

"'Ad a drop too much to drink, 'ave we sir?"

[seefive]

Best excuse I ever got for a tug years ago was "Sorry to trouble you sir, but what is holding your rear number plate on?"

I replied "Rivets, why has it fallen off?"

He replied, "No but a lot of these cars (RS Turbo) get stolen and we just wanted to see if you knew the car."

Excellent policing trying to prevent car theft as I was on my way home from work on the M25 - which co-incidentally was about chucking out time..... Frankly, I have no objection to getting pulled for this type of reason/suspicion. If the police get rid of the car thieves and pissed drivers, and I won't complain one bit about being stopped every night.

[motorwise]

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