Originally Posted by
dojj
but at least he didn't give you a section 59 and get the tow truck out and make you walk home, so every cloud and all that
how can they give a section 59 for a dodgy number plate?? a dodgy plate isnt antisocial driving nor is it dangerous/careless driving or of that standard, and you have to meet both to be issued a section 59.
Originally Posted by
stevieturbo
ANPR only checks the car, not the driver, so cannot tell if a person has been banned and will not indicate anything of the sort.
true but they can put up flags on the ANPR database against a car for reasons such as driver is banned, violent history, mental patient, drug use etc.
But it is in no way automatic and needs a legitimate reason to be done.
Originally Posted by
Zetec S Hayley
I read in the paper this morning for 2nd time drink drive offenders now face a lifetime ban
They will just carry on unlicensed just like car thieves, joy riders and scum do.
Originally Posted by
Oranoco
The police moan about where their public support is going and it's bell ends like this that are the reason the public is losing sympathy for them. I was chatting a to policeman at work today about it and even he said the traffic cop was a "total prick" for it.
I agree. Especially as you had a reasonable explanation. I dont see how it was in the "needs of justice" or the "public interest" to give you a ticket in such a case.
If you were rich, it would be worth challenging it in court and inviting the press just to make a mockery of the police (albeit youd loose but the press reports would make them look jobsworth cunts which is the whole aim).