From: "Adam Flinton" 

Hah. Yeah right.

Traffic laws are different. The Police can flag down your car if they are
simply doing spot checks for anything from agri-diesel (the vat/tax free
diesel) to simply "wondering about the tread depth on your
tires". No suspicion or definite reason needed.

Adam


"Paul Ranson"  wrote in message
news:3e7c9cca$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> You should have taken his number and formally complained. AFAIK a
policeman
> has to have a reason to stop you.
>
> Paul
>
> "Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
> news:3e7c2b36{at}w3.nls.net...
> > I got stopped on the M1-A1 link motorway.....asked why coz AFICS no
> > infringement.
> >
> > Answer: "It was a traffic calming measure if people see a
car at the sde
> of
> > the road with a police car behind with the blues flashing then everyone
> > slows down"
> >
> > My response "Oh cheers for that I suppose I will still have
to find the
> time
> > in the next 2 weeks to pop down to my local nick to present my
documents"
> >
> > "Yup".
> >
> > Not chuffed.
> >
> > Adam
> >
> >
> > "Phil Payne"  wrote in message
> > news:3E7C1826.DE358C51{at}isham-research.com...
> > > > Q: Did you know that tail/head light was out sir?
> > > > A: No officer, thanks for pointing it out.
> > >
> > > I was on my way home from a car club meeting one night.  The speed
limit
> > > here is 70 mph on dual carriageways and motorways.  I came down the
A617
> > > from Chesterfield to the M1 southbound, went round the island, and
down
> > the
> > > M1 slip road.  I didn't slow down (you don't have to in a quattro) so
I
> > was
> > > doing 70 mph when I enerted the ramp.  There was a police car parked
up
> on
> > > the hard shoulder - he started up and came down after me.
> > >
> > > After a mile or so he stopped me.  As usual, you go through the
> > > formalities.  The speed was legal, even if unusual, so I knew he had
> > > nothing on me there.  I'd had a pint at the pub - I prefer real ales
> using
> > > classic hops such as Fuggle, and they smell quite strongly - so we
went
> > > through the whole breath test business.  I knew that with one pint
over
> > > seven hours before I was barely off the bottom of the scale, but the
> > tester
> > > still shows yellow.  Couldn't do me there, either.  He checked the
> tyres,
> > > tax, insurance, licence, etc.  Also came up empty.
> > >
> > > So then he told me why he'd stopped me.  The front right headlight was
> > out.
> > >
> > > "Right," said I, "I need somewhere safe to
change it - I have to take
> the
> > > headlight out and it takes half an hour - I can't do it on the
> motorway."
> > >
> > > "How far are you going down the motorway, sir?"
> > >
> > > "Down to Junction 19. [About 70 miles] So I have to
change it."
> > >
> > > "You won't get a spare bulb before Trowell Services."
> > >
> > > "Oh, that's OK.  I've got twenty in the boot - we've
just come from a
> car
> > > club meeting and we've been changing bulbs all
evening."  I opened the
> > boot
> > > to show him - the law doesn't allow them to ask.
> > >
> > > "Thank you, sir.  Goodnight."
> > >
> > > He was REALLY pissed off.
> > >
> > > I discovered later - they cannot prosecute for a bulb that fails
during
> a
> > > journey.  The offence is starting the journey with a failed bulb - not
> > only
> > > had I obviously examined the lights before setting off, but I had an
> > > unknown number of witnesses.
> > >
> > > --
> > >   Phil Payne
> > >   http://www.isham-research.com
> > >   +44 7785 302 803
> > >   +49 173 6242039
> >
> >
>

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