Hello Rod,

 CB>>>> The usual way a car has to "go to Regency"
(named after the

 RG>>> Err, not always..  In a case like Pauls (faulty brakes), or
 RG>>> any other defect that is obviously dangerous, then you're not
 RG>>> even allowed to drive the car home..  It must be towed.

 CB>> I would have thought that to be the case.. but having never
 CB>> been defected for such a severe fault (or driven such a car)
 CB>> I couldn't be sure - hence the reason I left that out of my
 CB>> reply to Bill.

 RG> Tis often at the coppers discretion too...  a real pig could force you
 RG> to have the car towed (or at least prevent you from driving it) with
 RG> nothing more than a broken tail/brake light. They generally are more
 RG> lenient though.

It would depend a bit on your attitude to them too.  One bloke,
when booked for speeding, told the copper "You'ld have been a
much nicer guy if your parents were married before you were
born", and copped a defect notice too :)

I could just imagine Rodders in his Golf, or Paul in his
Sigma, arguing with a copper that their rooted brakes and
missing wheel nuts pose less of a hazard than any other
vehicles in good nick being driven on the road....

Regards,
Chris.

--- GoldED