Update on March Subject
(Thread here) www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=61574
They are still driving around in the Citroen Saxo - No RFL and likely No Ins (not on MID)
Nice day for a run so I went 2 miles - popped into the local Police Station and reported the suspicions of No Insurance - the RFL bit did not bother me.
In the last 6 weeks Car has acquired a smashed offside wing an is still being driven around corners on 2 wheels and often with 2 x kids sitting unbelted in the back.
May be this will cease if the BiB can be bothered to follow the matter up
Edited by Dynamic Dave on 07/05/2008 at 13:39
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May be this will cease if the BiB can be bothered to follow the matter up
Don't hold your breath. Doesn't sound like a crime to me ;-)
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Letter to Chief Constable, CC'd to your MP?
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They are always asking for the public to take responsibility. Now you've done your bit as a law abiding citizen. So it's their turn as law enforcers.
Edited by Round The Bend on 07/05/2008 at 13:46
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You could always report them via:-
www.dvla.gov.uk/onlineservices/report_unlicensed.a...x
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I tried the DVLA online thing to report a neighbours untaxed car (disc in window says Oct 06!). I reported it twice, the last time more than 6 weeks ago, and nothing has happened. The car is still parked as large as life outside said neighbours house and he drives it whenever he feels like it. My wife reported it to the police 2 weeks ago, same thing they were not even interested. We have come to the conclusion that all the threatening TV ads (paid for by all of us of course) showing cars being crushed for not having valid tax discs are just a joke.
Perhaps if the authorities took more trouble to follow such things up there would not be such a need to milk law abiding motorists so much - some hope - the real moral of this seems to be dont bother taxing your car, just ignore the latest increases and keep driving as nothing seems to happen.
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A friend was being plagued by a similar very battered vehicle, keeper not regd with DVLA, untaxed. He had to get up at 0400 one morning to get an early flight, so he "stopped by" and "sorted" the tyres. It went two days later.
Edited by oldnotbold on 07/05/2008 at 13:56
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He had to get up at 0400 one morning to get an early flight, so he "stopped by" and "sorted" the tyres.
That will definitely work without any fear of you being charged with criminal damage - if the rest of the UK has the same policy as Norfolk:
"Police officers are being ordered not to record criminal damage as crime.
A leaked memo has revealed that rank-and-file officers in the Norfolk force have been told that incidents such as car vandalism should not be classed as an offence when there is "no idea how it happened".
It added: "We appear to be making things difficult for ourselves by 'criming' things which aren't actually crimes.
"One example is where a car window is found to be damaged, no entry to vehicle, no witnesses and no idea how it happened.
"This has been recorded as criminal damage, even though there is no evidence to suggest it fits the definition. If there is no evidence of someone intending to destroy or be reckless then there is no crime."
The memo added: "Please ask yourself if there is evidence of a crime or if it is more appropriate to deal with it in a different way." "
Edited by jbif on 07/05/2008 at 14:17
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Good for you FB. I've done the same.
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reporting other peoples mis demeanors is going a bit far, unless it actually involves me personally... i leave it to the lace curtain twitchers and the retired bobby to sort things out
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reporting other peoples mis demeanors is going a bit far unless it actually involves me personally... i leave it to the lace curtain twitchers and the retired bobby to sort things out
I will see if either he/she will come along your road at 60mph on a nice sunny day and see if you like it.
It is not just the RFL/Ins but the devil may care driving.
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I will see if either he/she will come along your road at 60mph on a nice sunny day and see if you like it. It is not just the RFL/Ins but the devil may care driving.
cul-de -sac prevents such behavior in my street , but i agree lets give all our senior citizens with too much time on their hands a speed gun to play with
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