what part of your license do you carry?

Jez said:
I wonder what your rights are there, can you insist that they contact the insurer in question before taking any action to remove?
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Don't know. I've been pulled for no insurance before, I had the policy number and phone number of the insurer to hand though and the guy called them up then let me go. Depends what kind of copper you are dealing with I suppose.
I'd like to think though that you'd have a solid case for a full refund and compensation when you can prove it was fully insured the whole time.
 
I carry the plastic card as ID. I’ve only ever produced the paper bit when I first hired a Hertz car in Portugal. They don’t look at either bit these days.
 
Clarkey said:
Don't know. I've been pulled for no insurance before, I had the policy number and phone number of the insurer to hand though and the guy called them up then let me go. Depends what kind of copper you are dealing with I suppose.
I'd like to think though that you'd have a solid case for a full refund and compensation when you can prove it was fully insured the whole time.
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Did you have the certificate of insurance on you?

I used to carry my insurance documents in my glove box of my previous car and started off putting it in the boot of my current one (no where inside car to keep anything) but they started to feel damp quickly. I wouldn't be surprised if the police assumed I wasn't insured due to my age...
 
[TW]Fox;18009814 said:
How on earth have you managed that?!?!
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Easily?

1) Crash
2) Call Police
3) 'Under investigation' (just means looking to see if they want to blame him and give him points/fine/course
4) ????
5) Profit
 
InvaderGIR said:
Easily?

1) Crash
2) Call Police
3) 'Under investigation' (just means looking to see if they want to blame him and give him points/fine/course
4) ????
5) Profit
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They dont investigate crashes unless they suspect an offence has been commited. The police turned up when I ran out of talent, had a quick chat to me and NFA'd it, and that was a 4 year old 5 Series in a ditch with a guy in a hoody stood next to it, it couldnt look more weird :p

Seems highly irregular for a simple shunt to be investigated by the police..
 
I was 'under investigation' when I had no talent (didn't run out, just had none :p), but all they actually meant was, they looked at the accident reports they'd produced and decided it they wanted to penalise me for it. Luckily for me they couldn't be bothered...I'd not damaged anything other than my car and scraped the road though.

Mine was a 1980's Renault 5 on it's roof in the middle of the road. :p
 
InvaderGIR said:
I was 'under investigation' when I had no talent (didn't run out, just had none :p), but all they actually meant was, they looked at the accident reports they'd produced and decided it they wanted to penalise me for it. Luckily for me they couldn't be bothered...I'd not damaged anything other than my car and scraped the road though.

Mine was a 1980's Renault 5 on it's roof in the middle of the road. :p
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You know more about it than I do then. I called the police up to ask them what on earth it was about and they apparently had no idea.
 
Haha. :D

This was nearly 6 years ago, but I'd guess it's the same sort of thing though.

I had witness statements saying I wasn't speeding which I think helped, along with not destroying any property (road signs, walls etc.).

Did take a few months to hear back.
 
Only carry the photo card for ID, when I'm old enough I won't bother with either.

Up till yesterday I'd never carried insurance documents on me, printed this years one out though and popped it in my glove box just in case.
 
Never used to carry the counterpart with me. Over here i have to have the drivers licence, insurance card on me and the cars registration is in the glove box. UK licence is no good over here now, so its with my passport.
 
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