Just got myself 6 points and an IN10 :(

Locky · 13 Feb 2007 at 15:50

if you have to go to court, you will get 250 pound fine + court costs & 6 points

djjuk · 13 Feb 2007 at 16:07

Ouch..Unlucky mate

Sirrel Squirrel · 13 Feb 2007 at 16:07

That's damn unlucky, feel sorry for you and I'm suprised the copper didn't use discretion, did you tell him you were only pumping up the tyres?

barnettgs · 13 Feb 2007 at 16:09

Very unlucky...

It is another reason why I do not like coppers...I just feel that they're picking on easy targets which happen to be innocent people every time.

cheets64 · 13 Feb 2007 at 16:10

So you drove it to the petrol station for petrol or to blow up the tyres?

for a 25 yard distance I would have walked or borrowed a pump.

I walked 300 yards to get some petrol for my car that was SORN.

Its sods law, its only a short distance I will easily ge away with it.

Confused · 13 Feb 2007 at 16:22

Sod's law says that you'd get pulled for driving 25 yards down the road, yet you wouldn't have if you'd driven it 250 miles down the country.

Very unlucky, however just goes to show that you really can't risk it in this day and age.

^^Gord^^ · 13 Feb 2007 at 16:29

TiZoR said:
he would its done in seconds on that incar computer

ANPR, Automatic Number Plate Recognition. A lot of traffic cars are fitted with it now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_number_plate_recognition

Darkaber · 13 Feb 2007 at 16:56

Very unlucky there mate, there are these people who drive around with no tax and insurance for months on end and get away with it :mad:

You were just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

TaKeN · 13 Feb 2007 at 18:40

That realy realy sucks mate

Isn't there any way to appeal against it ?

DannyDan · 13 Feb 2007 at 18:58

Unlucky but theres no way I'd risk even a tiny distance with police cars having automatic ANPR.

^^Gord^^ · 13 Feb 2007 at 18:59

TaKeN said:
That realy realy sucks mate

Isn't there any way to appeal against it ?

Harsh as it maybe he doesn't have a leg to stand on. He has taken the right attitude though. Gotta give him respect for that.

Replicant · 13 Feb 2007 at 19:12

The guys just doing his job, imagine if you had a blowout on the way to the petrol station and knocked a kiddie off his bike you'd feel a right tit.

Poppy · 13 Feb 2007 at 19:13

TaKeN said:
That realy realy sucks mate

Isn't there any way to appeal against it ?

What is there to appeal? He had no insurance, end of discussion. Im one of those "OMG THINK OF THE KIDS!!" people btw, lets say you or someone else driving around you had a lapse of concentration and an accident occured ...

All these people who've posted "So unlucky ..." etc, are you people wired up? Would you have been telling the OP how unlucky he was had he ploughed into your car whilst uninsured :confused:

Lopéz · 13 Feb 2007 at 19:14

You can "what if" any situation until the cows come home. He didn't, so it's irrelevant.

Replicant · 13 Feb 2007 at 19:18

He's learned an important lesson here that hasn't been too expensive, i've heard of people being extorted by clampers for a few hundred quid through no fault of their own, if he's got away with it today he may have done it agian at a later date for a few months, at least thats how the police see it.

Poppy · 13 Feb 2007 at 19:19

Lopéz said:
You can "what if" any situation until the cows come home. He didn't, so it's irrelevant.

I dont think it is irrelevant, the reason we need insurance (by law) is for those very reasons .... what if...?

Replicant · 13 Feb 2007 at 19:20

Lopéz said:
You can "what if" any situation until the cows come home. He didn't, so it's irrelevant.

Its the sympathy vote i object too though, how many on here were mouthing off that type r driver who left his built in sat nav on display.

Burned_Alive · 13 Feb 2007 at 19:53

Unlucky for you that they're cracking down on this sort of thing, oh well, learn, move on

lordrobs · 13 Feb 2007 at 20:02

That really is sods law at work

I was going to type about how they should work on catching those that drive for years without insurance... but I guess thats what they were doing, you were just very unlucky.

The_Dark_Side · 13 Feb 2007 at 20:24

TaKeN said:
Isn't there any way to appeal against it ?

on what grounds exactly?
the offence is driving without insurance, he had no insurance.
find a loophole in that and your next job will be to find Lord Lucan.

it is harsh that the OP wasn't trying to do what 99% of people charged with the same offence are, ie to drive with no intentions of buying insurance, but unfortunately that's just the way it goes.

FWIW the OP has my sympathies.