Pulled for not wearing a seatbelt
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Could not agree more, you were lucky the cop didnt just slap you with a ticket. I would if I was the copper in that situation!
Hungry for stats.
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Reminds me of a Traffic cops ep, asian guy driving a BMW no tread on his tyres, got pulled cop tryes to speak to him but the guy isn't having any of it, gives the cop abuse so he now gets points and a big fine, some people just don't know when to shut up.
If the OP had the same attitude towards the cop as he does in this thread i would have done everything in my power to spoil your day.
If the OP had the same attitude towards the cop as he does in this thread i would have done everything in my power to spoil your day.
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Or trying to teach you a lesson that might one day save your life?
My brother used to work on the motorways and the mess people end up in after an accident with no seatbelt can be pretty traumatic to see.
I dont normally rise to stuff like this, but your attitude stinks on these forums. I used to think you acted like this to just get a reaction, however, it seems it may just be what you are like.
No he stopped you for driving on the road without a seatbelt on. You could have been driving a yugo and he would have still stopped you.
yet you don't seem to understand why what you did was breaking the law?
If I broke the law then I should have been fined...
I didn't so I wasn't.
A copper is not going to give up a stat that easily.
The are stat whores.
What are you on about?
You are aware that the police can use their own discretion on whether to fine you are simply talk to you. This happens a lot with regards speeding.
Given that you weren't given a fine how can this constitue them being 'stat whores'
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my m8 got fined for this a while back despite the fact he was wearing a white t shirt and it was blatantly obvious he was wearing his seatbelt at the time, we even asked to play back the footage from the cctv cameras which were pointing right down the street and would have proved that he was wearing the seatbelt. Despite the protests he still had to cough up the £20 fine (as i said it was a while back 
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)No, if you broke the law you could have been fined. The police have discretion, and it's up them to decide how to deal with you based on the offence and your attitude. As you hadn't been on the road for long, that's probably why you didn't get hit with a fine.
The police officers aren't so eager to meet performance targets that they'll treat every single one with the most severe penalty available.
Why do I get the feeling I'm wasting my time though.
If a car park connecting to a public highway is covered under the RTA, how come it is defined as a private car park and you cannot issue a Parking Charge Notice there, e.g. train station car park managed by a PPC.
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