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How can you KNOW your car is roadworthy, what if you've lost a breaklight and they're pulling you to tell you. Christ talk about up yourself.
 
Honestly I wouldn't have stopped unless it was a blue light. But you learn something new every day.
 
I'm not sure how often either of those agencies carry out moving stops. I for one would not stop during the hours of darkness for a flashing amber light. Would probably ring 101 on my way to police station or similar.

Jack
 
ubersonic said:
So your defence would be "I'm sorry I broke the law, I didn't know it was wrong"?

Well that usually works....
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Well in this rather far fetched scenario I would say that I wasn't aware of an obscure part of the Highway Code and explain that I thought it was a breakdown truck stopping at the side of the road.
 
Minstadave said:
Well in this rather far fetched scenario I would say that I wasn't aware of an obscure part of the Highway Code and explain that I thought it was a breakdown truck stopping at the side of the road.
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So you'd lie?

Because the scenario included the fact that you'd notice the VOSA markings, so obviously you'd have known it wasn't a breakdown truck.

They are hardly going to be attracting your attention for absolutely nil reason and neither is it to 'arrest you' for 'speeding' or anything, it's probably going to be for something they've spotted which you'd presumably be quite grateful of being notified!

But no, you are presumably too elite, best ignore them because you know best.
 
I wouldn't stop because I got this chain email once about something like this happening to a woman and the guys in the car that pulled her over weren't really police officers at all they were escaped convicts and they raped and killed her and now her ghost haunts all those who didn't forward on the email in 24 hours so I don't pull over for anybody now unless they pull up alongside me and show me their identification through the window so I know their legit police officers because I don't want my bum to get violated.

I'd have pulled over even before I knew they had the legal power to do so. I'm a largely law abiding citizen and more saliently I can't risk losing my license.
 
AJK said:
How many other road laws do you deliberately ignore?
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I think you'll find that it is not far from the advice given by the police in circumstances where you are unsure or feel unsafe.

As far as I'm aware not immediately stopping for VOSA or HATO is not an absolute offence or even a police officer in uniform for that matter.

After all I didn't say I would deliberately ignore them. With no criminal mens rea and acting under necessity I doubt I would see the inside of a Magistrates Court for not pulling over for flashing amber light at night. It is not that flashing amber lights are even hard to get hold of or even auditable.

In daylight with clearly visible VOSA/HATO signs and uniforms is a different matter.

Jack
 
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[TW]Fox;23972444 said:
So you'd lie?

Because the scenario included the fact that you'd notice the VOSA markings, so obviously you'd have known it wasn't a breakdown truck.

They are hardly going to be attracting your attention for absolutely nil reason and neither is it to 'arrest you' for 'speeding' or anything, it's probably going to be for something they've spotted which you'd presumably be quite grateful of being notified!

But no, you are presumably too elite, best ignore them because you know best.
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It's not a question of being elite, it's a question of not mindlessly stopping for a vehicle that you probably maybe have to stop for, we think, maybe.

It's was a flippant comment that seems to have caused a few people to get excited - obviously I'm driving around in my roller at 120mph through a school playground and mowing down the plebs and VOSA can't stop me.

Policeman - ofcourse stop immediately.

VOSA vehicle - never seen one on the roads before, wouldn't rush to stop for them without a good reason because I wouldn't think that they were actually trying to stop me.
 
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I don't talk to staff, they need to be Blue's and even then I expect to be called Sir and for the first 10 minutes of conversation to be about how sorry they are to bother me. After that I expect them to tell me how nice my car is, how they bet "that goes a bit" and then to wish me well and politely ask if I can keep it below the ton....as the school children's parents moan a bit......well you know what they are like.....Sir
 
Burnsy2023 said:
I didn't know they could do that. That's actually quite cool.
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Apparently so, I was told about this on my recent driver CPC course, it supposedly works on recent releases of digital tachographs, in 11plate or newer vehicles.

I've done a Bluetooth scan in my cab and picked up nothing though, although again, I was told this would be the case.....

Maybe the VOSA bod was just a Stobart spotter??? :D
 
derk said:
To be fair all HGV's would obey as they are fully aware of who VOSA are and the powers they have.
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I've seen a fair few foreign plated ones getting chased having ignored them..... :D - to be fair, a lot of foreign drivers actively seek out VOSA checkpoints so they get an enforced break, usually having driven way over their hours due to the dodgy practices of certain overseas operators....
 
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