Surely the points is excessive why not give her a producer to get it fixed at a garage and then prove it to the police. Gets the car fixed and the point across without a need for 5 police officers with nothing better to do and a waste of an hour.
Snapped Spring - 3 points & a fine?
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Precisely my thoughts when I was first told about it. Something doesn't quite add up (some of the suggestions in this thread offer some possibilities) - I'm sure the officers were not setting out to be vindictive.
Because it's a safety issue. They can issue a VDRS if it's something relatively minor, requiring the driver to get the problem fixed and prove to the police it's been done within 14 days, but it's obvious that wouldn't have been appropriate here.
From the description, it sounds like the car looked a bit "unroadworthy" and pulled it over to have a look. Obviously they can issue points/fine for a car to be unfit for the road, after all it would have failed an MOT with a broken spring.
Having said that, it does sound like they were being a bit obtuse, maybe they had a bad day or were just miserable jobsworths. Unless they were getting jip from the driver/passenger I would have thought a warning and ask for it to be towed by the recovery company would suffice.
There's no point challenging the verdict, as it sounds quite clear cut. But if you/she genuinely think the officers were out of order in the way they were dealing with the situation - then there's nothing wrong with putting a complaint in.
Having said that, it does sound like they were being a bit obtuse, maybe they had a bad day or were just miserable jobsworths. Unless they were getting jip from the driver/passenger I would have thought a warning and ask for it to be towed by the recovery company would suffice.
There's no point challenging the verdict, as it sounds quite clear cut. But if you/she genuinely think the officers were out of order in the way they were dealing with the situation - then there's nothing wrong with putting a complaint in.
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Maybe the spring went ages ago and now all the extra ump on the shocker goosed that up....then you might notice...
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So they want to contest it, but didn't think to take any pictures at all of the damaged part?
This is going to end well.
Yes that was for recovery (car was put on a low loader), she was asked not to drive it. They also said it was required to have an MOT before being put back on the road.
They are absolutely not the type of people who would be rude or talk back to the police. However, there may be some truth in the earlier suggestion of not being entirely honest about noticing the noise. I can't tell you for certain.
I will mention the fact that they could put in a complaint if they are genuinely of the opinion that the officers did not behave as they should have done, rather than their upset just being an artefact of being stopped and reprimanded.
She is not planning to contest it as far as I know.
Can they actually do that? 'Randomly' stipulate a car must repass an MOT?
All that's done is make me think she had a broken spring and the MOT was out of date? In which case the 3 points and a fine might be more related to the lack of MOT.
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5 police for 1 hour for something as trivial as a broken spring?!
Yet they say they have suffered massvely at the hands of 'the cuts' and barely have time to attend 999 calls?
It's a complete joke.
Yet they say they have suffered massvely at the hands of 'the cuts' and barely have time to attend 999 calls?
It's a complete joke.
I was thinking this as I wrote it. I'm sure they would have explicitly said the words "your MOT has expired" if this had been the case.
I've no idea if the police can stipulate that the car must pass an MOT before being allowed back on the road, I had just assumed it was due to the poor state of the suspension that they needed it to be checked over.
Anyone else know whether the police can just state that the car must have an MOT?
See that's what i'm not sure of, i've never heard of the police being able to effectively condemn a car as unroadworthy and demand a new MOT is passed before it can be used again, though I don't suppose it's beyond the realms of possibility.
Finding it hard to find much on google, just loads of forums with people asking if they'll get done for no MOT.
Would be interesting to find out if anyone does know for sure.
Finding it hard to find much on google, just loads of forums with people asking if they'll get done for no MOT.
Would be interesting to find out if anyone does know for sure.