Used the BM today to go to work and guess what, I got pulled by the police on the mway! This time for having no insurance!!!!!!

Spent 20mins trying to convince them I have insurance and them telling me I haven’t, fun! Then they told me my Tax was ilegally 'placed' in the windscreen!

Let me go in the end with another producer!

What a wonderful system they have for checking details.

Glad to see the fight against crime is in good hands!?!

Rant over!!!!!!

(sorry if theres any police persons on here, its not what i want to do first thing in the morning going to work!)

its on the right because of LHD but i have been informed that this is illegal as the police cannot see it. People with something to hide put it on the right!?!

I have been told to move it or i'll get fined next time!

I had mine on the wrong side to , and was pulled by the police as they couldn't see it as i went round a roundabout , by the time he pulled me over he told me i was failing to display road tax and not that i didn't have any , so he had obviously got me checked out during the pursuit.

He did tell me that it should still be on the left hand side even though the car was lhd , but that was all , let me go on my merry way then.

cheers

Andy

I am sure that many years ago I read that there is a specific spot on the windscreen that the tax disk should be placed.

Something like 4"  (yes it was that long ago) from the bottom of the windscreen and 2" inward from the pillar.

And on the left hand side of the car.

Karl

I shouldn't say this as I'll prob be pulled as soon as I leave the house but since moving from East London to Norfolk ten years ago I cant remember the last time I saw a police car ! .

Steve .

lucky for some!

the poilce round us have just taken delivery of a load of octavia RS's in black and silver, must of done a deal with skoda. There unmarked and they prowl the M6 and A50 in stoke area!

I've got my tax disc on the 'wrong' side too, as has been said, if I get pulled and anything is mentioned about it, then I argue that it is hampering my vision!

The law for the location of the tax disc comes from when it was first introduced, so the bobby on the beat could read it easily enough from the roadside.

Nostrils wrote: He was quite pleasant, should have told him he had a side light out though!

Tee-hee - I think you were probably wise not to!

jonny 320is wrote: lucky for some! the poilce round us have just taken delivery of a load of octavia RS's in black and silver, must of done a deal with skoda. There unmarked and they prowl the M6 and A50 in stoke area!

Thanks for that Jonny, I live in Stone and use both these roads regularly. What's the crack with silver cars now, the police seem to be getting more and more of them? I've seen a silver one series in Stafford with police stripes but no top light (sneaky in the rear view mirror).

Aaron Parke wrote: jonny 320is wrote: lucky for some! the poilce round us have just taken delivery of a load of octavia RS's in black and silver, must of done a deal with skoda. There unmarked and they prowl the M6 and A50 in stoke area! Thanks for that Jonny, I live in Stone and use both these roads regularly. What's the crack with silver cars now, the police seem to be getting more and more of them? I've seen a silver one series in Stafford with police stripes but no top light (sneaky in the rear view mirror).

Alright mate, i live in yarnfield, might see you around, whats your motor?

The silver 1 series you saw is not strictly a patrol car, its one of those community police vehicles, it goes round schools and stuff doing talks and the like but it can still pull you if he feels like it!

I have a mate who is a special and he told me that the silver cars are these community police vehicles.

Oh yer, just to add to my poilce troubles, fished out all my docs last nite for the producer and noticed that my MOT expired on tues! BUMMER!

My fault, thought i had longer, its booked in for its test next week so gonna have fun explaining that one!

jonny 320is wrote: Aaron Parke wrote: jonny 320is wrote: lucky for some! the poilce round us have just taken delivery of a load of octavia RS's in black and silver, must of done a deal with skoda. There unmarked and they prowl the M6 and A50 in stoke area! Thanks for that Jonny, I live in Stone and use both these roads regularly. What's the crack with silver cars now, the police seem to be getting more and more of them? I've seen a silver one series in Stafford with police stripes but no top light (sneaky in the rear view mirror). Alright mate, i live in yarnfield, might see you around, whats your motor? The silver 1 series you saw is not strictly a patrol car, its one of those community police vehicles, it goes round schools and stuff doing talks and the like but it can still pull you if he feels like it! I have a mate who is a special and he told me that the silver cars are these community police vehicles.

I've got an E28 M5 in Lachs Silver. Bought it over a month ago now, still waiting for new ft calliper pistons (it's a long story).

Can't believe I haven't seen you around, not exactly common motors, I'll pm you when my motor's running & maybe meet up? 

yer, can do!

Not too surprised you havent seen me around, my main drive is a vauxhall vectra 'blend into the background' diesel!

The M3 isnt working right now, just refurbing for summer, and the 320is comes out 1-2 times a week.

the old m3's stand out a mile, saw the second one i have ever seen on the roads today, east of bristol, got off at junction 18 m4. i could spot it from about half a mile on the motorway. I got pullled a few times in just the 325 convertible, and they ended up having nothing to ask about driving etc, just wanted to ask about the bloody car! lol.

also think i got had on the m4 by the bloody bridge camera in my nasty renault van yesterday! gggrrrr

From the DVLA website:

'You must display the disc on the near side (passenger side) of your vehicle’s windscreen'.

I guess anything left of centre would comply with that. Stick it up to the left of the rear view mirror and they can't touch you

Ian.

Twice on the way back from the Ring I got pulled over by a white Pug estate with four French Police/Customs whatever with sub machineguns.....asking where i was going where had i been etc but eventually let me go

it was only after the second time did it occur to me the possible reason - I had put a Northern Ireland "personal number" on the car with Scottish Flags and a load of wheels where the back seat should have been.....covered by a blanket!!!!!

now that i trailer it i have never been stopped

Martin

Check it out! wrote: the old m3's stand out a mile, saw the second one i have ever seen on the roads today, east of bristol, got off at junction 18 m4. i could spot it from about half a mile on the motorway.

Was this about 7.45 this morning? If so it was me in my Evo2 . Followed a green Impreza estate off up the slip road.

hehe, that would be it. i was chasing you in my little van on the way to reading, except you kept dissapearing!!!

getting mine sprayed (not a genuine m3, but all genuine parts) tomorrow at 10 am!!!

i bet its the same m3 i saw about two years ago parked near quarry at castle combe. be there monday.

Check it out! wrote: hehe, that would be it. i was chasing you in my little van on the way to reading, except you kept dissapearing!!! getting mine sprayed (not a genuine m3, but all genuine parts) tomorrow at 10 am!!! i bet its the same m3 i saw about two years ago parked near quarry at castle combe. be there monday.

Cool! I didn't have my M3 two years ago, but I did have one about six years ago, which I did track at Castle Combe and Thruxton. I maybe about on Monday, but at my work. Are you going to the track day next Saturday (22nd April)? My car is going on the E30 register pitch  Be good to say hi!