FWIW, I agree with you and would have been applicably "cooperative" in the circumstances. Presumably they were short on crimes to solve. 🙂
Why didn't you put your belt on before you set off? You know, like during your driving test?
I thought Police cars were pretty standard?Being honest, they were alright but my gripe is that they are spending time sitting around in a souped up BMW pulling folk for trivial things
FWIW I often get people knocking on my car window when I'm on 'standby', usually with the words "quiet day then". I'm often tempted to say I'll test their obs and do a quick ecg so I can be seen to give value for money.
traffic offence link to more serious criminal behaviour:
[url= http://library.npia.police.uk/docs/hors/hors206.pdf ]why the police pull people for minor offences[/url]
sounds the law was upheld and carried out in the correct manner. It just reinforces my respect and love for those boys and girls in blue
FFS bregante gave you a huge clue -
And yet it seems that when it comes to wriggling out of a parking fine on a supermarket carpark it's suddenly considered as a private carpark...
It just reinforces my respect and love for those boys and girls in blue
Tazzy.
you seem to be confuslicating the real filth with folks that like dressing up in uniform for sexual adventures. 😉
And yet it seems that when it comes to wriggling out of a parking fine on a supermarket carpark it's sudenly considered as a private carpark...
That would have been an invoice issued by a private company.
They can't issue "fines"
Nothing to do with what the area is legally classified as, just to do with who has issued the ticket/invoice.
They can't issue "fines"
I'd take a fair bet that no one has ever recieved a "fine" for not wearing a seatbelt in a supermarket car park either. 🙂
SSStu- oh yeh, got mixed up with sexytime police lady strippers and those official proper ones whose fists and boots I viciously attacked with my face 😀
I'd take a fair bet that no one has ever recieved a "fine" for not wearing a seatbelt in a supermarket car park either.
Yet so far you've not done a very good job of showing that Traffic Laws don't apply in Public Car Parks have you ?
SSStu- oh yeh, got mixed up with sexytime police lady strippers and those official proper ones whose fists and boots I viciously attacked with my face
In fairness though you did pay me good money to dress up as a female rozzer and slap you round the face with my truncheon while telling you how naughty you'd been.
Yet so far you've not done a very good job of showing that Traffic Laws don't apply in Public Car Parks have you ?
And you've done a good job of showing they do? 😆
Rusty.
Cheers for that vid.
It took me right back to underage drinking in the local winebar. 😀
The DJ used to play that back to back with cockney translation. 🙄
And you've done a good job of showing they do?
Er, the answer to that would appear to be yes. Hardly his fault if you're ignoring the evidence he's provided.
I once got stopped by the police for not having a seatbelt on. I'd also just pulled away from a parking place, though was on a road rather than in a car park. Like the OP I got a warning rather than being ticketed. Unlike the OP I think it was a perfectly reasonable thing for the police to spend their time doing, and I'm quite happy they stopped me.
Hardly his fault if you're ignoring the evidence he's provided.
I see no evidence of anyone being prosecuted for not wearing a seatbelt in a supermarket carpark.
Maybe you could show it to me?
I once gave someone a ticket in a privately owned public car park for not wearing a seatbelt. If that helps 🙂
And for balance, I've never given anyone a ticket for not wearing a seatbelt. Ever.
Was it a raffle ticket 😉
If you are a rozzer and it stood up as legal i'll say that i'm wrong.
Suprised but wrong. 🙂
I see no evidence of anyone being prosecuted for not wearing a seatbelt in a supermarket carpark.Maybe you could show it to me?
You asked about whether traffic laws applied in supermarket car parks - here's the result of 1 minute of googling
http://www.northstandchat.com/showthread.php?105865-Driving-summons
No idea, it was a seat belt day of action and I wasn't allowed back to the station until I'd given one out! I assume the bloke just paid it, was only £30.
You asked about whether traffic laws applied in supermarket car parks
No i asked you to provide evidence of anyone being done for not wearing a seatbelt in a supermarket car park.
I'd take a fair bet that no one has ever recieved a "fine" for not wearing a seatbelt in a supermarket car park either.
No idea, it was a seat belt day of action and I wasn't allowed back to the station until I'd given one out! I assume the bloke just paid it, was only £30.
That's a bit sad
Except I replied to this:
"Yet so far you've not done a very good job of showing that Traffic Laws don't apply in Public Car Parks have you ?"
And you've done a good job of showing they do?
your point appears to be that you can't be prosecuted for not wearing a seatbelt, when given that other traffic laws apply, clearly you can.
and if that's not good enough, another couple of minutes threw up this:
That's a bit sad
Welcome to the world of Home Office targets 🙂
No you've still not shown me any evidence of anyone being fined for not wearing a seatbelt in a super market carpark. 🙂
Welcome to the world of Home Office targets
I'm glad i don't have to do your job. 😐
I'm sure you must get some massive feelgood moments but stuff like that would piss me off no end.
Meanwhile you've not shown me any evidence of anybody being prosecuted for not doing their archery practice on a Sunday.
Straws/clutching. 😉
If you were to get your longbow out in a supermarket carpark i think it's fair to say you should recieve a ticket.
No matter what day of the week it was. 🙂
Yes, you are aren't you?
still no evidence then. 😆
Exactly what point are you trying to prove here? Do you really think that because nobody has been prosecuted for not wearing a seatbelt in a supermarket carpark (if that is the case) that proves it's not illegal (despite ample proof that other motoring laws apply)?
Anecdotal:
http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?261363-No-seatbelt-in-Private-Retail-Park
nobody has been prosecuted for not wearing a seatbelt in a supermarket carpark
At last you've got it. 8)
Lifer.
The retail park you mention has road that are maintained by the council, and lead to factories etc.From what you say she was not on the private part, ie the car parks.
Big ride tomorrow so off to bed.xxx
And so Stu goes gently to bed,to dream of always being right,despite what the laws of the land say,and secure in the knowledge he is the biggest tosser on the site.Sleep well my sweet prince.
😆
Is there a special "defence" name for saying you have to leave a discussion you are losing for "Bike Ride related reasons" 🙂
Yes,onanism.
Perhaps see it as encouragement to wear your seatbelt?
Or obey the law,as it is otherwise known.
[url= https://www.gov.uk/using-the-road-159-to-203/the-road-user-and-the-law ]some words that mean the police can enforce the law wherever they need to[/url]
Police top trumps. Put it on before you start your car next time and all will be good.
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Police top trumps. Put it on before you start your car next time and all will be good.
Now why didn't someone post that link earlier in this thread 🙄
This is just a stab in the dark but if the OP's friends were sitting in a "souped up" BMW, that sounds like it might be traffic cops rather than just "normal" polis, doesn't it? So what you'd have is an example of traffic cops enforcing traffic law. And they didn't ticket him or give him producers, they just told him to wear the fing seatbelt. Sounds like OP copped a massive attitude and got all Barrack Traffic Lawyer about it too.
I usually criticize the police and the job they do but in this case I don't see the problem at all.
By the way, the lack of a seat belt serves as a pretext to interact with you, see if you seem pissed, have a quick look at the car and tax disc, maybe ask for licence etc.
And I bet everyone that gets stopped for not having a seat belt says "oh ffs what are you whining about, I was just about to do it up, 10 seconds won't kill me..."
What, wade through all the Google lawers' post to find the actual highway code? No. I'd rather believe what someone told me in the pub . . .
And I bet everyone that gets stopped for not having a seat belt says "oh ffs what are you whining about, I was just about to do it up, 10 seconds won't kill me..."
Wrong. It was something like "oh, sorry officer, yes you're right, how silly of me, I'll really try not to do it again" 😉
