drnas78 Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 yestrday while i was parked wth my lights on (dim) and car running apolice car happend to turn around my corner were i live women wpc breaked suddenly jumped out of their car and gave me a lecture about running my engine and that its against the law and she can give me a fine. i explained that i waqs near the car and also that it has engine warmer so no one could really steel it as keys are with me and car with cut off if any one tried to gain entry ... she didnt have any of it and said just say its a flash car and dont do it again.....or u will get a ticket... surely they have better things to do then lecturer me about something so pointless ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzi Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 against the law to have your car turned on? tomorrow it will be against the law to breathe because we're producing too much C02!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drnas78 Posted February 6, 2008 Author Share Posted February 6, 2008 serious man i was pretty shocked tried to explain to the WPC that its feature on the car for a reason not ilegal in any way like a turbo time would be but she was adiment and used a big work for the offence and drove off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 it is illegal to run your car without you in it, on a public highway (road) to a certain degree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drnas78 Posted February 6, 2008 Author Share Posted February 6, 2008 it was on a type of drive so off road thats why i couldnt understand what the prob was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 it was on a type of drive so off road thats why i couldnt understand what the prob was if its your property then yes, she was wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Massey Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 should of told her to f**k off and that she dint know what she was on about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelfill Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 The offence is known as "Quitting" http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?p=1319676&postcount=7 not sure whether it applies on your own driveway ** goes off to investigate further ** Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelfill Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 as far as I can tell : In England, Wales and Northern Ireland it's an offence to leave a vehicle unattended on the public highway with the engine running. In Scotland there's an additional offence covering all property brought in by the Scottish Executive. ** still trawling ** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 But surely there are far worse things that she could be sorting out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelfill Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 targets. unfortunately the OP was an easy one. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiceRocket Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 In England, Wales and Northern Ireland it's an offence to leave a vehicle unattended on the public highway with the engine running. True but technology such as remote start as counteracted the potentially easy grand auto theft and this wpc probably doesn't have a clue about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Class One Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 The offence is known as "Quitting" http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?p=1319676&postcount=7 not sure whether it applies on your own driveway ** goes off to investigate further ** Mike Cor that bloke in that post, he's a mine of information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelfill Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 The offence has nthing to do with *cough* "GTA" *cough* it's more to do with the potential dangers of an unattended running vehicle. although unlikely, the car could drop into gear and hurtle off down the street. a child could get in and put it in gear. etc. etc. I'm sure one of our resident friends in blue can add a few more details. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelfill Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Cor that bloke in that post, he's a mine of information. he's my hero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiceRocket Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 The offence has nthing to do with *cough* "GTA" *cough* it's more to do with the potential dangers of an unattended running vehicle. although unlikely, the car could drop into gear and hurtle off down the street. a child could get in and put it in gear. etc. etc. I'm sure one of our resident friends in blue can add a few more details. Mike How can a car drop into gear? On an auto? Regarding child getting into car then engine would cut out when alarm is breached (Clifford remote start). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethr Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2008/02/06/gordon-brown-s-pledge-to-get-3-000-more-police-officers-on-the-street-89520-20310718/ A year-long review by the Chief Inspector of Constabulary, Sir Ronnie Flanagan, also accuses police forces of targeting less serious crimes to boost their performance figures instead of going after serious criminals. Perhaps you're lucky it's not the end of the "performance period" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelfill Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 How can a car drop into gear? On an auto? Regarding child getting into car then engine would cut out when alarm is breached (Clifford remote start). hey I didn't make the laws. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 it is illegal to run your car without you in it, on a public highway It would make a great vid though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drnas78 Posted February 6, 2008 Author Share Posted February 6, 2008 she completly ignored the dark tints angel eyes hids were off i suppose she though it looked suspricious parked but i cant understand how she heard the engine running her window was up she stopped got out ,,, even said ill give £10 if u can move that car although its running as i new soon as she tried it would clunk out as safety mod on clifford alarm....she just said its a flash car and ur posing i said posing parked how can u class that as posing... i was actually just gna work on the angel eye which seem to ac a short some were Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n boost Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 she completly ignored the dark tints angel eyes hids were off i suppose she though it looked suspricious parked but i cant understand how she heard the engine running her window was up she stopped got out ,,, even said ill give £10 if u can move that car although its running as i new soon as she tried it would clunk out as safety mod on clifford alarm....she just said its a flash car and ur posing i said posing parked how can u class that as posing... i was actually just gna work on the angel eye which seem to ac a short some were I know whay u mean mate. The polic3 round birmingham are right tossers at times. I was given a ticket for my number plate by a women officer who said my plate wa too small. I explained the fact that it was an import car and DVLA states that it should be so and so inches and that mine was but the sad cow gave me a ticket anyway stating that i was trying to be cheeky. Also i was given a ticket for not wearing a seatbelt when i WAS by another sad moose when i was driving behind him. He said he was watching me for 1 mile from his rear view mirror and so i said, surely that is dangerous as u were not concentrating on the road ahead and that someone should do u for driving without due care and attention and the twat flipped. I can go on forever but it is one rule for them and another for us. Half of the tossers need to read the law book properly and actually catch proper criminals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-K Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 yestrday while i was parked wth my lights on (dim) and car running apolice car happend to turn around my corner were i live women wpc breaked suddenly jumped out of their car and gave me a lecture about running my engine and that its against the law and she can give me a fine. i explained that i waqs near the car and also that it has engine warmer so no one could really steel it as keys are with me and car with cut off if any one tried to gain entry ... she didnt have any of it and said just say its a flash car and dont do it again.....or u will get a ticket... surely they have better things to do then lecturer me about something so pointless ... did this happen to you fella? i read this in the papers about 1 month ago. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/29/ndefrost129.xml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil tt Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 It just unreal, which ever way you look at it:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jspec Germany Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Can you file harassment charges in England? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Class One Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Can you file harassment charges in England? Not against the Police you can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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