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| posted on 2/11/12 at 06:58 PM |
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Originally posted by owelly
anyone has a good defence if doing something 'as instructed by the police'
I don't suppose this can be extended to people who drive ambulances can it Owelly?!
Joel it needs to be pushed as it doesn't run!
As this seems to have prompted a lot of discussion I guess it's a grey area of the law. Not really wanting to end up in court I think I'll
work around it!
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deltron63
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| posted on 2/11/12 at 07:49 PM |
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.Many years ago i was pushing my bike home( blown engine). A copper stopped and told me to put my helmet on !!!
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ReMan
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| posted on 2/11/12 at 09:16 PM |
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Originally posted by Acc8braman
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Originally posted by ReMan
IMHO
no tax= fail
no tax/mot = not insured= Jail with Jimmy
As you say if its regularly patrolled your just asking for trouble
Failure to hold a valid MOT is an offence under Section 47 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and can result in a fine of up to £1000. The offence of
driving without an MOT does not carry penalty points although most policies of insurance will become invalid without an MOT being in place, which
could lead to an offence of driving without insurance which carries between 6 and 8 penalty points.
www.plusnine.co.uk
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spiderman
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| posted on 2/11/12 at 09:18 PM |
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Originally posted by loggyboy
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Originally posted by Slimy38
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Originally posted by loggyboy
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Originally posted by me!
It has no tax or MOT but is insured.
Isnt this an offence now? I thought a sorn car was not allowed to be insured.
I thought it was the other way round, if it isn't SORN then it HAS to be insured, even if it's in bits in the garage and not going
anywhere?
You'd still want to insure a SORN'ed car, in case it was stolen or something?
Yes your right! i was getting it confused!
The law you are thinking of is if it is not insured you have to return the tax disc and sorn the vehicle as it is not allowed to be taxed without any
insurance. Stops people insuring their car getting it taxed only to cancel the insurance and hope they don't get stopped by the Police.
As regards pushing a motorcycle on the road without tax or insurance, that is illegal too, as far as I know, as I got stopped by the Police for doing
the very same thing and told not to do it again, I was only 14 years old at the time so the law has been in existence for a very long time.
Spider
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britishtrident
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| posted on 2/11/12 at 09:28 PM |
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A law mainly employed by police to clamp down on young guys creating a major nuisance by riding trials bikes on waste land.
For anybody who gets pickedon by fine up standing officers of the law applying the law a little too by the book my advice is fight it and opt to
get held in front of a jury, my my wife was on jury on a similar case they found the lad not guilty.
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