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Police Stop Form - off topic

Hi everyone,

Slightly off topic but this seems to be the group with the most "in the know" people.

I was stopped by the police tonight. I was driving down a semi-pedestrianised road. Busses, taxis and deliveries can use it but it OFTEN gets used by the public as a shortcut. I explained to the policeman that I was moving a heavy speaker between two bars, one of which was in the pedestrianised area and the policeman told me I hadn't committed an offence since I was offcially making a delivery.

He then pointed out I had a headlight out. I told him I saw it flash as it blew as I left the house that night (white lie...it had blown about 3 days earlier, I just hadn;t got round to changing it yet). He's given me a Police Stop Form. Standard thing, 7 days to present my licence, tax and MOT at the police station. No problem at all, and if it helps tackle uninsured drivers I don't mind spending 5 minutes presenting my documents at my local police station.

The form says I'll have to get my bulb fixed before presenting my documents, and have the form stamped by the MOT station to prove it's been repaired. I asked the policeman if that was neccessary since I had a spare bulb and it would only take me five minutes to change the bulb myself (I know...I should have changed it as soon as it blew! I'm lazy!). He said there was no way round it, it HAD to be stamped by an MOT station.

If I change the bulb myself is an MOT station going to be okay stemping this form for me or am I going to have to fork out for a garage to do a job I can do myself in a few minutes?

Cheers everyone! :o)

Ben

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Ben
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You can do it yourself and take it to the center, they probably wont charge you for it either, but you never know!! I went onto a course for 4 mnths and in that time we'd moved area's as well, so when i picked my car up from the old area late at night the exhaust started to blow, but the morning as i'm driving round the local 'new' town looking for a exhaust place i got pulled by the police and same as you 7 day wonder and the MOT station jobbie, was a little anoyed in a way as i'd explained the stuation to him and his directions were that poor that he ended up getting me to follow him to an exhaust station yet still making me then find an MOT station as well!!

Reply to
Chris

Yeah just change it yourself Ben. And go to where you noemally take your car for the check - they are most unlikely to charge you anything.

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DougP

Some forces apparenty let a police officer sign the form to say they have checked that the defect is rectified. I would check to see if that's possible first.

Gareth

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Gareth A.

change the bulb go to the mot station get them to stamp the little book and give you a receipt to as it's been sorted they might charge you a fiver or something silly then go to the pig pen and wait around like a mug for a few hours while everyone else gets seen to before you by which time it's dark and you find yourself with a parking ticket and some little scrote has nicked all your valve caps

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dojj

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