Bro in laws 16v inpounded by the Police
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 6:21 pm
Not a good day for my Brother in law today. He was driving the valver home from work and was escorted by a Police motorcycle into a temporary vehicle check point, bearing in mind he had no front bumper on his car and the number plate was in the windscreen I guess he was a prime target.
Anyway they gave his car a good going over and found the front tyres below the legal limit and wern't overly happy about the lack of a front bumper, so at this point he is already in the brown and smelly. Next up is an insurance check, for which the PNC reveals the car is uninsured. The motor traders policy that he thought he was insured was invalid due to the 16v being registered in has name rather than the policy holders name.
So he now has 6 points on his licence and a fine for driving an uninsured car, think the police took pity and over looked the tyres, oh and the worst part the car has been taken to a storage facillity awaitin further instructions, but in all honesty he cant afford to pay all that needs paying to get it back, likely case is it's going to get crushed.
I cant condone the tyre's situation but he genuinely thought he was insured, but I guess ignorance is not an excuse.
As I said at the start, not a good day for him not helped by the fact it's his birthday today.
Jez
Anyway they gave his car a good going over and found the front tyres below the legal limit and wern't overly happy about the lack of a front bumper, so at this point he is already in the brown and smelly. Next up is an insurance check, for which the PNC reveals the car is uninsured. The motor traders policy that he thought he was insured was invalid due to the 16v being registered in has name rather than the policy holders name.
So he now has 6 points on his licence and a fine for driving an uninsured car, think the police took pity and over looked the tyres, oh and the worst part the car has been taken to a storage facillity awaitin further instructions, but in all honesty he cant afford to pay all that needs paying to get it back, likely case is it's going to get crushed.
I cant condone the tyre's situation but he genuinely thought he was insured, but I guess ignorance is not an excuse.
As I said at the start, not a good day for him not helped by the fact it's his birthday today.
Jez