BOB.DOLE said:
Nige F said:
POLICE corruption,
Did you know if you had your vehicle stolen the police will impound it
at your expense and keep it for about 3 weeks before they inform you that they have the vehicle and bill you around £500
and if you ask them any questions about it they just say whats your problem your insurance will pay the bill
so it now looks like the old bill are conning the insurance companys.
i have had first hand experience of this practice with a motorcyle
my son had an accident on one a while back and when the police attended they told him they would have to take the bike away to make sure it was road worthy and legal no one mentioned any third party involvement ( rip off recovery company) my son was in pain so said nothing either way
after making sure he was ok i went the next day to the station to recover bike ( no bike here m8 )
we dont bring them here they go to the recovery yard run by ** recovery
so i walk in and walk out with the bike no one watching i get as far as my van when a fat security guard runs up to me with a foot long torch telling me he is going to knock me out if i dont drop the bike
i infrom him its my sons bike and i am taking it to which he says i am stealing ?
after telling him what i will do if he does come near me with the torch he backs off and calls the police so i do the same to cover myself
i get home and lo and behold two traffic cops are there waiting hello hello they say did you just nick your bike back ?
no i took my property back thanks
oh you cant do that m8 you have to pay them 150 quid to do that
oh why i say
cos thats what they charge to pick up bikes after a crash
my son didnt want this to be picked up i would have
ah but we needed to look at the bike to make sure it was legal etc
so i say then you pay them
sorry m8 we dont make the rules
so i say sorry nor do i so either nick me or go away
to which they huddle together then tell me thy will get back to me
that was over a year ago
done some homework on it and the police have contracts with ** recovery and they get nearly all the work ff them to clear the roads fooking robbers
and back handers where mentioned [/code]