Sorn/mot

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mointainwalker said:
Don't you recall all those cases years ago with early breathalyser stops ? IIRC the law said "when stopped by a police-officer in ( full ? ) uniform " and then there were endless legal arguments about whether the law was applicable if the officer wasn't wearing his hat/cap which meant ( so the argument went ) he was not in uniform and the stop therefore invalid.

I think any distnce would pass according to the letter of the law and/or cops/CPS wouldn't try to prosecute.
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Back in the 'eighties a work colleague who was an ex Met. motorcyclist told me that a traffic stop by him was not valid unless he removed his helmet prior to speaking to the vehicle's driver.

Whether that ruling still applies ..
 
Harry Bloomfield said:
One way to find out - try it.

Me, I'm happy to go for my MOT's, where I have gone the past 40 years, just a few hundred yards from my door.
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About 2 hundred in my case & I guess around 20 years.
Servicing & repairs as well, first name terms with the staff & I've never been ripped off .. no reception desk, courtesy car or bull...t

Family run rural garages are a virtual goldmine these days.
 
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I suspect that to get stopped you would need to encounter a police car with Anpr active and a bored policeman
 
norseman said:
Back in the 'eighties a work colleague who was an ex Met. motorcyclist told me that a traffic stop by him was not valid unless he removed his helmet prior to speaking to the vehicle's driver.

Whether that ruling still applies ..
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Not quite that far back, around 8 years ago, me and a mate were out on an early Sunday morning motorcycle ride and he noticed an unmarked police BMW tailing us at a distance for some time so we kept to the legal limit (we were in contact with each other via Bluetooth headsets). He was a windscreen fitter and did a lot of work for the police at their Essex depot and recognised the bike. After a while, the copper put his lights on, caught us up and stopped us. Just checked our insurance, tax, mot's, licence etc. Within minutes a TV camera crew turned up and started filming him questioning us (it never made the programme as he had nothing on us) but I do remember that after he stopped us and before he spoke to us, he removed his helmet and put on a 'police' marked baseball cap.
 
Murdochcat said:
I suspect that to get stopped you would need to encounter a police car with Anpr active and a bored policeman
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Anpr doesn't pick up MOT. So even if you encountered such an event, it would only detect lack of tax (and/or insurance). So as long as the MOT was booked and the car was in a good state no action would be taken. That bored policeman wouldn't want the agro.
 
Mottie said:
Not quite that far back, around 8 years ago, me and a mate were out on an early Sunday morning motorcycle ride and he noticed an unmarked police BMW tailing us at a distance for some time so we kept to the legal limit (we were in contact with each other via Bluetooth headsets). He was a windscreen fitter and did a lot of work for the police at their Essex depot and recognised the bike. After a while, the copper put his lights on, caught us up and stopped us. Just checked our insurance, tax, mot's, licence etc. Within minutes a TV camera crew turned up and started filming him questioning us (it never made the programme as he had nothing on us) but I do remember that after he stopped us and before he spoke to us, he removed his helmet and put on a 'police' marked baseball cap.
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Cool story bro.

I'm impressed he could recognise the bike at a distance behind you. Wouldn't even see the number plate
 
carmanmemoranda said:
You don't have to believe me. Watch the TV programmes carefully. See if they ever mention MOT, until AFTER the car is stopped and checked
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Interesting. That said ANPR should do this

It’s a bit like the DVLA can send you an MOT reminder, but not for road tax - that is very odd imho
 
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