shiny new black peugeot...least it was shiny till

nibbles · 31-07-2005, 18:19

1 of my brothers just got himself a shiny brand new black peugeot 206 with all the extras...least it was shiny till this morning going home from work driving down road and a car smashed straight the passenger side wing! so he jumped straight out trying very hard not to punch the young lads head n he said you better have insurance the lad shook his head no insurance,tax,licence or mot! so he phone the police expecting them to drag the little ****e away and was told that no crime had been commited!! so now he will have to claim off his insurance & lose his no claims and have to pay the excess

Angua · 31-07-2005, 18:22

This is what traffic police should be arresting folks for. Sadly until someone puts forward a law making it a "criminal" offence to drive without tax, MoT and isurance scrotes like this get away with it and honest folk have to pay.

Hom3r · 31-07-2005, 18:22

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Originally Posted by nibbles

1 of my brothers just got himself a shiny brand new black peugeot 206 with all the extras...least it was shiny till this morning going home from work driving down road and a car smashed straight the passenger side wing! so he jumped straight out trying very hard not to punch the young lads head n he said you better have insurance the lad shook his head no insurance,tax,licence or mot! so he phone the police expecting them to drag the little ****e away and was told that no crime had been commited!! so now he will have to claim off his insurance & lose his no claims and have to pay the excess

Thats crazy surly you need tax, insurance, licence and MOT to drive a car?

Then why do they knick drivers without these in the fly on the way cop programmes

punky · 31-07-2005, 18:28

Driving without insurance isn't an arrestable offence, so the police can't shoot out and arrest them, however it IS an offence.

Offenders can get 6-8 points, upto ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£5,000 fine and possible suspension. (http://www.lawontheweb.co.uk/roadlaw.htm)

Don't get me started on uninsured drivers

The best hope is that the scumbag gets pulled over by a copper. He could well end up with a suspension for having no insurance, and if he drives again, on a suspended license, that IS an arrestable offence.

EDIT: Hang on, he didn't have a license? Hmmm. I guess they didn't come out because he was gone, but it is an arrestable offense, I am sure.

makikomi · 31-07-2005, 18:36

He should write to the papers for a start - they'd love a story like that.

Next I'd sue the other bloody guy for ALL costs involved.

Of course an offence has been committed - the police should have made the arrest and prosecution because it is an open and shut case.

Jules · 31-07-2005, 18:36

Nooo he has committed so many crimes they should have thrown the book at thim....I would complain to the chief constable about it!!

Julian · 31-07-2005, 18:37

He needs to be "injured" they would have had to come and do something then.

I know if I am ever involved in an accident (hopefully not) and I am definitely not at fault I would have some sort of "injury".

nibbles · 31-07-2005, 18:52

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Originally Posted by punky

EDIT: Hang on, he didn't have a license? Hmmm. I guess they didn't come out because he was gone, but it is an arrestable offense, I am sure.

he was still there my brother got his address and where he works!

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Originally Posted by Julian

He needs to be "injured" they would have had to come and do something then.

I know if I am ever involved in an accident (hopefully not) and I am definitely not at fault I would have some sort of "injury".

oh he is! sore neck

Jules · 31-07-2005, 18:53

I don't understand it every thing he has done is against the law so why wouldn't the police get involved??

punky · 31-07-2005, 19:10

Seems like driving without a license is not an arrestable offence, but driving while disqualified, is.

See here

Hmmm.

**Maggy J** · 31-07-2005, 19:17

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Originally Posted by punky

Seems like driving without a license is not an arrestable offence, but driving while disqualified, is.

See the government can spend billions just trying to get ID cards/trying to keep uncharged terrorist suspects in jail but they can't plug this particular hole in the law..I wouldn't have thought that if this was added as a matter of course to the list of motoring offences that any political party would even object.

ikthius · 31-07-2005, 19:38

did they not even come out to breathalise him?

surely you could make up the point that they were driving like a maniac, and had no due care and attention of the roads.

it is no wonder people hate paying high premiums when scumbags like these are about not paying them, and getting away with it.

ik

EDIT: can the links be made a bit smaller to stop the horrible long screen?

AndrewJ · 31-07-2005, 19:55

That is wrong best of luck to your mate, I am to pick up a Peugeot 309 soon from Bristol but no goddamn way will I drive without insurance no matter how tempting it may be.

**Rob** · 31-07-2005, 21:50

Driving without insurance, tax, MOT are each individual offences. There may not be apower of arrest attached to those offences but they are still matters that should be addressed by the police. If they are not interested I would make an official complaint against them.

01-08-2005, 05:38

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Originally Posted by nibbles

1 of my brothers just got himself a shiny brand new black peugeot 206 with all the extras...least it was shiny till this morning going home from work driving down road and a car smashed straight the passenger side wing! so he jumped straight out trying very hard not to punch the young lads head n he said you better have insurance the lad shook his head no insurance,tax,licence or mot! so he phone the police expecting them to drag the little ****e away and was told that no crime had been commited!! so now he will have to claim off his insurance & lose his no claims and have to pay the excess

You brothers insurance company will make a claim through the motor insurance bureau, this is was set up by the insurance companies for cases like this, what happens is, all the insurance companies pay money into a pot every year, when accidents like this happen money is taken out of the pot for repairs to vehilcles caused by uninsured drivers. Your brother will be ok on the insurance side of things. The motor insurance bureau will then take him to court to recover some of the money towards the damages caused to you brothers car.