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discomummy:
Hi,

on my way into work this morning, there were 8 police standing around.  Three were on the side of the road checking tax discs, and the other five were standing by the two police vans presumably to deal with offenders.

to my mind, this is a dreadful waste of police time, surely they could use 'civilian' help for some of this.  whilst i appreciate that the police need to have a presence - eight officers seems like overkill.

i am not having a go at the police - i still feel (having lived overseas and travelled a great deal) that the british bobby is the best in the world and have brought my girls up to believe that and treat them with respect.  

i suspect that the powers above have nominated this as  a useful thing to do - get some revenue etc, but surely the police would be better used actually dealing with baddies, and get some of the community support officers to help with the car tax evaders - this could well be placed within their remit.

regards

ela

Sider:
Come on, be sensible, you are asking bureaucrats to use their brains other than to device new ways of wasting public money. :D

carbore:
In defence of the police and even the Beurocrats....

We all moan about uninsured and badly maintained cars.  If the coppers pull people for one thing it gives them the opportunity to check the other details like insurance etc.

Not to mention the opportunity to recover stolen vehicles.


Id rather see coppers on the road than more bloody gatso cameras.  The yorkshire ripper was arrested by a Traffic copper on a routine stop, despite all the emphasis on DNA and CCTV you still need someone with eyes open.

wing nut:
in a area close to me ,i counted no fewer than 35 illegal cars that had been pulled by the coppers ,the mondeo with all the number plate recognition system got them a treat  :lol:  the sorry thing is, i bet they are all back on the road within a week

Boggert:
If you are pulled over for not tax, could be you have no insurance as well... Then the police can take you car off you.  You can get it back but have to produce a valid MOT and insurance document or it gets squashed.

Could be that they are running a high profile Operation with the DVLA. Or they are waiting for something and thought "lets have a look at a few tax discs while we are here."

What I suspect is going on is the ANPR kit in the area is running and they are waiting to pull cars in that have warning markers on them. No tax, No insurance, Stolen... that sort of thing.

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