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sv130:
 I bet that if you were a local pikey who had been really pushing your luck with the  :police: and getting away with it for too long :shocked:, then you may see a few "extras" added to a reckless driving charge, as a sort of standby thing to make sure they got you with at least 1 of the offences. 
I seem to remember something about some major criminal trial where the police held back a few of the slightly lesser charges so they had something to re-arrest the criminal with if he actually managed to be found not guilty on the major charges.
   =;(But that could have been a tv prog ha) 

 A friend just reminded me of when we was kids (Way back in 1977) and he actually got done for sitting on his moped on the footpath talking to a couple of girls, charged him with driving on the footpath. Even though the bike was stationery and engine turned off. He got an endorsement on licence and a

stretchy:
hahaa yhe funny stuf... just shows how harsh the law can be sometimes

paul_humphreys:
A nice copper once told me that if you take the spark plug cap off you can not get done when pushing it in a public highway.

Paul

Lord Shagg-Pyle:
Where shall I start?

if a mechanically propelled vehicle is on the highway, it must be road registered, taxed, insured and MoT'd. The person in charge of it must be have a valid licence for that type of vehicle.
This myth about one wheel of the ground/spark plug off is just that, a myth.
If a motor vehicle is being driven other than on a road, and is not parking or turning round, it is an offence, with the exception of private land of course.
Take it from me, Traffic Law is very complicated, but there is virtually no way round things. For every cop that will give 'words of advice' and tell you to 'be on your way, sunshine', there is one who will tie you up in knots and give you a ticket at the very least!

If in doubt, don't do it.

Tommo:
Someone knocked my dad off his motorbike and he got 3 points because it mounted the pavement after he had fallen off it!


I used to trust in the police force to deal with stuff like this fairly and with descent judgement, but after a few totally unbelievable run in's with police officers over the last couple of years I wouldnt be surprised if they tried to give you a prison sentance for even owning an 'unliscenced vehicle'.

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