This is from another forum,I am quite friendly with him and knowing him it's just the sort of thing he would do.
He's a very clever and down to earth engineer and lives in Long Eaton.
It was an answer to a question about bypassing safety switches.
Can't help with a lawn tractor but just had to go round my new to me fork truck.
Seat switch got bypassed, reversing beeper got ripped off, flashing light got whacked with a shovel and the grille in front of the mast got removed as it hit the sloping roof before the forks are level with the top loft floor.
All this safety crap and they missed out what is actually needed, a pair of headlights.
Mind you had a laugh two weeks ago.
I get one or two skips of waste wood a week for burning, from a furniture company literally 200 yards up the road. They drop it off with their big fork truck that's licensed and I take it back when empty with mine.
Two weeks ago just pulled out of the drive and onto the road when a police car came out the bodyshop opposite [ bodyshop has the police contract ] and fell into line behind me.
Ignored him and carried on, he can't pass due to parked cars and this skip is 8 foot wide, turned right into the furniture company giving a nice correct hand signal.
PC Plod pulls over and walks across.
"Is this vehicle taxed for the road ?"
No point lying as it's obviously not.
Me "No it's exempt"
PC PLod " Why is it exempt" ?
Me "I'm a pensioner, It's my mobility scooter"
He can't help but smile and I just got a bollocking and told not to do it again. To which I added under my breath "today "
Allan
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what bad luck, must have been the only plod out that day
Thats sort of what policing should be like. He was doing no harm.
When I was 17 we had 11 people in a mini metro going to a party. Stopped at the garage for fags and a police car pulled in. Rather than arresting everyone, he smelt the driver's breath (who hadn't been drinking), asked where the party was (about 1/2 mile up the road) and gave us a police escort with a 'don't do it again and enjoy the party'.
It wasn't even raided later. Result.
P.S. I'm 6'3" and was on the floor in the back! Although did have 4 girls sitting on me ;)
Wonder how far up the road he went. Used to work on a farm, and we had one old tractor with no tax, for on farm use only. This was allowed to cross public roads, from one field to another, even if a dog leg meant going some distance down the road to the next field entrance. Also, my grandfather worked at a printer in Aylesbury, and they used an electric cart (the sort where the driver stood on a platform at the front), and this was allowed to cross the Tring Road to get to the other part of the printing works.
Genuine error I made many years ago.
I was 19 and for various reasons my father-in-law at the time asked me to use his car, go into town and collect something from the solicitors. I parked in a 30 minute free spot and was literally in there 10 minutes. When I came out I was enraged to see I had been given a parking ticket. Spotting a traffic warden across the road I rushed across and remonstrated with him; telling him he was out of order and that I had been legally parked for just 10 minutes. I didn't issue the ticket he insisted. Well who did then the arrogant 19 year old replied. Looks like a police ticket sir and it's not a parking ticket your vehicle has no tax! How embarrassed was I? Needless to say I fumed at the father-in-law but also learned the very valuable lesson of look before you leap :-[