Have you got points on your license? or been pulled for doing something stupid?

[littleade]

No and yes.

Still got my clean pink driving licence from 1978. Having ridden big bikes until 5 years ago I still wonder how I managed it.

Been stopped once at 2 in the morning driving alone by what must have been a bord copper as I wasn't doing anything wrong (at the time) It was in the days before ANPR when mkII escorts were still common as muck. After the what was then the usual torch at the tax disc and tyres he decided he wanted ti know where I was going - home was my reply. Where had I been- Sh***ing the girlfriend was my reply. Not the answer he wanted but WTF

[RobClubley]

SP30 in Bradford many years ago - I'd just got my Audi 90 2.3 and wasn't paying attention to my speed.

Pulled by a traffic cop going up a big hill near Wellington - 96 in an 80km/h - was catching up with traffic, not paying attention to my speed

Camera van on a long straight bit of motorway. 112 in a 100. Long day, driving back from airport, thinking about getting home, not watching my speed.

Seeing a theme here?

When I'm making an effort to have some fun and drive quickly I am 100% concentrating

[2SkodaFamily]

3 points.

Had an arse of a copper too. cut long story short, got pulled over by PCSO in a undercover car. I had 1 drink so they had to call marked police. passed that, trying to get me done for illegal spacing on front number plate (they didn't notice the dixie horns under the bonnet) i said they re Halfrods paltes wouldnt believe me cuase the halfords logo is transparent due to chavs not liking the black text he did a spot check and "saw" a nick in my sidewall, tbh to this day I reckon he did that. but that's about it.

Got away with 3 poitns for speeding as I took a speed awareness course

Since when did PCSOs have the legal power to stop vehicles? That always required an officer in uniform. (or used to...)

[niceyellow vrs]

Never had any points and what happens in my car stays in my car.

[Naths vRS]

Since when did PCSOs have the legal power to stop vehicles? That always required an officer in uniform. (or used to...)

I'm not sure, but they were both PCSO's, cause I actaully said to him, well I didn't kow you PCSO's drive cars now, he wasnt too happy about that.

[Turkish]

SP30 3 points almost 4years ago to the day.

55 in a 30 in a Cinquecento of all things! We were all young and stupid once upon a time!

[FUBAR]

No points and not pulled for doing anything stupid, well I don't think it was. Last story in post#1 (saves typing it again)

I hope I can keep my record clean, but we are only human and make errors, make one in front of the wrong person or type of camera and that's that.

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/263614-ever-been-stopped-by-the-police-what-for

[James I]

Passed my test in 1990, since then I have had;

CU20, un roadworthy condition, I had crashed an Escort into a Sierra that pulled out from a junction, Police man attended and told me to drive it straight home, I did, I got pulled by a different Police man in a different county and I got a fixed penalty. 3 points

IN10, no insurance, misunderstanding on my part, I moved a car to scrap it, I wrongly thought the insurance was still valid but it had run out. 6 points.

Then nothing for 6 or 7 years, licence clean again.

Then in a short space of time I got done for speeding towards Kidderminster, 60 in a 50, 3 points £60, a month later, drove through Fflint on a Sunday morning at 7AM, I was doing 33 mph in a 30, 3 points £60, I contested this and was told 30 is a maximum and not a target! A month later 38 in a 30, near Colne coming from Skipton, sneaky camera in the line of cars where a national joins a 30, I was slowing down but too slowly, this was dealt with by speed awareness.

I then got back to a clean licence for a year or so but I now have 3 points for speeding again! I really need to slow down a tad.

As for silly incidents, I knocked a petrol pump over in a fuel station in Barnstaple, I turned too sharp whilst towing a caravan, the rear corner of the caravan took the fuel pump out, no charges or costs, not even a claim on my insurance, don't know why.

Only other incident that was foolish was when I was 17, I was driving down a really straight road that ran parallel to a canal, after about a mile of fast driving (for the car I had anyway) the road turned 120' left, we were travelling too fast to make the turn and jumped off the bridge landing in the field below, a height of about 20-25 feet, we took out a three strand barbed wire fence and three posts.

Slightly shocked and seeing we missed the canal by a foot or two, we found the gate to the field and drove to our destination, with a wonky steering wheel and plenty more damage too.

I have never done anything as bad since.

Thank you father for listening to my confession.................

[Binzie]

i watched a friend receive 12 points in one go, 3 of which he stumped an extra grand each to not receive a ban .....

the reason stated was low tyre pressure x4

The reason I witnessed was "so c**tstubble" we can assume by this tug you have caught all the rapists?"

as if the auto censor never stepped in apologies

Edited 27 April, 2013 by Binzie

[FUBAR]

Then in a short space of time I got done for speeding towards Kidderminster

Is Kidderminster that good?

[James I]

Kidderminster is ok, road to it has short bits of dual carriageway so you can nip past slower cars or trucks, as they are short you don't have much time, the Police man sits at the layby's at the end of these and I am sure gets a lot of tickets issued!

[fordfan]

No points ever for me - yet.

[chrisw880]

No points, clean license

[vRS Joe]

Kidderminster is ok, road to it has short bits of dual carriageway so you can nip past slower cars or trucks, as they are short you don't have much time, the Police man sits at the layby's at the end of these and I am sure gets a lot of tickets issued!

A van 'hiding' in a layby got me there when I was on my way back from the September Brisky meet at Castle Come in 2011. Ticket was for 70 in 50 on a dual carriageway.

I've been pulled over a couple of times for speeding and managed to get away with it by being extremely sorry & polite. Sadly you don't get such an oppertunity when you get the ticket in the post.

Oh and I rolled my first car on ice. I'd previously been using it for 'lamping', when the windows smashed a couple of dozen spent shotgun shells got thrown out. The first car on the scene happened to be the armed response car. I had a little explaining to do...

3 points here.

[Pitbull69]

clean licence here too, never any points

[Iann-]

SP50, 3 points, 84 on M74 in Dumfries and Galloway, Scamera van, 2009. Points now expired.

Another Sp50 last october, 'No more than 70Mph, driving and lane discipline was good, just too fast'. Actual quote. This was in the 50MPH zone of the M8 in Glasgow at 1am on a Friday (as in just turned Saturday) on an empty motorway bar me and the police.

A tad unfair IMO, but I done the crime and got caught so I can live with it .

[cvennall]

Passed my test in 1976. And since then no points.. ever. Can't say that I have never exceeded a speed limit, but was lucky in my younger days and now choose carefully when to drive quickly.

Did get a 50euro fine last summer for speeding in Italy

[James I]

We got caught in France doing 100 mph, on the spot €60 fine, as we were heading home we had about €5 in coins, we had to follow the Gendarmerie, he took us off the motorway and to a small town, we stopped at a cash point and he made us draw out €60 and pay the fine, he did not issue a receipt, just got back in his car and drove off!

I like the concept of a fine and no points, it would have advantages for drivers and the government from a revenue building point of view.

[Jim H]

Zero points and always had a clean liecence.

Never been stopped in my Skoda, but previously twice in my Metro. Once was for not wearing a seat belt, but explained I was going to an interview and got away with it. Second time was just a routine check on documents, MOT, Ins etc. The officer was supriced that a car of that age (1981) was still going around.

I suppose I've had a notice left on my windscreen complimenting on my parking last year.

[Dr Zoidberg]

Never had any points, though I've driven fast enough to attract them on more than one occasion.

I certainly drive and ride slower than I used to.

[vRS19TD]

Kidderminster is ok, road to it has short bits of dual carriageway so you can nip past slower cars or trucks, as they are short you don't have much time, the Police man sits at the layby's at the end of these and I am sure gets a lot of tickets issued!

Is that the road from Worcester??

[James I]

Yes, the A449 towards Kidderminster, the local constabulary must make a killing! I don't go that way anymore, I go cross country towards Spennells industrial estate, past a Skoda Dealer on a roundabout. A449 is a no go zone for me!

[Dr Zoidberg]

Is that the road from Worcester??

Sounds more like the one through Blakedown.

Kiddy to Bromsgrove is a nice fun road to do briskly on two wheels.

[James I]

I use the bromsgrove road now, I take a short cut through hack mans gate lane, this brings you out by a BP station, then a short stint to the M5

[Coffin Dodger]

I have always had a lead divers boot on my right foot and deserved everything I have ever had. I have been very lucky in as much as I've only ever had six points at most on my licence, usually always for speeding.

Once for sitting at a set of lights not moving, handbrake on and stupidly answered the phone as the cop pulled up beside me FECK! my earpiece had run out of battery that was the main reason (plus I was stopped) for answering as it's one of my pet hates seeing folk on the phone while driving.

In the good old days when there had to be two cops to do you ('70's) I got pulled by a cop as I was going over the Kingston bridge in Glasgow, I had slowed down to 110 mph heading west bound for the bad right hander, apparently he was on the lookout for an absconder from the Bar-L prison, said escapee was alleged to have stolen a large motorcycle (just like the one I was on) and was last seen heading west.

Unfortunately for me, my (at the time) GF lived in Riddrie right next door to the prison. I had all my docs with me, was polite and respectful and it was 03.00am so the road was empty. I took the dressing down he gave me, and apologised and he let me go with a stern don't do it again, (and see those things on the end of the handlebars they're called rear view mirrors, USE THEM SON!) I didn't have the balls to tell him they were pretty much useless at anything over 100 mph.

I am a bad lad (old man now) and have paid for my naughties when caught, in my defense I can only say that when i have been bad (going faster than the posted limit) the roads have been quiet and it has usually been very late/early in the morning when the 5 0 have been needing something to do.

I was once pulled over after leaving the pub with two of my mates and two of my brothers in the car, I had just gotten back from living and working in Ipswich for a year and we all went out for a little drink. I was driving my Mum's car which had literally been MOT'd that morning, my parents were sticklers for doing things right, so law abiding that they would have reported me for any wrong doing, so the car had also been insured for me too.

The best part is, I am Teetotal. So, you can imagine the fun I was having. Despite breathing heavily on them, so that they could smell my breath (without making it too obvious), and my denials of any consumption they insisted in doing the breathalyzer test. I swear to God that if they could have, they would have had a micron Microscope out to check those little (not green) granules that they used to check you with. When that was an obvious fail they went around the car with a magnifying glass to make sure it was legit too.

They were so determined to get me for something that they asked me again for all my details, I gave my name and parent's address when one of them pipes up "Got you!, the address on the licence you have is in Ipswich, you have given a Johnstone address, that is an offence not to inform DVLA". It took a mighty effort not to laugh in his face as I explained that I had only arrived back in Scotland that afternoon and would be informing DVLA of the address change in the morning by sending my licence back to be updated.

They let me go after holding us and checking with the office by radio, it must have been almost an hour by the time they were satisfied. Is it any wonder that there is an attitude amongst people of Puck the Folice? I sometimes think they are their own worst enemy. The motorist is an easy target (cash cow), lets get them is sometimes the prevalent attitude.