Hi,
On Tuesday, I was driving back to work at dinner time in my K10. I stopped at the lights at the cross-roads (I was first in the que), and there was a traffic cop at the front of the que to the left of me, waiting to go across my path.
I was aware that he was there, so didn't do anything stupid (ie: Set off to quickly... in their eyes).
Anyway, I pulled away, and he was still waiting at the lights. I went past him through the cross roads, and proceeded to carry on down the road to pull into my works car-park.
Next thing, I hear the usual 'pull over' siren. I didn't take it on the first time, and drove a few more yards and put my right indicator on to pull into Middlehurst. Next thing I hear it again, and I see the copper in my mirror tail-gating me flashing his headlights, roof lights, and going from left to right with his indicators.
I then pulled up on the left (Directly in front of my work! ). They both got out the car, and walked to me. I put my drivers window down, and the conversation went like this:
Officer: Good evening sir.
Me: .............
Officer: Is this your car?
Me: Yeah.
Officer: Are you aware that you are driving around with illigal number plates on.
(Middlehurst Motorsport GT-R ones, as on the UK Skylines... and my R32.)
Me: No, I wasn't.
Officer: Yes, they are illegal.
Me: I didn't think they were. I have been informed that these are perfectly legal, and these are on all of the Skyline's that Middlehurst sell.
Officer: Who told you that, your boss?
Me: No, everybody in work...
Officer: Are you a mechanic at this garage?
Me: Yeah
Officer: Well your plates are illegal. They have the wrong spacing in-between them.
Me: I don't think they are, if you go and have a look at that blue car over there, that probably has the same plates on as mine.
*He Looks over*
Officer: Are you also aware that your tinted windows are illegal?
Me: No
(I couldn't be bothered arguing with him about the windows aswell. They are perfecly legal, as they are only the 3 back windows tinted in limo black... but couldn't be arsed saying anything).
Officer: Is this vehicle taxed?
Me: Yeah
*He, and his pal on the left of my car proceed to walk round the front... and look at my tax disc*
He then came back and said "Yes it is".
Officer: Ok then, I won't give you a ticket. Just to let you know they are illegal! Have a good day sir.
They were both eying my car up too! His pal was walking all the way around, and he was looking my car up and down inside and out too.
Now what I would really like to know, is how he spotted my plates. We were at cross roads at the time, and he was on the left waiting to go across my path from left to right. He couldn't have possibly seen my plates, and he went through a red light just to pull me over for them!
They really pissed me off though! It was also in MY dinner time, and to add insult to injury... they pulled me up literally in front of work!
A$$holes!
-Elliot
On Tuesday, I was driving back to work at dinner time in my K10. I stopped at the lights at the cross-roads (I was first in the que), and there was a traffic cop at the front of the que to the left of me, waiting to go across my path.
I was aware that he was there, so didn't do anything stupid (ie: Set off to quickly... in their eyes).
Anyway, I pulled away, and he was still waiting at the lights. I went past him through the cross roads, and proceeded to carry on down the road to pull into my works car-park.
Next thing, I hear the usual 'pull over' siren. I didn't take it on the first time, and drove a few more yards and put my right indicator on to pull into Middlehurst. Next thing I hear it again, and I see the copper in my mirror tail-gating me flashing his headlights, roof lights, and going from left to right with his indicators.
I then pulled up on the left (Directly in front of my work! ). They both got out the car, and walked to me. I put my drivers window down, and the conversation went like this:
Officer: Good evening sir.
Me: .............
Officer: Is this your car?
Me: Yeah.
Officer: Are you aware that you are driving around with illigal number plates on.
(Middlehurst Motorsport GT-R ones, as on the UK Skylines... and my R32.)
Me: No, I wasn't.
Officer: Yes, they are illegal.
Me: I didn't think they were. I have been informed that these are perfectly legal, and these are on all of the Skyline's that Middlehurst sell.
Officer: Who told you that, your boss?
Me: No, everybody in work...
Officer: Are you a mechanic at this garage?
Me: Yeah
Officer: Well your plates are illegal. They have the wrong spacing in-between them.
Me: I don't think they are, if you go and have a look at that blue car over there, that probably has the same plates on as mine.
*He Looks over*
Officer: Are you also aware that your tinted windows are illegal?
Me: No
(I couldn't be bothered arguing with him about the windows aswell. They are perfecly legal, as they are only the 3 back windows tinted in limo black... but couldn't be arsed saying anything).
Officer: Is this vehicle taxed?
Me: Yeah
*He, and his pal on the left of my car proceed to walk round the front... and look at my tax disc*
He then came back and said "Yes it is".
Officer: Ok then, I won't give you a ticket. Just to let you know they are illegal! Have a good day sir.
They were both eying my car up too! His pal was walking all the way around, and he was looking my car up and down inside and out too.
Now what I would really like to know, is how he spotted my plates. We were at cross roads at the time, and he was on the left waiting to go across my path from left to right. He couldn't have possibly seen my plates, and he went through a red light just to pull me over for them!
They really pissed me off though! It was also in MY dinner time, and to add insult to injury... they pulled me up literally in front of work!
A$$holes!
-Elliot
