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[YZ250]

A few weeks ago I told a Police Officer that he had a headlight out. He barely acknowledged me. If I'd have known about this then could I have given him a fixed penalty notice or does it only work one way?. 

I know you have to take each event at face value but they really don't inspire the love of the public at times do they. The couple next door to me are both Police Officers and are both genuinely nice people but now and again even they admit that they do it for the salary and pension rather than the love of the job. They too, at times, get kicked from both sides.

[Big_Al]

My sister asked tonight  . . . . As far as checking your lights are working  . . .    how is this determined then?

If you check your lights once a week . . say on a Saturday morning & all OK.  Then you get pulled for a light out Sat night.

Saying to the officer " but they were all working this morning " means nothing .

I am visualizing motorists driving 200 yds  getting out & checking all lights  . .   drive another 200 yds . . get out . . check

To sum this up  . .  common sense should have prevailed ,  car was all legal , as was driver (drink / drugs etc.)  a warning to get it

fixed should have sufficed.

thanks for all your input guys . .       30 quid if she pays within 20 odd days she says 

[78bex]

When I was 2 up on my Fazer in a  bus lane I knew I shouldn`t  be using  at the time.
Yes throw the book @ me, but not for a burnt out bulb.
Is it me or are the coppers looking younger!
Oh by the way, the book wasn`t thrown @ me........ well sort of.
there was a big copper waiting @ the end of bus lane and pulled me over
It went something like this, " are you one of them" pointing @ a passing bus....."err no"
   " are you one of them" pointing @ a passing  push bike......"err no"
At this point my young female Polish work mate in leathers starting un-zipping her top to find her ringing fone. This totally disctracted my new tall friend for about 10 seconds.
I got a fixed penalty of £30 for using the bus lane.
And  he actually told Miss Poland to  hold on tight!!!! It was almost worth the £30.

[mantahatch]

Going on what you have written I am disgusted, but not surprised in the slightest. The modern police are doing there utmost to alienate the general public. I wonder if they where trying for drink driving and where annoyed they did not get it, so "had" to find something wrong.

I wonder how some of these guys sleep at night. Probably very well on there inflated salaries.

Couple of points, was it in town, and did her journey take her on roads that required main beam ? if not I would be complaining. She could argue it would be dangerous to test main beam headlights in town/city before driving off. That said does the car have bulb failure system ? was there a warning on the dash.

Even the corrupt French police give you a chance to change the bulb at the side of the road. Top tip when dealing with French police, never ever pay in cash, allways offer a credit card. 9 times out of 10 they will send you on your way. Now if that is not corrupt officers I don't know what is.

always ask for a receipt, sometimes if you offer the card they'll escort you a card machine.....just dont speed...

Blueboss, I never speed by any large margin, maybe 3 to 5 mph. When driving on the continent I am allways under the speed limit (ALWAYS) reason being I really do concentrate on europes roads, I miss all the scenery etc.

Just try driving a British registered car around Paris, you will be stopped regardless, admittedly it was the third time I had been there before being stopped. Now it is almost every visit. And to top it of my French passenger, refuses to speak when we are stopped, he says it will make it worse if he speaks ?

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

My sister asked tonight  . . . . As far as checking your lights are working  . . .    how is this determined then?

Required to check them before each journey - ie, you go from home to work, check before you set off. You decide to get a paper on the way - check the lamps again when you come out of the paper shop. Your statutory defence is "they were all working when I set off".

 Always worth having a box full of spare bulbs - and, unless you have one of the odd dismantle-the-front-end cars, know how to fit them... worth showing the lady in question?

[mantahatch]

My sister asked tonight  . . . . As far as checking your lights are working  . . .    how is this determined then?

Required to check them before each journey - ie, you go from home to work, check before you set off. You decide to get a paper on the way - check the lamps again when you come out of the paper shop. Your statutory defence is "they were all working when I set off".

 Always worth having a box full of spare bulbs - and, unless you have one of the odd dismantle-the-front-end cars, know how to fit them... worth showing the lady in question?

Just to be awkward  if the lady in question just stopped and dropped off a passenger without switching off engine. Is she still on the same original journey ? Perhaps you can see where I am coming from. I understand the bit about stopping to buy a paper. But if she stayed with car and engine running then surely no new journey has begun. If it just the act of stopping the car, then what happens at junctions/roundabouts etc. I apprecate I am being padantic about this. 

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

Just to be awkward  if the lady in question just stopped and dropped off a passenger without switching off engine. Is she still on the same original journey ?

You could opt to have it heard in court, it might even become a stated case