Strathclyde Police RT Initiative

Titanium S1 111S (gla) · Post by **Titanium S1 111S (gla)** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:58 am

Strathclyde Road Traffic Initiative

Our local boys in blue are having a competition to see who can issue the most tickets just now. I have been pulled over twice in the last half hour to inform me that I do not have an MOT. Thankfully on both occasions I was able to point out to them that I was on the way to a pre booked MOT so am on the right side of the law.

Presumably the chief constable is offering a week in Magaluf to the PC who issues most tickets.

Careful chaps!

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 11:11 am

Titanium S1 111S (gla) wrote: I have been pulled over twice in the last half hour

That beats my record!

steve_weegie · Post by **steve_weegie** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 11:56 am

Wondered what was going on... The M74 extension was a veritable hotspot last night. Saw one guy getting a ticket on the way to Tescos, and they had a good sniff of my Audi's backside on my return.

Lazydonkey · Post by **Lazydonkey** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 12:53 pm

The M74 extention has been a nightmare for a week or so now. They seem to be having a massive clamp down

Post by **Shug** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 12:55 pm

/mental note - leave bike in garage this weekend...

GBOBM · Post by **GBOBM** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 1:20 pm

There's a tonne of traffic police kicking around in Edinburgh just now too. On my way from the gyle to fountainpark a couple of times last week I spotted a minimum of 4 traffic cars each time.

Usually lucky if I see 1 panda car every 3 months.

Post by **pete** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 4:56 pm

Killie to Glasgow Airport via the M77 and M8. For the last month or so I have seen a traffic car on every trip to work. Often 2-3!

scottishselise · Post by **scottishselise** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 5:10 pm

3points on that zone from killie to Glasgow a few years ago

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 6:50 pm

Fife was fine at the weekend

bertieduff · Post by **bertieduff** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:28 pm

Haven't been pulled for years, but I got stopped twice today after passing parked, eagle-eyed coppers who spotted my lack of tax disc in their rear view mirror. 10/10 for observational skills at least!

Holder had fallen off and disc was lying in view on the dashboard.

First lot were extremely pleasant.

Second lot (traffic) were from the Genghis Khan school of PR

Said it was an offence not to have it attached to the windscreen, which TBH I'm not sure about? They didn't seem the type to let me off if true...

Lazydonkey · Post by **Lazydonkey** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 8:04 am

Failure to display is an offence.

Stevoraith · Post by **Stevoraith** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 8:29 am

I once got a fine from a traffic warden when the car was parked and the sun had melted the tax disc holder off the screen.
If the nazi had looked he would have seen it sitting on the floor.

Had to go to the police station to prove it was taxed and get the fine over-turned. Donkey is right, the offence was failure to display but as I went to the station about 10minutes after the ticket was issued they couldn't really claim I didn't have the disc in the car.

neil · Post by **neil** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 9:48 am

Lazydonkey wrote:Failure to display is an offence.

If its sat on the dashboard surely that counts as being displayed though?

tut · Post by **tut** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 9:54 am

Much easier and safer to sit by the side of the road and keep their figures up by stopping motorists rather than dealing with crime.

It seems that they do not even bother calling around after a break in and burglary nowadays, or is that just in Aberdeen?

tut

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 9:57 am

neil wrote:
Lazydonkey wrote:Failure to display is an offence.
If its sat on the dashboard surely that counts as being displayed though?

Alas no it has to be on the passenger side windscreen, if you dan't have a windcreen it has to be attached like a motorbike on a particular side that I can't remember)

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