police warning

Belly lxi · 26-08-2008, 21:14

police are having a big big crack down in great yarmouth at the mo on all modifed cars etc,making people remove window tints, towing your car away if not all mods decleared and vosa are out to measuring exhaust noise etc so beware if you have a decat. some of you might of read about it in edp but thought id warn you all just incase you dont buy it

dj_woodster · 26-08-2008, 21:28

haven't they got anything better to do

M7STN · 26-08-2008, 21:30

No they don't

dj_woodster · 26-08-2008, 21:40

wouldn't mind if they were driving round with those camera things to catch non insured drives or non tax paying w***ers

Belly lxi · 26-08-2008, 21:42

its always 1 or 2 that spoil it for everyone else

just means people that genuinly respect and love their car and want to chat to mates get penalised now as well

MSG · 26-08-2008, 22:15

But it also means that if someone has modified their cars and not notified their insurance company then technically the insurance is null & void, and in which case the police should take an appropriate action, i.e. crush the car ,yup, make it into a tiny cube and hand it to the driver!!! (LOL)

Belly lxi · 26-08-2008, 22:22

they made some girl remove her front windows sunday night as the tint was to dark

l337 calibra · 27-08-2008, 00:01

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Originally Posted by dj_woodster

wouldn't mind if they were driving round with those camera things to catch non insured drives or non tax paying w***ers

Doh, already said by MSG

The Simps · 27-08-2008, 00:52

was amusing standing back to watch. There was coppers walking the strip all night, cars parked up with lights on and there's was still numpties thrashing up and down!

Funniest one was the mk2 golf that got towed. He'd only had it on the road a couple of weeks and been stopped 5 times or something. It was deemed unsafe on the nite as he'r removed the dash bored causing a chance of impaling the passenger or something

When tghe drove it up on the ramp you heard him pull the handbrake up then the car start to roll back down the ramp!

djbrowney · 27-08-2008, 16:01

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Originally Posted by Belly lxi

they made some girl remove her front windows sunday night as the tint was to dark

dont quote me on this but i thought it was illegal for a police officer to make you remove window tints when they pull you over, im sure some copers got proscuted in gt yarmouth for this very same thing ?

Belly lxi · 27-08-2008, 16:20

i dunno if its legal or not to make people remove as i live in attleborough and just going on what i got told etc.

GSI2000 · 27-08-2008, 18:44

OH F@#*KING GREAT !!!

dj_woodster · 27-08-2008, 21:05

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Originally Posted by djbrowney

dont quote me on this but i thought it was illegal for a police officer to make you remove window tints when they pull you over, im sure some copers got proscuted in gt yarmouth for this very same thing ?

no it's not, either you remove it or they can stop you driving the car, and you have to have it towed away, been doing in Nottingham for a few years now

Belly lxi · 27-08-2008, 21:43

but on the up side norwic police are ok

mk3turbo · 27-08-2008, 22:09

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Originally Posted by djbrowney

dont Quote Me On This But I Thought It Was Illegal For A Police Officer To Make You Remove Window Tints When They Pull You Over, Im Sure Some Copers Got Proscuted In Gt Yarmouth For This Very Same Thing ? :d

They Normaly Issue You With A Notice To Have Tints Removed Within 14 Days And Get Ticket Stamped By An Mot Station Wankers Did Me 4 Em In Leeds....

mk3turbo · 27-08-2008, 22:10

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Originally Posted by dj_woodster

no It's Not, Either You Remove It Or They Can Stop You Driving The Car, And You Have To Have It Towed Away, Been Doing In Nottingham For A Few Years Now

Wind Windows Down They Can Do **** All Tho The Wankers

dj_woodster · 27-08-2008, 22:21

wot if it's raining

a16vbk · 27-08-2008, 22:37

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Originally Posted by Belly lxi

they made some girl remove her front windows sunday night as the tint was to dark

you have to have at least 70% light coming through the front windows,the drivers window,passenger window and front windscreen.this is a legal requirment and if it does not let enough light through police can require you to remove the tints by law.normally a police officer will get the person to remove a small part so they have to remove the rest.

**MarkW** · 28-08-2008, 09:27

TBH, as has been said, if you mod your car and don't tell your insurance company then you deserve to have something happen, it's a small wonder we all get tarred with the same brush if someone spends fortunes on modding a car then doesn't declare it. It's in the best interest of the owner as well TBH, if something happened to it at least you know you're covered.

As for tints, yes, they can force you to remove them or take the vehicle if there isn't enough light getting in to the car. I would imagine it's like driving around at night wearing sunglasses.

I agree the police should be concentrating on other things, but TBH if there was an accident, lets say a pedestrian got knocked down and hurt, and the reason was because the driver didn't see them because the tints were too dark, then fair play for getting them removed.

Belly lxi · 28-08-2008, 22:59

yarmouth is such a harsher place for police compared to southend as a club (eac) we do a few trips to southend sea front every now and then and they seem so much more relaxed with moddified cars down there

**MarkW** · 03-09-2008, 16:28

Not with illegal tints they aren't, they are more relaxed with the southend "scene" as it were, but once your on the town's roads or headed out, if they pull you they will nick you for anything, just like any other police force.

Drizz · 14-09-2008, 06:25

Just dont be a chav, its simple then!