Stopped by police

[silka]

A colleague has been stopped for no MOT or tax.
She has been off work with depression and overlooked it by a couple of days, she has never been in trouble before. The time was 13 00hours on Monday.
Do the police have a list of cars to look out for when this happens ?

[ummmm]

All cars that are taxed and MOT'd will be on a database. All the police have to do is put in the reg number.

[silka]

Oh I see thank you

[Graham-W]

The police now have ANPR ( automatic numberplate recognition) cameras which are linked to the DVLA and insurance database and flags any infringements of the law as you drive past them.

[silka]

Thank you Graham, she was wondering

[ummmm]

Did she have insurance?

[silka]

Yes she had insurance

[Old_Geezer]

See you may trust Big Brother. They can get in touch with you if you are a day or so late with a tax; but finding the bad guys who know what to hide from the cameras, well that's not so easy.

[silka]

Apparantly so Geezer, best bit was they said to her twice, 'thanks for stopping' what else would she have done, zoomed away in a built up area ?

[alavahalf]

You obviously haven't watched .. Police Camera Action