Driver Asbo

[danchip]

My son received an ASBO from the police on Friday night due to the exhaust on his car being too loud and people had videoed it and complained. 

Can he request the evidence which the police have used to decide to issue an ASBO 

[Hymie]

So your son is not allowed to drive when this complainant deems it not reasonable for him to do so – I would be making a complaint to the police about this person/complainant.

 

If that does not work, video the person driving and overdub the audio with a loud exhaust and have plod issue them with an ASBO.

[CrapatCryptics2]

There seems to be a trend lately for poorly modified cars with loud exhausts, lowered bodywork, canted wheels etc. Some of these people need to grow up. If they want to tart up their car tidy up a classic and do concours competitions. For reference none of these mods make a car handle better or improve fuel consumption. They might give him the relevant bits of the video but not so, in any way, it identifies the complainant to avoid them being coerced.

[New Judge]

"According to the OP, I could video anyone driving down the road, over dub an audio track (with a loud exhaust) and have plod issue them with an ASBO – is this for real?"

You should understand that ASBOs are not criminal convictions. They are simply court orders formally prohibiting the recipients from participating in activities which they should not be engaging in anyway.

In the circumstances outlined in the OP, cars should not be driven with loud exhausts. Don't do it and you won't fall foul of the ASBO.  

[Hymie]

So I could video an endless stream of cars driving along the road (clearly catching the licence plate of each vehicle) – and over dub the audio track with loud exhaust noises and have plod issue hundreds (if not thousands) of ASBOs.

[New Judge]

Only if the police believed the alleged miscreants were behavong in an anti-social manner.

But before it reaches the hundreds, let alone thousands and probably after you'd done it half a dozen timest. I imagine the police would become a little  suspicious and they might forensically examine your clips. When they discover your subterfuge they may charge you with wasting poloce time if you're lucky or attempting to pervert the course of justice if you're not.

[Peter Pedant]

I imagine the police would become a little  suspicious and they might forensically examine your clips. When they discover your subterfuge they may charge you with wasting poloce time

you mean the police will  actually do something? not in  my part of the city

[Canary42]

Amongst all the squabbling, nobody seems to have addressed the original question - can they get a copy of the evidence ?