Just going to quickly point out that despite being a 20year old lad, i am unknown to any police station, never been pulled by the police or had any incidents with the police what so ever, never arrested or questioned. And although i own a saxo i am not the typical boy racer with a reputation for driving like a twat.
About Two months ago the police showed up at my girlfriends house, they were snooping around my saxo, so i went out to see what the problem was, they said that my car had been involved in a road traffic incident, involving a cyclist being hit off his bike and the car driven away from the scene, they said that it was my registration that had been given. Straight away i knew that it wasnt my registration that had been given because they would have gone straight to its registrated address, which was my own home. They asked me to go to the police station for a voluntary interview about the incident, i agreed to because i knew 1, my car hasnt been working on the day the incident happend, and 2, im not stupid i know that i hadnt done anything wrong. later that day, an officer called my mobile arranging an interview for the next day, i agreed a time and he said " is there anything you would like to tell me before the interview?" i said "yes, is it my full registration that has been given by the victim of the incident?" he replied yes your full registration has given. straight away i was cautious of to why they wouldnt just go to my home address then.
Anyway i turned up for my interview the next day, and when asked for all my details as i am not known to any police station. I asked " so what was the registration given by the person in the incident?" he replied, it was a part registration, a description of a blue car with the letter 'X' in the number plate, so straight away i new they where lying, when he had clearly told me that it was a full registration given.
So the interview went ahead, he kept trying to catch me out on things, but being completely innocent i told 100% truth and did not slip up once, he told me you do reaslise that your Mot has run out today? i said yes i will be straight onto that to get it ticketed. When the interview was drawing to an end i quickly asked, " When you establish that it wasnt me, im not going to be pulled over all the time and hounded am i?" i only asked him this because the police in the area has a reputation for doing so. he said aslong as it wasnt you yourl be fine. Interview over.
A week later i had driven my car to an Mot station to get a ticket, it failed first time as my nearside headlight was loose, and my middle silencer needed replacement, Upon driven back home the police pulled me, it was the same officer that had interviewed me the previous week, he said it was a standard vehicle check, i said i had just come back from a failed Mot so i was going home, he asked me to get into his car, so i did and then he gives me a 60£ fine for driving without an Mot, i was baffled, he accused me of driving all the time, when i seriously havent. His fellow officer then proceded to ask me questions about my job and what i got up to in my free time, i said i do carpentry and odd handy man jobs, he then cheekly said, " not running cyclist over then?" i snapped " well youve clearly found out that it wasnt me through cctv!" He just replied ok ok im just curious. After my fine they followed me home to make sure i stayed there.
Two weeks later, after working on my car, i took it to a retest at the Mot station, where it passed. But annoyingly when i drove it home, my thermostat housing pipe cracked , leaking all my coolant, luckly i got it home in time, i waited another week for my part to come, fitted it and drove on, now legal, fully insured, 6 months tax and 12 Months Mot. First drive back home from shopping, i was driving back and the police drove past me in the opposite direction, i look in my mirrors and i see them do a U turn in the middle of the road and come behind me they pull me over, And what do you know it, it was the SAME officer that interviewed me and fined me before, when he approached the window, i handed him my Mot certificate, he said no i know you have got an Mot, it come up on our computer, this is just a standard vehicle check, i said but if its just passed its Mot why do you need to check again? No reply. I ended up getting fined 60£ for my ecu not harnessed down properly, and my windscreen washer not being filled between the Min and Max? i said well its passed an Mot surely that means its not a safety issue to the public, my ecu isnt going to fall out from the engine loom and did it occur to you that my washer jets couldve have slipped below the line from driving it today?. He said its your duty to keep your car safe and maintained. Being abit cheesed off i sarcastically said sorry i dont check my windscreen washers everytime i stop at the traffic light, and make sure my ecu is safe from scary monsters under the engine. Any way i drove to my girlfriends and left it there for the night.
Today i drove back to my girlfriends from work, when approaching an arounderbout, i seen a police car going the opposite way, i carrie on driving, and 2 minutes later, i see the blues and twos again! Annoyed and suspicious of harassment, i set voice recordings on my phone before they approached my window, and you guessed it, THE SAME officer that interviewed me, and fined me 2 times before, i said this is a joke, your doing this to get at me for proving that i was innocent surely? he said No, this is just another standard vehicle check. bollocks, i step out the car, he says pop the bonnet, i do so, he wiggles my ecu tray and says its no strapped down properly, i said your having a laugh arent you? and to make things worse, my aftermarket air filter had come loose from the throttle body, and has half falling off, but wouldnt go anywhere regardless, next thing i know hes on the phone to a recovery service, this is when i loose it and make my feelings of the situation heard, i tell him that your harassing me, i never got pulled before i came to that interview, i drove past about a dozen police cars today and they dont even look at me twice, your the only officer that seems to pull me, fair enough if i was swerving about the road or doing 100mph down it but you have no reason to pull me, i bet i could drive for weeks and no other officer other than yourself would pull me. i then said why dont you go solve some real crimes other than picking on a lad for " not enough screen wash, or not tucking the ecu in with a blanket and checking the headlights manifold for scary monsters? " i lost it, i started taking things out my car, all my tools and sterio etc, i said give me the waiver form you car have it, i wasnt paying anymore fines or towing fees, the car was clearly not going to be left alone by these pooheads. He denied me the form and said were taking it to another garage to check for other offences, only then can you sign it over, i said whatever and started walking back to my girlfriends house. Sorry for the long essay im just fed up with this officer clearly picking on me, im not the moany type believe it or not, i just dont like the fact that im being victimised for as far as i can see, tiny safe petty defects and purely the fact that the police in that area have the reputation on not leaving people alone once they take a disliking.
Everything i have said, is 100% true, i just want second opinions to find out if i have grounds for harassment?
About Two months ago the police showed up at my girlfriends house, they were snooping around my saxo, so i went out to see what the problem was, they said that my car had been involved in a road traffic incident, involving a cyclist being hit off his bike and the car driven away from the scene, they said that it was my registration that had been given. Straight away i knew that it wasnt my registration that had been given because they would have gone straight to its registrated address, which was my own home. They asked me to go to the police station for a voluntary interview about the incident, i agreed to because i knew 1, my car hasnt been working on the day the incident happend, and 2, im not stupid i know that i hadnt done anything wrong. later that day, an officer called my mobile arranging an interview for the next day, i agreed a time and he said " is there anything you would like to tell me before the interview?" i said "yes, is it my full registration that has been given by the victim of the incident?" he replied yes your full registration has given. straight away i was cautious of to why they wouldnt just go to my home address then.
Anyway i turned up for my interview the next day, and when asked for all my details as i am not known to any police station. I asked " so what was the registration given by the person in the incident?" he replied, it was a part registration, a description of a blue car with the letter 'X' in the number plate, so straight away i new they where lying, when he had clearly told me that it was a full registration given.
So the interview went ahead, he kept trying to catch me out on things, but being completely innocent i told 100% truth and did not slip up once, he told me you do reaslise that your Mot has run out today? i said yes i will be straight onto that to get it ticketed. When the interview was drawing to an end i quickly asked, " When you establish that it wasnt me, im not going to be pulled over all the time and hounded am i?" i only asked him this because the police in the area has a reputation for doing so. he said aslong as it wasnt you yourl be fine. Interview over.
A week later i had driven my car to an Mot station to get a ticket, it failed first time as my nearside headlight was loose, and my middle silencer needed replacement, Upon driven back home the police pulled me, it was the same officer that had interviewed me the previous week, he said it was a standard vehicle check, i said i had just come back from a failed Mot so i was going home, he asked me to get into his car, so i did and then he gives me a 60£ fine for driving without an Mot, i was baffled, he accused me of driving all the time, when i seriously havent. His fellow officer then proceded to ask me questions about my job and what i got up to in my free time, i said i do carpentry and odd handy man jobs, he then cheekly said, " not running cyclist over then?" i snapped " well youve clearly found out that it wasnt me through cctv!" He just replied ok ok im just curious. After my fine they followed me home to make sure i stayed there.
Two weeks later, after working on my car, i took it to a retest at the Mot station, where it passed. But annoyingly when i drove it home, my thermostat housing pipe cracked , leaking all my coolant, luckly i got it home in time, i waited another week for my part to come, fitted it and drove on, now legal, fully insured, 6 months tax and 12 Months Mot. First drive back home from shopping, i was driving back and the police drove past me in the opposite direction, i look in my mirrors and i see them do a U turn in the middle of the road and come behind me they pull me over, And what do you know it, it was the SAME officer that interviewed me and fined me before, when he approached the window, i handed him my Mot certificate, he said no i know you have got an Mot, it come up on our computer, this is just a standard vehicle check, i said but if its just passed its Mot why do you need to check again? No reply. I ended up getting fined 60£ for my ecu not harnessed down properly, and my windscreen washer not being filled between the Min and Max? i said well its passed an Mot surely that means its not a safety issue to the public, my ecu isnt going to fall out from the engine loom and did it occur to you that my washer jets couldve have slipped below the line from driving it today?. He said its your duty to keep your car safe and maintained. Being abit cheesed off i sarcastically said sorry i dont check my windscreen washers everytime i stop at the traffic light, and make sure my ecu is safe from scary monsters under the engine. Any way i drove to my girlfriends and left it there for the night.
Today i drove back to my girlfriends from work, when approaching an arounderbout, i seen a police car going the opposite way, i carrie on driving, and 2 minutes later, i see the blues and twos again! Annoyed and suspicious of harassment, i set voice recordings on my phone before they approached my window, and you guessed it, THE SAME officer that interviewed me, and fined me 2 times before, i said this is a joke, your doing this to get at me for proving that i was innocent surely? he said No, this is just another standard vehicle check. bollocks, i step out the car, he says pop the bonnet, i do so, he wiggles my ecu tray and says its no strapped down properly, i said your having a laugh arent you? and to make things worse, my aftermarket air filter had come loose from the throttle body, and has half falling off, but wouldnt go anywhere regardless, next thing i know hes on the phone to a recovery service, this is when i loose it and make my feelings of the situation heard, i tell him that your harassing me, i never got pulled before i came to that interview, i drove past about a dozen police cars today and they dont even look at me twice, your the only officer that seems to pull me, fair enough if i was swerving about the road or doing 100mph down it but you have no reason to pull me, i bet i could drive for weeks and no other officer other than yourself would pull me. i then said why dont you go solve some real crimes other than picking on a lad for " not enough screen wash, or not tucking the ecu in with a blanket and checking the headlights manifold for scary monsters? " i lost it, i started taking things out my car, all my tools and sterio etc, i said give me the waiver form you car have it, i wasnt paying anymore fines or towing fees, the car was clearly not going to be left alone by these pooheads. He denied me the form and said were taking it to another garage to check for other offences, only then can you sign it over, i said whatever and started walking back to my girlfriends house. Sorry for the long essay im just fed up with this officer clearly picking on me, im not the moany type believe it or not, i just dont like the fact that im being victimised for as far as i can see, tiny safe petty defects and purely the fact that the police in that area have the reputation on not leaving people alone once they take a disliking.
Everything i have said, is 100% true, i just want second opinions to find out if i have grounds for harassment?
no. if failed, so no MOT. hence why they give you the 28 day period before hand so if it does fail, you have time to still drive around and get the problems rectified. 