Policing car meets . . .

[Duncodin]

Seat belt anchorages and airbags are the easiest and most common checks.

Rebodies where the v5 has been changed would prevent the police complaining about airbags.

What is the law regarding public vs Private land. Assuming a supermarket car park is private land do the police have jurisdiction to check cars for example if somebody arrived at the meet and, after arrival, they put something on or took something off the car just while on show at the meet.

 

[Pond]

Seat belt anchorages and airbags are the easiest and most common checks

Why would Police check those if the car has a valid MOT? They have been checked already.

 

[Duncodin]

Why would Police check those if the car has a valid MOT? They have been checked already.

I think he means ford focus boy, hat on backwards, after his MOT he took his stock steering wheel off and fitted a tiny racing wheel.

I'm sure lots of people go for their MOT and then afterwards they put their overwide spacers on and tiny steering wheels and, as you already admit you did, swapped the illegal number plates for the legal ones just for the test.

 

[Pond]

as you already admit you did, swapped the illegal number plates for the legal ones just for the test.

Yes I did. Then the MOT tester said he wouldn't have failed it with the metal ones on!

BTW my wife owns a Ford Focus ST.

 

[Toby]

Rebodies where the v5 has been changed would prevent the police complaining about airbags.

What is the law regarding public vs Private land. Assuming a supermarket car park is private land do the police have jurisdiction to check cars for example if somebody arrived at the meet and, after arrival, they put something on or took something off the car just while on show at the meet.

Although technically the supermarket carpark is private land, as its open to the public all traffic laws are applicable. Hence posted speed limits there can be enforcable. Would the police enforce a changed numberplate for example ? Doubtful tho in theory they could.

Something worth remembering, when folks take their kids for some underage / uninsured/ no licence driving experience.

 

[mmm-five]

Although technically the supermarket carpark is private land, as its open to the public all traffic laws are applicable. Hence posted speed limits there can be enforcable. Would the police enforce a changed numberplate for example ? Doubtful tho in theory they could.

Something worth remembering, when folks take their kids for some underage / uninsured/ no licence driving experience.

'Public' for the requirements of the Road Traffic Act (so for insurance, MOT, and other motoring offences), but as the posted speed limits in a car park are not usually implemented by way of a legal Speed Limit Order as per the Road Traffic Regulation Act, and are therefore usually just advisory (but if you have an accident in a car park then expect that your speed could be used as part of the case against you).

We have speed limits and driving behaviour rules for when the public attend track days (as spectator, passenger or driver) and decide to 'p*** around' in the perimeter roads or paddock. If they're signed on for the track day then they'll get a warning and then be sent home. If it's a group of scrotes then we may call the police.

Even the events where you have to pay to get in (and where the gates/barrier is only lifted when you pay/show ticket, there will still be parts that are considered 'public' areas...but during track days and races some areas will naturally not be 'public' under the RTA as race cars (and some trackway cars) are not road legal and won't have MOTs or road insurance on them and have to drive on the track and around the perimeter roads/paddock/assembly/pits.