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4th Sep 2009 Telephone: 01324 638888 Location: Falkirk Posts: 2483 |
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At 10pm last night I had a recorded (voice from text service) message that, as of today, police will be fining you £60 if you're driving a car with snow on the roof. |
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2nd Oct 2008 Telephone: 0191 211 1454 Location: Newcastle Upo... Posts: 4004 My Links: |
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Whilst I agree that its dangerous for it to come flying off when driving and hitting cars behind you, surely the police cant just make up laws and this has to be passed as official first? |
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31st Jan 2008 Telephone: 0845 123 4444 Location: Taunton Posts: 47301 My Links: |
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Cobblers surely? |
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Whatever the law may or may not say, what's wrong with a scraper or brush! |
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31st Jan 2008 Telephone: 01782 721890 Location: Stoke on Tren... Posts: 141 |
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really??!! |
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I suppose they have to get revenue from somewhere this week as I don't imagine they will be catching many speeding motorists! |
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23rd Nov 2009 Telephone: 01565 659089 Location: Knutsford Posts: 875 My Links: |
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I vaguely remember hearing something like this at the beginning of the year. Whether they'd actually fine anyone unless it was particularly dangerous (ie. they'd not bothered to clear enough snow/ice to see properly) I'm not sure. Similar to them being able to fine you if your number plates are obscured by snow or dirt I suppose – they're likely to just tell you to clear it off as the paperwork would take longer to complete than just getting it sorted |
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It boils down to driving with an unsecured load. If you put anything else on the roof of your car without securing wouldnt you expect to get fined? Just because you didnt put it there it doesnt stop you from being responsible for removing it. |
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Quite right Carl and a FPN, (Fixed Penalty Notice) doesn't take long to complete. If you have loads of snow on the roof then at some point it will come off and potentially either obscure another drivers view or slip down over your windscreen and obscure your view. 30 seconds with a broom solves the problem and gives the engine a moment or two to start warming up as well. |
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It boils down to driving with an unsecured load. If you put anything else on the roof of your car without securing wouldnt you expect to get fined? Just because you didnt put it there it doesnt stop you from being responsible for removing it. How about if it was roped & sheeted down? |
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17th Sep 2009 Telephone: 07949532333 Location: Daventry Posts: 1630 My Links: |
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Mick you would have to keep stopping and adjusting the ropes and sheet as the snow melted!! |
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7th Mar 2009 Telephone: 07775 775 079 Location: Wimbledon Posts: 2238 My Links: |
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That's very useful info...I had to go out this early morning and took the broom with me to the car to brush off the roof snow! |
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26th Jan 2010 Telephone: 01297 578126 Location: Seaton, Devon Posts: 3722 My Links: |
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Surely this is just vehicular prejudice, what if you don't have a roof on your car? or if you are running an open-topped 4x4 or a 40' box, tarped, or flatbed? or a car transporter with cars loaded to the gunnels. - get up there with that broom 20' in the air on a ladder? the words 's$d off!' comes to mind. How on earth did we cope the last 50 years before these considerate PC rules came along..... man up you lot.... its all part of the driving experience - if you are hit from snow from the car in front - FFS put some distance between you. |
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31st Jan 2008 Telephone: 01473222222 Location: Nowheresville Posts: 7632 |
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Driving today, I'm actually going to disagree - the number of idiots trying to drive a white marshmallow, only being able to see out of a small clear spot on the windscreen made me realise that this is absolutely a problem and the cops are right on this one. Book em. |
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31st Jan 2008 Telephone: 01935 829 288 Location: Yeovil Posts: 4701 My Links: |
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i avoid this issue by driving a convertible with the roof down all year - problem solved |
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