Chris
01-21-2005, 03:18 AM
You can do it yourself and take it to the center, they probably wont
charge you for it either, but you never know!! I went onto a course for 4
mnths and in that time we'd moved area's as well, so when i picked my car
up from the old area late at night the exhaust started to blow, but the
morning as i'm driving round the local 'new' town looking for a exhaust
place i got pulled by the police and same as you 7 day wonder and the MOT
station jobbie, was a little anoyed in a way as i'd explained the stuation
to him and his directions were that poor that he ended up getting me to
follow him to an exhaust station yet still making me then find an MOT
station as well!!
"Ben" <ben@bencam.co.uk> wrote in message
news:QjIDd.67036$48.43279@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.u k...
> Hi everyone,
>
> Slightly off topic but this seems to be the group with the most "in the
> know" people.
>
> I was stopped by the police tonight. I was driving down a
> semi-pedestrianised road. Busses, taxis and deliveries can use it but it
> OFTEN gets used by the public as a shortcut. I explained to the policeman
> that I was moving a heavy speaker between two bars, one of which was in
the
> pedestrianised area and the policeman told me I hadn't committed an
offence
> since I was offcially making a delivery.
>
> He then pointed out I had a headlight out. I told him I saw it flash as it
> blew as I left the house that night (white lie...it had blown about 3 days
> earlier, I just hadn;t got round to changing it yet). He's given me a
Police
> Stop Form. Standard thing, 7 days to present my licence, tax and MOT at
the
> police station. No problem at all, and if it helps tackle uninsured
drivers
> I don't mind spending 5 minutes presenting my documents at my local police
> station.
>
> The form says I'll have to get my bulb fixed before presenting my
documents,
> and have the form stamped by the MOT station to prove it's been repaired.
I
> asked the policeman if that was neccessary since I had a spare bulb and it
> would only take me five minutes to change the bulb myself (I know...I
should
> have changed it as soon as it blew! I'm lazy!). He said there was no way
> round it, it HAD to be stamped by an MOT station.
>
> If I change the bulb myself is an MOT station going to be okay stemping
this
> form for me or am I going to have to fork out for a garage to do a job I
can
> do myself in a few minutes?
>
> Cheers everyone! :o)
>
> Ben
>
>
charge you for it either, but you never know!! I went onto a course for 4
mnths and in that time we'd moved area's as well, so when i picked my car
up from the old area late at night the exhaust started to blow, but the
morning as i'm driving round the local 'new' town looking for a exhaust
place i got pulled by the police and same as you 7 day wonder and the MOT
station jobbie, was a little anoyed in a way as i'd explained the stuation
to him and his directions were that poor that he ended up getting me to
follow him to an exhaust station yet still making me then find an MOT
station as well!!
"Ben" <ben@bencam.co.uk> wrote in message
news:QjIDd.67036$48.43279@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.u k...
> Hi everyone,
>
> Slightly off topic but this seems to be the group with the most "in the
> know" people.
>
> I was stopped by the police tonight. I was driving down a
> semi-pedestrianised road. Busses, taxis and deliveries can use it but it
> OFTEN gets used by the public as a shortcut. I explained to the policeman
> that I was moving a heavy speaker between two bars, one of which was in
the
> pedestrianised area and the policeman told me I hadn't committed an
offence
> since I was offcially making a delivery.
>
> He then pointed out I had a headlight out. I told him I saw it flash as it
> blew as I left the house that night (white lie...it had blown about 3 days
> earlier, I just hadn;t got round to changing it yet). He's given me a
Police
> Stop Form. Standard thing, 7 days to present my licence, tax and MOT at
the
> police station. No problem at all, and if it helps tackle uninsured
drivers
> I don't mind spending 5 minutes presenting my documents at my local police
> station.
>
> The form says I'll have to get my bulb fixed before presenting my
documents,
> and have the form stamped by the MOT station to prove it's been repaired.
I
> asked the policeman if that was neccessary since I had a spare bulb and it
> would only take me five minutes to change the bulb myself (I know...I
should
> have changed it as soon as it blew! I'm lazy!). He said there was no way
> round it, it HAD to be stamped by an MOT station.
>
> If I change the bulb myself is an MOT station going to be okay stemping
this
> form for me or am I going to have to fork out for a garage to do a job I
can
> do myself in a few minutes?
>
> Cheers everyone! :o)
>
> Ben
>
>