Post #1240828
2026-03-09 21:51 UTC
@vfrmedia I mean in any juristictions it's legal for police to randomly pull over cars, check license & registration and ask for mandatory safety equient like Warning Triangle, First Aid Kit and Retroflective Vest to be presented.
And that is being used by the police to both gather intelligence as well as annoy individuals (i.e. motorists joyriding) out of an area.I mean, police do it all the time whenever they feel like it, and whilst theybdon't admit to it, I'm pretty shure they check way more plates than they pull over because they prefer to skip all the uninteresting ones…Cuz lets face it: It'll only waste time if they pull over some retirement-aged women who's only negative data on file - a parking ticket in the 1990s - is long expunged from records vs. someone with a decent record driving suspiciously orderly…
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@vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de 2026-03-09 21:55
@kkarhan here they tend to use ANPR hits and sometimes "public concerns" (there's a lot of nosey white folk reporting all the social carers for perceived bad driving simply because the carers are Black and brown) UK just needs valid inspection record, tax and insurance (which cops can often check via mobile data terminals without going near the car), we aren't required to have the triangle, first aid kit and hi vis (although I carry these things anyway simply as it makes sense to have them)