Is your third party insurance associated with the vehicle rather than the driver? > Our system is pretty much 100%. I have never yet known it to be wrong - including this time. On 9 July 2014 12:37, RussellMc wrote: > On 9 July 2014 22:58, David C Brown wrote: > > > You are lucky in NZ. > > > No. He was an idiot. > I don't know what he thought he was doing as IF he had checked with his > computer people (who he was definitely in contact with given other > questions he asked me) they would have told him the car WAS registered. > > I was leaving a city about ?5? hours drive from home on the way to collec= t > a caravan I had bought the day before but it blew a tyre* about 30 miles > North of the city and I spent a day or so finding a replacement (For Angl= ia > OR Monaro as it turned out). After getting the ticket I went back into to= wn > to check registration and pay it if needed. Late at night, only had netbo= ok > with WiFi, Macdonalds closed but free WiFi still running (the night windo= ws > said) BUT it was dead. > Netbook battery flat. Agh. Went to a local service station, persuaded the= m > to let me plug into spare power point under the pie warmer. On WiFi foun= d > a nearby motel with a country wide group scheme. Joined scheme. Tried to > register car. It WAS registered. Same computer system that Police would > have accessed. > MUCH more to the story but he was playing games. > > In UK they keep a data base of "insured vehicles" > > which is about 98% accurate. If you get stopped and your vehicle isn't > on > > that data base they can immediately impound the vehicle and leave you t= o > > walk home. Even if you have documents to show you are insured, because > > they could be forged or cancelled. > > > > Our system is pretty much 100%. I have never yet known it to be wrong - > including this time. > > > > > > .Hands me a "ticket" for driving an unregistered motor vehicle. > > ."Well. You won't get off this one". > > .I did.. > > > > :-) > > "New" very old wheel & tyre would not stay inflated. > Checked it did fit caravan. > Drove to next town. > Slept in car. > Had it 'improved' in the morn. > Back to caravan., > Fit wheel. > ... home. > > > > > R > > > * [Tyre blew at about max legal speed with caravan. VERY exciting.] > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 __________________________________________ David C Brown 43 Bings Road Whaley Bridge High Peak Phone: 01663 733236 Derbyshire eMail: dcb.home@gmail.com SK23 7ND web: www.bings-knowle.co.uk/dcb --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .