Complete cobblers...... very few minor traffic offences are recordable crimes so nothing to do with targets. Reading this type of thread yet again highlights how little a lot of people know but are quite prepared to gob off about it.

 

^^ Why do the Rozzers bother with such petty issues then fella? All it does is ruin their reputation a little bit more every time

TX.

 

Traffic officers are there purely to deal with traffic offences, maybe a student officer completing relevant competencies for their development, particular neighbourhood officers concentrating on traffic offences in their area, do you want me to go on?

 

Who defines it as Petty?

A Law is a Law

and why do people have to resort to name calling on this thread
an opinion is an opinion and IMHO right or wrong why call someone a ********?

 

how come the JDM posts received an infraction?
Was it simply that s/he took a different view from the fact that the OP wanted everybody to say, "wow, thats harsh, God, what a bummer?"

At the end of the day you broke a law, that is the black and white undisputable fact, it carries a penalty and you have to pay.

 

To answer the question in the first post.... no there is no law to stop anyone using a camera in a public place.

So she was just as within her rights to get her phone out and take a photo of him taking a photo of her

There are a couple of bits of law that would cause you to be asked what you are doing when it comes to photos though just for completeness before someone pipes up... (OSA and Terrorism Act) but in all reality this is not going to happen on a normal street (although some misguided CPSOs have been known to do silly things).

Also, you should note privacy and obstruction laws - and harassment - but I am only mentioning these for completeness. Basically if you are in a public place, and the subject is in a public place its a free for all. Within reason.

Please note the above is all in a public place, private property is another ball game.

 

Although you may want to consider the following before whipping out your phone first article and Daily Mail. But if you've done nothing wrong, you've got nothing to fear

 

Rather obviously, the issue here is that the officer demanded that the woman sit in his car and leave the child unattended: which he does not have the authority to do. I dont believe that he can insist on taking her picture either.

 

I thought 3d letters were legal

 

Re-reading the OP, don't think the officer 'demanded' or 'insisted' on anything, more likely 'requested'. A lot of forces are now taking photos when dealing with people for minor offences, as is usual in custody following arrest.

Afraid not, check the DVLA link....

 

my letters are exactly the same shape and size as standard legal lettering, and from a distance look exactly the same, only when you get close can you see they are 3d. The website I got them from had them in the legal lettering section and I've had police cars behind me and not been pulled over .....

 

back on topic ... I've not heard of police being able or allowed to take photos roadside, but in this day and age it doesn't suprise me either

 

Shall I look it up in the OD for you

If the Police went after us for every Law break we'd all be banged up for life! Some are serious hence worth pursuing others are petty & aren't.

TX.

 

Words of advice would have been better.

At least the numbe plates weren't removed and seized as evidence. That would really have been nasty!

 

3d letters are illegal?

if they are the stock typeface and are in black, how can they be illegal?

 

3d plates should be legal ?!?

actually, this thread concerns me a little as i put an order in for some new plates today, the letters are in a carbon effect, and i specifically asked them if they were road legal, and i was told they were


had to do the whole thing with the logbook/licence and stuff when ordering them.

reason i wanted them, was that my front plate has a crack in it, and the new ones are on special offer complete with the GB badge on the side for £10 a pair, figured it would probably cost the best part of a tenner for them ****e GB stickers you need when driving in europe anyway!!

link to said plates


even says they are legal on the website as well (i spoke to the sales lad in person)

 

It is far from certain, I will concede that. I can only go on what the OP said and the impression that is given: from that I would conclude that she did not want to.

With regards to fonts, when the law changed with the introduction of the new format registered numbers, existing plates were not covered. I believe that this was retrospectively changed more recently.

 

That happened to me down Southend back in my younger days!