Echo

I spotted a bunch of cameras on the M40 just South of Oxford today and a mile down the road there must have been 20+ police cars and bikes ready to catch the dodgers. Not seen anything on that scale before!

Anyone here see them catch anyone?

Mike

yoza

Good.

IWatkins

Er, but why do they need to do this ? Haven't you seen the adverts ? The computers do it all now.

lightning101

Same goes for TV detector vans - thought they didn't need them either to catch you.

stevem2k

because a percentage of the ones without tax will also have no insurance.

I applaud any initiatives to reduce the number of uninsured drivers on the roads.


Steve

class_A

People driving vehicles declared SORN. Unfortunately I know of at least one person who has done this

Buzzer

Here, here

.................... and stops the ******* from prosecuting peeps for doing 5 mph over the limit.

gsm1

In Barnet, North London, I've seen coppers setting up road traps over the last year in quite a few places pulling over tax and insurance dodgers.

fatherpierre

It's done to get people who are wanted, pissed, whose cars are unregistered, been used in crime etc. etc. etc..............

No tax is at the bottom of the list.

unclebuck

We live in a Police State now. Better get used to it.

Echo

After getting a £100 fine for accidently being in a bus lane for 7 seconds and caught by secret camera I wonder where things are going. Yes, getting insurance dodgers is a good thing, all premiums would come down if everyone paid. But personally I don't feel safer with all these cameras just know that I can be 'done' for petty and to be honest insignificant things (bus lane etc).

fatscoobyfella

Uninsured driving is a bad thing,but all the camera's all over the country are a joke.The police constantly spout "crime prevention" tactics at us..Hiding camera's behind posts,in tree's and on bends just after long straights aint prevention..its just a money making scheme.If you speed or act the t**t in front of a Striped up patrol car,well you need the book throwin at you!!.I do a round trip of just 220 miles every weekend and i see over 60 camera's on my journey..ive counted them!!
That is targeting the motorist to draw cash out of there pockets..simple fact..

Pastor

It's probably more about knock on offenses as much as the tax evasion. The Police are well aware that people who drive illegally are likely to be involved in other criminal activity as well. Be it drugs, thieving or even illegal immigrants.

Leslie

Hope they catch a large number of the uninsured, there is no excuse for that behaviour.

Les

wazza2770

This was at BEACONSFIELD in Bucks, junction 2 M40, It was an ANPR operation, to catch criminal activity, tax, driving docs offences, disqualified drivers, stolen cars, everything NOT JUST TAX. Tax is a DVLA matter, we do not put major operations together just for road tax.... But stolen cars, and disqual drivers and criminals well thats Game On.

ANPR operations go on daily on a smaller scale, many patrol cars are fitted with ANPR as standard equipment now. If Dodgy Geezers are about.....we get em.
Nothing to alarm yourself about if you are legit.

Shark Man

It's great patrol cars havs ANPR, but I find it odd that in roughly the 15000mile/year I drive I see very few traffic patrol cars - I assume pandas don't have these fitted?

I wish it was done a much larger scale. There are too many uninsured cars on the road, untaxed cars pretty much guarantee it's uninsured and not MOT'd and most likely unsafe and often driven by someone of dubious nature (drunk, criminal, druggie etc.). Legit people pay, and get screwed because of it.

This is a much more active approach at getting dangerous drivers off the road than speed cameras ever will.

TDT

Coz traffic policemen are being replaced by machines/redeployed to other stuff. ANPR is also installed at fixed locations all over the country. You'd be surprised at some of the things that drive through.

Of course there are also cars that you don't see..........

Suresh

?? So you'd rather have a bunch of chavs driving around uninsured and getting away with it. Why would you want that??

TDT

A representation of the narrow-mindedness of some of the people on this board, which quite frankly frightens me sometimes.

It not as if the old bill even deal with people for no/dodgy tax. 99% of the time, CLE2/6 and leave it to the DVLA.

Of course if you'd like loads of people running round with no tax/insurance and increasing everyones bills..........

Gidney&Knowlesy

I'd like to see the cameras with a revenue generator in £'s next to them, just so I know how much they have collected......

andypugh2000

[pc mode on] If you are fully legal, tax insurance etc and dont break the speed limit what is there to bitch about??[/pc mode off]

andy