StickyMicky

Why do people do this ?

Are we supposed to think they are undercover policemen from a distance ?

They NEVER have anything else on the rear shelf either

Simon 69

Same reason that some people paint the top of their ladders blue I suppose.....

topbuzz

Never seen that, some GRP steps have a blue plastic top as standard. Strange things some people do.

FlightMan

I leave mine on the parcel shelf sometimes, if it's been raining when I get back to the car.
I don't do it to make people think I'm a policeman, and I never put anything else on it as it's dangerous in an accident.

What's the problem?

StickyMicky

Loads of them!

How come its not just thrown on the back seat?

If you have a hatchback then i cant understand why it would not be in the actual boot?

yoza

Whenst driving through France its law to have/wear a high viz when driving, or wandering around the motorway looking for your wheel trims.

Its also law for women to have hairly armpits and dreadlocks hanging down from the legs of their shorts.

StickyMicky

France i would agree with, but this has been an ongoing "problem" in the UK for years for some reason.

In the vast majority of cars, it actually takes a bit of effort to get the jacket on the parcel shelf, you have a saloon, you have to open the rear doors and place it on the shelf, you have a hatchback, then you open the back end up and then spend a bit more effort putting it on the shelf (maybe undoing the shelf so it lies flat?) rather then just throwing it in the boot.

This logic confuses me, and i have been unable to work the reason why lots of people do it

Like the Citreon Picasso driver i actually saw on the way home from work about 20 mins ago

richardg

same here. used to hang mine on the back of the passenger seat as well, although this was quite a few years ago. funnily enough people do tend to move out of the way or pay closer attention to what they're doing (people on phones for instance...), but i never do/never did it for those reasons.

in the winter i always found it was nice and warm when i put it back on instead of leaving it in the boot all the time

billythekid

reminds me of the (audi?) car with pink and yellow chevrons on the back and the words

POLITE

Sonic'

I used to leave mine on the back seat, but then when passengers get in the back they used to throw it onto the parcel shelf, and it ended up staying there till needed to be worn again (not that often) it was too much hassle to take it out (you know, having to open the rear door, stretch in and try and fish for it off the parcel shelf etc )

worley

In France, where it's quite a new law; You must have one in the car where you can put it on before getting out of the vehicle.

For not complying, you get 2 points added to licence and a 60 € fine.

People have them on show in the car to deter the Gendarmes from a stop and check (where they might find other things ). This does sound a bit odd in the UK though.


Nik

what would scooby do

It is to show the owner is a member of a secret underground peado club






apparently...

RJM25R

iTrader: (1)

It's a gayer sign, it means you swallow...............


George michael has a boxful on his range rover parcel shelf, thats why he crashed last week!

M444GY

iTrader: (72)

most of them have jims driveways signwritten on the side of the cars though lol


pikeys do love wearing a hi vis over their sunday best and ginger bowlcut curtains .

Simon K

Around my area loads of ponces do this. The "Pretend Im a copper" trick.

Every morning I over take a blue vauxhall van driven by an old git, that has one of these waist coats wrapped around his passenger sit. He also picks up his `pretend camera` and `pretends` to take pics of you when you over take him, as he's flashing his lights.

He does exactly 70 mph on the fast lane and never moves over, regardless if the road is clear. He also does 25 mph on other roads too. So, if you over take him he goes mad and does his pantomine performance.

I hate him, with a passion. I hope he gets cancer and suffers a terrible death. He angers me to a point where I can actually feel the anger in me now as I type this. He's not a copper, he's a sad miserable *unt ! I happened to stumble across him on the weekend, in a nearby town and considered following him to he stopped and confronting him.

God that man angers me, Im going up the canteen for a drink and cool down ..........................

SBK

Clarebabes

I thought every western, civilised country's women knew to shave their bits and armpits before venturing in the sea with a two-piece on. However I can confirm, that during my recent holiday to Britanny, I did in fact see a girl with these dreadlocks hanging between her legs. She had a nice figure, but I'm sure that would have put blokes off! Yuck!

Ray_li

drive next to him and take a photo of him. make sure you use the flash so he knows

Big Pete

Mine goes on the back shelf if I've got a few site visits in one day coz it's easier to get it off the back shelf than rumage in the boot all the time.

Then it's in the washing machine on a Friday night so it's all nice & clean for me Saturday night dancin activities

cookstar

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Mine goes on the back shelf when I'm out and about, as you tend to get left alone when parking around stations etc.

But mine is orange, so no pretend police here.