Offence Code

Police Officer? Hate “doing Traffic”? Think it’s “not real policing”? Make it really easy for yourself with my handy guide. Before you realise, you’ll be booking up yer granny like a proper black rat! TFU-friendly with added pictures and colours.

Burpham. Not one. Not two. Not three, but four supercars, all stopped in convoy, since they had driven through some type of gravity well on the A3 and their front number plates had “just dropped off”. 🙄 Tickets issued for all four vehicles. #SCRPU ^MW

A great example of why vehicles are stopped for minor offences. Good work. 👍

Derby Vehicle on non-UK plates but been activating speed cameras. Driver produces his EU licence but we're not new to this game and find his UK record. Forgot to mention that he was disqualified from driving and had no insurance. #NiceTry #Seized #Reported #Gp2

@seanboyboy @MerPolTraffic If that officer used offencecode.uk then they’d be better informed of the offences and disposal outcomes available to them.

@MerPolTraffic I saw a policeman let a couple off the other day for having a toddler on the lap of the front seat passenger.....

Two children in the rear of this vehicle were not wearing seat belts. The vehicle was stopped and the driver issued two TORs for the offences. #safetyfirst #syn1

@StripeyMiata @dannmilly @WiltsSpecOps That’s a bargain in NI! £100 in England and Wales. Not sure of Scotland?

@OffenceCode @dannmilly @WiltsSpecOps £30 here. Lamborghini owner charged £30 by PSNI for failure to display number plate belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-…

#RPU with another car failing to display a registration plate. We very rarely see this issue on a 2002 Ford Focus Ghia

@dannmilly @WiltsSpecOps £100. No points.

@WiltsSpecOps What is the fine for this..?

@TheBayno @WiltsSpecOps The fine for this offence is £100 but your point stands.

@_S2719 @lilylawuk For the inventor of autocorrect there’s a special place reserved in Hull.

@adeybrewmaster Hundreds of thousands, if not millions over the years!

@OffenceCode Saab 92. Volvo’s massive contribution to road safety was offering the 3 point seatbelt to other manufacturers without payment for the patent. I wonder how many lives have they saved?

Saab fitted two-point seat belts as an option as early as 1957 on the Saab 93. From 1958, they were fitted as standard on the GT750. Three-point harnesses, developed by Volvo, provided even greater safety. Swedes have been innovative on automotive safety over many years.

@BrightonYorkie Yep! A massive contribution to road safety and the right thing to do. 👍

@OffenceCode And they let all the other car manufacturers use them without patent in the interests of road safety

@obbsie @TerraRasa Chris, I offered some tips that I’d personally found useful. Other colleagues may have other advice. My comment was never intended as a criticism of my MetPol colleagues who, I’m sure, are conscientious, professional and diligent.

@OffenceCode @TerraRasa In actual fact, the sergeant, when I walked past and stopped briefly, was leaning down so his face was almost on the same level as the guys when talking to him. By the time I'd walked past and got an unobtrusive angle he'd straightened up.

On the ground nr Ealing Bdwy Stn, & at an angle to preserve his privacy is a homeless man clearly down on his luck. I could hear the conversation & he was being treated with kindness ,& compassion with offers of support. One of many unheralded humanitarian acts by officers today.

@obbsie @TerraRasa I’m not saying they weren’t, Chris. And you’re right to highlight their good work.

@OffenceCode @TerraRasa Really. Well I was there and those officers were bloody brilliant.

Not good news.

@WiltsSpecOps Shame he stopped in the zig-zags. 😐

Car stopped due to driver not wearing a seatbelt. The driver was showing as disqualified & his licence expired. Driver #reported to court, fine issued & car #seized #RPU #fatal5

@ShaunfromDurham @MPGTBL I had the XC40 as a courtesy car yesterday and today. Bloody awful thing. Horrible. Used to own the S90 T8 with Polestar upgrade. Fast car with all the toys but soggy suspension. Now have the S60 T8 Polestar Engineered with all the toys. Rapid and much better handling.

@MPGTBL Would have loved the S90 T8!

Had worse courtesy cars!

Good work 👍

@grahamwettone @obbsie I won’t comment on a live investigation but I can point you towards the College of Policing definition of a pursuit, which might be a little different to how most might understand it.

@obbsie Keep hearing the word 'pursuit' used but - and I was a class 1 pursuit driver - that doesn't look like a pursuit when the van (not a police pursuit vehicle either) is half a mile from the bike when they crash. Tragic incident & hopefully the investigation is prompt but factual.

Now, I'm not traffic orientated. My standard course examiner said I'd never be an advanced driver as long as he had a hole in his arse, BUT, so much seems obvious to me here, I'm wondering whether I'm just getting it all wrong 'cos I'm a traffic ignoramus. youtu.be/1DYzD1248Yc

@Foxtrot_Cop It’s neither an e-scooter (PLEV) nor an e-bike (EAPC). It’s a motorcycle.