jimti
Active Member
I am just wondering what the code of practice is when it comes to stopping vehicles on a hard shoulder.
This was posted on another forum I visit and it just seemed a bit wrong to me.
This was at about 4.15am, In my opinion this should never have been allowed, they should have either stopped him before he got on the motorway or used the "Follow me" sign to take him off the motorway to check his tacho.
Would this be standard practice?
I have no problem with the police checking him, but it is just plain dangerous to do it on a motorway and if this is allowed then something needs saying to change the rules
This was posted on another forum I visit and it just seemed a bit wrong to me.
This was at about 4.15am, In my opinion this should never have been allowed, they should have either stopped him before he got on the motorway or used the "Follow me" sign to take him off the motorway to check his tacho.
Would this be standard practice?
I have no problem with the police checking him, but it is just plain dangerous to do it on a motorway and if this is allowed then something needs saying to change the rules
Had my first ever routine check last week, i saw the traffic cop sitting on the on ramp and 10 seconds later he blue lighted me onto the hard shoulder, i had only been left the yard some 40 mins and knew all my lights were working when i left, the side door was shut and the tail lift was secured, so i wondered what i had been pulled for.
i jump out cab and am greeted by the passenger traffic cop, and says he just wants to check my tacho, so he does sits in passgenger seat and downloads my card on the hard shoulder. i knew i was (far i was aware) legal but for some reason with a traffic cop sitting in your cab you always feel a bit nervours.... 15 mins later he had trawled through my digi card all 200 or so entries and said he was checking my mileages, im presuming to check i wasnt using magnets??