motorway cops bbc1 now!!!!

[MBManInKen]

Chris, I think I now understand what you were saying - took me a while :

Important: You no longer have to exchange your original licence if you go to live in another Member State but you can apply to do so if you wish.

From this source.

So those just exercising their rights under the Treaty to live and work elsewhere in the EU do not need to change their license at all if they do not become residents, yet they are not visitors either.

 

[columb]

Well, sorry - I didn't meant to be rude whatsoever. I was rather curious as I do have EU driving license and we had discussion in the office today about licenses etc.

I drive quite often company cars so I wanted to be rather sure than sorry!
I'm good citizen and really following the rules. (yes, sometimes I'm speeding)

And I wanted to check what is the case as my manager was quite sure that I don't have to change driving license as there is no need to do so.

Thanks!
Chris

 

[MBManInKen]

Well, sorry - I didn't meant to be rude whatsoever.

You were not rude at all!

I was just being rather thick in getting your point... Must be getting old .

 

[columb]

Btw. Police was right about this Czech guy. That tire could blow at ANY second!
I think he should get a ticket.

Cheers
Chris

 

[MBManInKen]

Btw. Police was right about this Czech guy. That tire could blow at ANY second!

Quite. I must admit that when they said at the end of the programme that he had indeed changed it when they stopped him again a few days later, I was surprised and didn't expect that.

It did however worry me that he had blatantly lied to the insurance company and effectively gotten away with it.

I thought the Estonian bloke in his old beemer with no insurance, no tax and caught speeding while being bladdered got away rather lightly...

 

[crockers]

So if you're driving on an EU license -- quite legally -- how do speeding fines / points apply? I'm assuming that they don't. Well the points I mean....

 

[st4]

So if you're driving on an EU license -- quite legally -- how do speeding fines / points apply? I'm assuming that they don't. Well the points I mean....

There must be, whats to stop me flying to the US, taking a test, getting a licence and driving like a nutter over here and only having to pay fines.

 

[columb]

Quite. I must admit that when they said at the end of the programme that he had indeed changed it when they stopped him again a few days later, I was surprised and didn't expect that.

Well, it is possible that he wasn't aware (seriously could happen) that tire was in terrible state. He has sorted that so lesson learnt! That's where taxes should go (police teaching) and that's how citizens should react (follow good advice).

Possibly he didn't lied about license, though. I've checked with my insurance company and I have insurance listed now as a EU driving license.
Few years ago I had my license listed as "license held for 5 or more years" or something like that.

It did however worry me that he had blatantly lied to the insurance company and effectively gotten away with it.

I thought the Estonian bloke in his old beemer with no insurance, no tax and caught speeding while being bladdered got away rather lightly...

Totally agree.
That really pi***d me off!!! Banned for 12 months? £840? Free to go?
No license, no MOT, no insurance, drunk. What else you have to do to go to the prison?

Where is this country going to? For drink drivers I wouldn't have ANY mercy!
It is stupid and really dangerous!
Someone should make a formal complaint!

Cheers
Chris

 

[columb]

So if you're driving on an EU license -- quite legally -- how do speeding fines / points apply? I'm assuming that they don't. Well the points I mean....

They do.
They will call DVLA and create British driving license number so they can put points onto your account. An I think that's why having foreign driving license means no fixed penalties- only courts.

Cheers
Chris

 

[Rory]

They do.
They will call DVLA and create British driving license number so they can put points onto your account. An I think that's why having foreign driving license means no fixed penalties- only courts.

Cheers
Chris

Exactly. And it doesn't matter where your licence is issued, if you get banned from driving in the UK then you can't (legally) drive here. In fact you can register your EU licence with the DVLA, and they say the advantage of doing that is that it allows you to accept fixed penalties, rather than having to go to court.


By the way, on keeping EU licence to 70yrs - I think this has been figured out now, but it's the *longer* of 70yrs or 3yrs after becoming resident in the UK. So if someone age 40 comes here, then they're OK to 70. If they're 69 when they arrive, then they've got 3yrs.

 

[Sp!ke]

Back on topic,

I'm guessing that was PCP in use.

Sabina (the one in red) is now on remand on a murder charge. Sounds like a rather wild pair.

 

[seymansey]

The video is on youtube for those that are interested...

 

[whitenemesis]

Back on topic,

I'm guessing that was PCP in use.

Sabina (the one in red) is now on remand on a murder charge. Sounds like a rather wild pair.

As I said post#19 PCP = inc readable strength...

 

[Sp!ke]

As I said post#19 PCP = inc readable strength...

I dunno, I've not tried it.

 

[whitenemesis]

I dunno, I've not tried it.

Me neither, but have witnessed the effects..... Scary in the extreme

If one could control the paranoia, it would be something amazing..

 

[Sp!ke]

Isnt that how they came up with Ketamin?

 

[pammy]

A very odd pair indeed!

http://translate.google.com/transla...aktad-for-knivmord&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=sv&tl=en

 

[Dieselman]

Isnt that how they came up with Ketamin?

Ketamin's a pain killer, does it have other values.? I thought it induced anasthesia but not hyper activity.

It's used as part of general anasthetic and for severe pain relief. I've only knowingly had it once, for a bit of a headache, and it didn't make me feel strong.
Worked better than Paracetamol though..

 

[Sp!ke]

Ketamine was developed by Dr. Calvin Stevens of Wayne State University. It was then developed by Parke-Davis in 1962 as part of an effort to find a safer anaesthetic alternative to Phencyclidine (PCP), which was more likely to cause hallucinations, neurotoxicity and seizures. The drug was first given to American soldiers during the Vietnam War. It is still widely used in humans. There may be some evidence that ketamine has the potential to cause emergence phenomena because of the drug's possible psychotomimetic effects.[citation needed] It is also used widely in veterinary medicine, or as a battlefield anaesthetic in developing nations.[7]

What sort of pain were you given Ketamin for

 

[Dieselman]

Baaad brain and head pain following a spinal op, leading to CSF Leakage causing loss of control of basic body fuctions such as vision, hearing and temperature control.

Some might say I've never recovered..

Although I wouldn't recommend it, it's a great way to queue jump at a crowded A&E Dept..