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21/05/2008, 13:09 opas Joined on 23/08/2004 catalonia, top of the hill en route to the Chateau Posts 2,177 Re: Please help.......insurance quandry No the insurance was the starting point, when the police decided it was not valid and arrested him as he had no UK address, then they start to look at the car and think he has been swanning round the country without tax on foregn insurance, so they then think he should have re reg`d the car. All he had was a number on a bit of paper....he went to the library in Uk to acess emails and printed off the document, thats when he remembered he had booked with the Astra...***!    Report

21/05/2008, 13:34 Russethouse Joined on 23/08/2004 Forum Moderator Posts 9,508 Re: Please help.......insurance quandry Hold on a little bitty minute -  I think as a UK resident, on balance if the police stop someone on foriegn plates and they are of 'no fixed abode' and are driving a car  which isn't on their travel documents I may rather they took action rather than believe whatever the person stopped says. Further investigation was appropriate, perhaps not the way they went about it. We may have cross border working, we have cross border crime too. To be honest Opas if you pursue this its just going to 'drag you back' and be endlessly depressing, you may well be in the right, but it could take months or years to get the powers that be to admit it, plus it may trigger all sorts of other investigations and while you may be as white as the driven snow, being investigated in itself is unpleasant. Just a thought. www.quimperclub.org 99    Report

21/05/2008, 13:40 cooperlola Joined on 05/05/2006 72 - Sarthe - home of les 24 heures du Mans Posts 6,361 Re: Please help.......insurance quandry Whilst accepting the proviso that we remote observers on the forum may not have all the facts at our fingertips in this specific case, I have to say that I do disagree, R/H, in general terms, with this, as a policy.  Whilst ignorance of the law is not a defence for the public, then it should not be so for the police either, should it?  Especially if one has to pay a hefty sum to get one's car back when one has done nothing wrong.  But then, as you know, I'm a bolshie so-and-so myself!  I'd have to be certain of all my facts, but I would pursue it myself if I were sure I was in the right. Healthcare Issues Site    Report

21/05/2008, 14:12 Russethouse Joined on 23/08/2004 Forum Moderator Posts 9,508 Re: Please help.......insurance quandry As I read it the police may have had reason for concern originally, it's after that things went awry. I'm sorry Coops, but I have seen the same friends twice go through protracted situations where they were innocent, but felt they had been wronged. In the end, on the first occasion, they got nowhere, after months and months of stress and damage to their relationship, events took a turn, and it was all for nothing. On the second occasion there was  eventually  a pay out, it took about 3 years and again was very stressful for all concerned. Pursuing something like this can be exhausting and draining, there does come a stage where you think 'Is it worth it'? If the first approach doesn't sort it out, I'd walk a way and 'live well', that's the best revenge www.quimperclub.org 99    Report

21/05/2008, 14:17 cooperlola Joined on 05/05/2006 72 - Sarthe - home of les 24 heures du Mans Posts 6,361 Re: Please help.......insurance quandry As with so many things in life, R/H, it is of course a personal decision in the end and you can only weigh up the pros and cons and decide for yourself. But there have been times in my life when I (and others) have been glad that I have stood up for my rights, no matter how tough the fight was at the time. Healthcare Issues Site    Report

21/05/2008, 14:40 opas Joined on 23/08/2004 catalonia, top of the hill en route to the Chateau Posts 2,177 Re: Please help.......insurance quandry Each to their own oppinion as they say, but the simple fact of the matter is that the evidence was a phone call away and they refused to do it.  Two days in the clink  when it all could have been sorted out with a phonecall and acouple of faxs from this end. You can all argue this out between yourselves now as I am not going to justify anything more.      Report

21/05/2008, 16:47 Puzzled Joined on 05/10/2006 Posts 372 Re: Please help.......insurance quandry I have sent you a pm      Report

21/05/2008, 19:36 Alane Joined on 23/08/2004 27 Posts 317 Re: Please help.......insurance quandry If he had crossed via Eurotunnel he would not have been asked for any details about the car other than its general dimensions. As far as I recall BF don't ask for this information either although it's a while since I booked with them. Difficult to prove when the vehicle entered the country without asking Eurotunnel or the ferry company for a copy of the number plate details they appear to record via the low level cameras at check in. Best Regards Alan    Report

21/05/2008, 19:52 woolybanana'sbrother Joined on 18/01/2008 Posts 1,001 Re: Please help.......insurance quandry Police have instant access to these I am sure.    Report

21/05/2008, 20:47 Phil & Pat Joined on 24/12/2006 Falaise, Calvados (14) Posts 99 Re: Please help.......insurance quandry  Alane wrote: ... As far as I recall BF don't ask for this information either ... Correct, they only want to  know the length and height of your vehicle. EDIT:  But then I always book on-line.    Report

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