mysty
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Post by mysty on Mar 9, 2024 11:45:45 GMT 1
Drivers as well  , this chap got stopped in a Bmw X5 with his new caravan and got arrested because he had tools in the car. I have been stopped plenty of times with tools in the car but never been charged for having them in the car. Not sure he will be able to talk his way out of that one at 11 I would not have been able to hitch a caravan onto a car, at 62 I would still struggle I often forgot to tighten up the jockey wheel on trailers. news.sky.com/story/boy-11-stopped-by-police-driving-bmw-x5-while-towing-a-caravan-on-m1-13090000 |
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Post by jardiniere on Mar 9, 2024 12:11:26 GMT 1
Officers said they were "staggered" to find an 11-year-old boy sitting in the driver's seat of the BMW.
Bet they were! Love to know the back story.
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suein56
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Post by suein56 on Mar 9, 2024 12:16:54 GMT 1
Officers said they were "staggered" to find an 11-year-old boy sitting in the driver's seat of the BMW. How did they know he was 11 ? As eleven year olds don't have to carry any form of identification that I am aware of. |
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exile
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Post by exile on Mar 9, 2024 12:59:11 GMT 1
Possibly already known to the bib.
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Post by beejay on Mar 9, 2024 13:32:24 GMT 1
Nothing new and not unknown.
I had my caravan stolen. The police stopped the outfit and found an underage boy was driving. Owing to ethnic discrimination I can add no more about the offender but understand he was about eleven years old and lived on a caravan site!. Considering the removal of two wheel clamps and a hitch lock there must have been adults involved but getting a youngster to drive it away reduces the chances of them being charged with anything.
The car and caravan were taken to a storage compound. The car owner was traced and recovered his vehicle. Police and recovery company were "unable" to trace the caravan owner (me) as there was no registration plate so it remained in storage for six months until a brighter member of staff managed to trace me and wanted 6 months storage fees at £20 per day. The insurers paid up had to auction it. I had already bought a new replacement in Germany with the insurance pay out.
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suein56
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Post by suein56 on Mar 9, 2024 14:33:15 GMT 1
Considering the removal of two wheel clamps and a hitch lock there must have been adults involved but getting a youngster to drive it away reduces the chances of them being charged with anything. Ah .. that explains a lot, thank you. At least in the case in the newspaper of the caravan, it had a homing device or a equivalent fitted. |
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mysty
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Post by mysty on Mar 9, 2024 14:40:11 GMT 1
Possibly already known to the bib. Or possibly not known to them  He might have had no option as his family were being held hostage and faced death if he did not carry out the alleged act. An older person told him the law has changed and anyone can drive now that the UK is free from the EU shackles. Without more information we should not rush to judge, not many know this but when I studied English literature I was taught to never judge a book by its colour.  Edit or even cover |
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mysty
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Post by mysty on Mar 9, 2024 14:45:06 GMT 1
Considering the removal of two wheel clamps and a hitch lock there must have been adults involved but getting a youngster to drive it away reduces the chances of them being charged with anything. Ah .. that explains a lot, thank you. At least in the case in the newspaper of the caravan, it had a homing device or a equivalent fitted. That's the trouble these days, tracking devices make it even riskier, I have read before you can buy a blocker to jam the tracker, that bit is true. |
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Post by Aardvark on Mar 9, 2024 15:19:57 GMT 1
All you have to do is find it and pop it into a metal box, much like the ones they sell to prevent your credit cards being cloned by someone standing near you in a crowd or on the underground. The method works on car trackers as long as the thief knows where to find it. And it is clear that all the organised tea leaves know where the manufacturers hide them. The thieves are never far behind in finding out how to crack the latest anti-theft devices.
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, this chap got stopped in a Bmw X5 with his new caravan and got arrested because he had tools in the car.
