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The Flame Pit / Provisional licence and Pass certificate
« on: December 15, 2024, 05:56:19 pm »
The scene:
Driver unfortunately comes off the road and ends in a ditch. A passing police vehicle investigates.
The driver is OK but the car obviously needs a tow out.
The police ask for her documents and she produces her insurance certificate, provisional licence and pass certificate showing she passed her test twelve months previously (she has two years to exchange her licence for a full one).
The officer attending is happy but for some reason he reports back to his sergeant for advice. A DVLA check is undertaken and it shows, unsurprisingly, that the driver holds only a provisional licence.
The officer at the scene is still content she was driving legally, but the sergeant insists the vehicle is seized under s165A as (he says) she was driving otherwise than in accordance with her licence.
The vehicle is formally seized and she is told to produce a full licence at the nick within seven days.
This has a satisfactory ending because a day or two later she visits the nick, explains her situation and the car is released. What are your views on the seizure?
Driver unfortunately comes off the road and ends in a ditch. A passing police vehicle investigates.
The driver is OK but the car obviously needs a tow out.
The police ask for her documents and she produces her insurance certificate, provisional licence and pass certificate showing she passed her test twelve months previously (she has two years to exchange her licence for a full one).
The officer attending is happy but for some reason he reports back to his sergeant for advice. A DVLA check is undertaken and it shows, unsurprisingly, that the driver holds only a provisional licence.
The officer at the scene is still content she was driving legally, but the sergeant insists the vehicle is seized under s165A as (he says) she was driving otherwise than in accordance with her licence.
The vehicle is formally seized and she is told to produce a full licence at the nick within seven days.
This has a satisfactory ending because a day or two later she visits the nick, explains her situation and the car is released. What are your views on the seizure?