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police powers to inform car insurance companies.
A Freedom of Information request to Department for Transport by dean71
Department for Transport did not have the information requested.
dean71
17 March 2008
Dear Sir or Madam,
My local police force was in the local paper saying that any
modified car they stopped if the exhaust was too loud or if some
other modification was not right to their specification they were
going to ask for your car insurance companies name and tell them
these parts were on your motor.
First point the police has not charged you or given you penalty
points so have they got the authority to do this.
Second point does the police all think any modified car drivers are
boy racers between the ages of 17 to 24. I am 36 years of age and
only modified the car for my pleasure. I have 2 cars a Ford Mondeo
Family car which I have never been stopped in. I also have another
modified Ford car which I have been stopped in a few times same
driver, different car.
All I would like to know are Central Scotland Police Force doing
this of their own back or does this happen all over Scotland or
Great Britain.
Yours faithfully, lb
FOI-Advice-Team-DFT
Department for Transport
18 March 2008
Dean71,
Thank you for your FOI request. The actions and policy of the police
are a matter for the Home Office or the police force in question.
Although we could search the Department for Transport for the
information you have asked for I do not believe we would find it.
Under the guidelines for the act we can transfer requests between
Government departments but, as we need to seek permission from Home
Office to transfer the request, it may be quicker for you to contact
them direct.
Please let me know what you would like to do. If you do contact the
Home Office direct, please confirm you will withdraw the request with
us.
Please see:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/fr...
Regards
James Scott
DfT FOI Team
09/02 Southside
Tel: 0207 944 4499
GTN: 3533 4499
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Francis Irving left an annotation (18 September 2008)
Naturally, somebody else could come along and make the request to Central Scotland Police. There is no need for dean71 to do it.
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Christopher left an annotation (17 September 2008)
I guess not via this site, according to: http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/body/centr...
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