Snow On Roof Illegal!!!!

[jims-terrano]

Hi All, got an official email round work today. West Yorkshire Police are now pulling people for having a car full of snow. It's easy enough to avoid 3 points and a £65 fine, only takes a few minutes. About time too I say.

Jim

 

[Deleted account DD]

Hi All, got an official email round work today. West Yorkshire Police are now pulling people for having a car full of snow. It's easy enough to avoid 3 points and a £65 fine, only takes a few minutes. About time too I say.

Jim

What offence did they cite ?

 

[jims-terrano]

dunno Dave but it came from high up in the authority.

Jim

 

[briggie]

Hi All, got an official email round work today. West Yorkshire Police are now pulling people for having a car full of snow. It's easy enough to avoid 3 points and a £65 fine, only takes a few minutes. About time too I say.

Jim

well done west yorkshire police :clap:clap:clap:clap:clap:thumb2:thumb2:thumb2

 

[kbekl]

sorry what a ******* load of bollox

so not only do i have to make sure i can see but i have to gt a step ladder out the house scrap the roof and put it back away

what a ******* con cant they find another way of earning a wage other than pissing people off that pay ******* tax so they got a ******* job

what gets me is the poor officer that has to issue this bollox is gonna get the stick and it aint fair

 

[briggie]

sorry what a ******* load of bollox

so not only do i have to make sure i can see but i have to gt a step ladder out the house scrap the roof and put it back away

what a ******* con cant they find another way of earning a wage other than pissing people off that pay ******* tax so they got a ******* job

i am not the most mobile of persons karl , all it takes is a broom with a long handle .... even i can manage that :thumb2

 

[jims-terrano]

sorry what a ******* load of bollox

so not only do i have to make sure i can see but i have to gt a step ladder out the house scrap the roof and put it back away

what a ******* con cant they find another way of earning a wage other than pissing people off that pay ******* tax so they got a ******* job

Have a look at today's posts and see someone who had snow slide off their roof and stuff their wipers.

Jim

 

[thor]

Funny this my wife and I were discussing this...because the other day an AA man on BBC news mentioned that it was illegal....so I was saying what is the offence...Insecure load....Dangerous Parts....!!!!!????

Today we were waiting at a Traffic Island when a high sided vehicle travelled around the island as he passed about 1/2 ton of ice slid from his roof...how the F***** can he remove that???

 

[Fez_uk]

sorry what a ******* load of bollox

so not only do i have to make sure i can see but i have to gt a step ladder out the house scrap the roof and put it back away

what a ******* con cant they find another way of earning a wage other than pissing people off that pay ******* tax so they got a ******* job:m ad:

what gets me is the poor officer that has to issue this bollox is gonna get the stick and it aint fair

it's because when the car warms up, you break the snow blocks your vision.

 

[Deleted account DD]

so not only do i have to make sure i can see but i have to gt a step ladder out the house scrap the roof and put it back away

How tall arent you

 

[larson]

i heard there giving points out in hx for snow on roof/lights and plates

 

[11redrex]

Highway code says you must remove snow that could fall into the path of other road users, anything that says must or must not in the highway code can be used in prosecution. AFAIK

 

[briggie]

i was on the m 62 tonight , heading to wakefield .. when a lorry joined at junction 26 ( chain bar ) .... as he joined the motorway , a cloud of snow / ice came off the top of the lorry , it was like heavy fog , no one could see a thing , i backed off big time , but that was very dangerous , im not sure what the lorry driver could have done to prevent it tho

 

[MontysMaverick]

sorry what a ******* load of bollox

so not only do i have to make sure i can see but i have to gt a step ladder out the house scrap the roof and put it back away

what a ******* con cant they find another way of earning a wage other than pissing people off that pay ******* tax so they got a ******* job

what gets me is the poor officer that has to issue this bollox is gonna get the stick and it aint fair

Karl, do the easy thing and

a. rent a garage or

b. buy a cover for your car


Mine stands outside all year round and for the sake of 20 squid its covered when we have bad weather,no de-icer needed, or brushing off, check out ebay, wont help now but winters only just started

This has always been law,had this as a question on my test 30 yrs ago, (test taken on dec 23rd in snow)

and to quote a chap I heard on the radio today he said " the police near Perth are fining people for having snow on their roof and saying its a offence under the "driving with undue care and attention" rules.

Hope this helps :thumbs :thumbs :thumbs

 

[briggie]

someone would nick the cover in manchester :augie:lol

 

[kbekl]

sorry but i dissagree if doing 40mph down dual carrage way and it dont come off how is it goign to come off with a broom or similar

so what they are saying is you have to spend 20-30 mins with a scraper on a roof thats sit 6.5ft in the air, so you can kill yourself with the steps as the ground is slippery trying to get the snow off but you cant let the windscreen wipers move the snow that falls off

bloody hell next we wont be alloud to drive under a bridge just incase a bit of snow come off the edge of the bridge and hits your windscreen

and why stop their can drive on the road just in case the person in front hasnt got mud flaps on and the spray might get the window dirty and you cant see

 

[Deleted account DD]

Highway code says you must remove snow that could fall into the path of other road users, anything that says must or must not in the highway code can be used in prosecution. AFAIK

Im not sure of that. The highway code is guidance, not statutory. The statutory parts are underwritten by the road traffic act.

There is definitely no endorsable fixed penalty offence for "not following the highway code"

Im struggling to think of an offence but then Im not a black rat. Closest I can get is fail to maintain or inconsiderate/careless driving. :thumb2

btw what does AFAIK mean?

 

[kbekl]

How tall arent you

5ft 9 car sits about 6ft and when i am finished car will sit a 6ft 5

 

[felixthelogchopper]

AFAIK-as far as I know

 

[briggie]

Afaik......as far as i know