Caporegime
I've been accused of the same by a - clueless - "traffic" cop in a fully freighted artic, much empathy.
Just been given my 1st Section 59 For Going over 3k revs?
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What lol seriously such cops should not be on the road, your keeping the world turning transporting stuff and cops are pulling you over because your truck is too loud or fast, how can they do that and be serious.
Don
There's clearly a difference between accelerating briskly (which even changing up at 3000rpm in an A45 is going to be quicker than most cars on the road in a traffic light GP) versus bouncing it off the limiter to draw attention and potentially being antisocial/or even unnecessarily dangerous on a 40mph stretch of dual carriageway (which is clearly limited for a reason - whether that be for risk/noise/pollution etc).
Soldato
I'll be getting my car crushed soon then, I frequently enjoy taking my car to redline in 2nd gear.
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Talk about backtracking on your original post hah. The A45 was no where near bouncing off its limiter. Likewise the 40mph limit was not exceeded at any point.
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There is not more to the story unfortunately. The officer stated it was due to the revs and crackling and pops. Thank you for the input.
The A45 is an automatic. What if the OP didn't want to change gears manually and was in sport mode.
Is there now a law on how quickly you can accelerate?
Unless it is a night on a residential road, I can't see how it is antisocial.
What's this arbitrary definition of unnecessarily dangerous now? Was the OP sliding the car around? If not were they breaking the speed limit?
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I've now seen the OP was shifting manually. But there are many automatic modes on cars that will hold revs.
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Whilst I do like winding you up a bit, if you are being entirely honest then it seems you have been a bit unlucky to get the S59 for nowt, officer could be having a bad day or summat and as your car is naturally ASBO decided to take it out on you! Not that it's justified of course, even if it is an A45 D with M-sport S-line aeroplane package...
Might be worth making a complaint to their superiors, though I wouldn't expect much to amount from it.
Might be worth making a complaint to their superiors, though I wouldn't expect much to amount from it.
Soldato
You have to be consciously trying to get all the drama from the exhaust, guess copper didn’t take a liking to that, probably factoring the time and place.
Unlucky.
Unlucky.
Man of Honour
I take my car to 8,000rpm + almost every time I drive it.
Where do I hand in my licence?
I'm 17.
Is there anywhere on Google that crushes cars for a fee?
Where do I hand in my licence?
I'm 17.
Is there anywhere on Google that crushes cars for a fee?
i once bought the son a astra sport he wanted from a dam/rep auction we repaired it and put it on the road, 3 nights later he gets pulled and and warned that the car is subject to s59 and told to bring his paperwork to the cop shop.
he was young at the time and did the occasional daft thing, so i was sceptical at first that he may have just been pulled being silly.
turns out the s59 stays with the car as well we bought it from bristol and the previous owner got the original section, was a bit of a faff sending getting paperwork to prove he wasnt the owner at the time it received it . i was told by the copper that the forces didnt always assist when another force enquired and it was close to being siezed. i did point out the doc being in a different name and the area being different but still took a while , he was that fed up afterwards he got rid of the car some weeks later and bought a bmw
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i believe the term is the marker was put against the car.
he was young at the time and did the occasional daft thing, so i was sceptical at first that he may have just been pulled being silly.
turns out the s59 stays with the car as well we bought it from bristol and the previous owner got the original section, was a bit of a faff sending getting paperwork to prove he wasnt the owner at the time it received it . i was told by the copper that the forces didnt always assist when another force enquired and it was close to being siezed. i did point out the doc being in a different name and the area being different but still took a while , he was that fed up afterwards he got rid of the car some weeks later and bought a bmw
()i believe the term is the marker was put against the car.
Soldato
Sorry dude, I have nothing worthwhile. I've literally never even seen a traffic bobby before, a perk of living in the middle of nowhere. I'd never heard of S59.
blimey you lucky castle gresley here and all the time
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You won't find much helpful advice here unfortunately. For a Motors section there is an odd number of regulars that bizarrely share the opinion that speed = child killing and going anywhere near the redline must correlate with driving dangerously or is worthy of an S59.
Unfortunately S.59's can be issued for excessive acceleration because they've got nothing else to throw at you and if the constable doesn't know cars then loud / pops are often associated with speed.
No point arguing with it unless you want to make a point and have money and time to burn.
Should your car be seized upon receiving a second S59 then the costs would still be less than seeking legal advice to have a S59 rescinded - of which there isn't a set process.
Caporegime
Wish our police would hand out s59 to the barried up ****boxes around here.
Likewise, better watch out myself, enjoy giving the FK2 some full throttle where safe to do so.
Sounds like OP was unlucky - obviously don't know the full story but if it was just a case of some sharp acceleration onto an empty dual carriageway, only up to the speed limit, in a vehicle well capable of this, it's hardly the crime of the century.
They haven't chased down drunk people for 12 months, only responding to Doris reporting their neighbour for having a cup of tea. Of course they are bored