This happened a couple of weeks ago but thought I'd share anyway.
It was my fault, I was dropping somebody off and stopped on a zigzag line (just before a pedestrian crossing) with a police car right behind me.
He pipped his horn and gestured for me to move on, and I thought I'd got away with this. But he continued to follow me around a couple of turnings, and then when we got onto a quieter road, the blue lights went on :pullover:
I was of course very polite. He asked me why I thought he had pulled me over (and I told him, it's not like a could deny it). He asked me why, and I told him because I didn't want to brake too sharply to stop before the zigzag started...bad move, because he said that suggested I saw driving without due care and attention :mask:
Anyway, he asked for my licence, and then he said he had also stopped me because the vehicle I was driving wasn't registered as insured to me (it was a company car). He started asking if the vehicle was mine, who did it belong to, etc. Probably wondering why a 20 year old dude would be driving a literally brand new, ?22,000 car. Then he asked for proof that I had the right to drive the vehicle, proof I worked for Nissan and proof I was insured. I didn't have any of that :lockedup:
Anyway, he radioed in to check my licence, which came out clean. He then told me he wasn't going to fine me for stopping on a zigzag, wasn't going to fine me for driving without due care, and wasn't going to confiscate my vehicle for driving without being registered as insured on it/having no proof of ownership. He told me I looked like one of the better standing members of society, and let me go with a lecture!
First time I've been pulled over, so it was kind of embarassing and worrying at the same time... :hammerhead:
You came out of in unscathed. No worries, man.
Even if you got a ticket, you take care of it, and life goes on. There's nothing to worry about until they break out the 'cuffs...