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I think there is confusion as to routine check and Roadside vehicle safety check, the police have the right to stop a vehicle on the Queens highway if they suspect that the vehicle has been involved in a crime, has something that makes the vehicle illegal to be used on public roads, they have to...

And drove off in your recently stolen van 😄. Phil Joke by the way.

As I said Dave they do not have to ask permission (Trained vehicle inspectors), just as HM Customs do not have to ask permission to pull your vehicle to bits. Nor do they apologise when nothing is found. The Road side checks you are in the main asked to leave the vehicle though you are allowed...

To be the devils advocate Dave if the police/DVSA are doing roadside checks they have the ultimate authority to look at anything in and around the vehicle on the grounds of a vehicle safety check. The average copper on the beat and many motor patrol police can only check obvious things such as...

Having it running all night, I personally found that I didn't feel that I had had a good sleep and was not feeling great on waking up, so I very quickly turned to the timer and had it coming on at about 7 o'clock am and turning off at 11 am, set to usually about 19deg we immediately felt...

This is a gov recommended way of measuring the weight of a vehicle that will not fit on a weigh bridge, the principle is the same as a rolling brake tester weighing the front and rear axles and combining the two to get the vehicle weight, it may not be precise but obviously good enough for...

Sri Squirrel I disagree with that when testing front and back axle weights on a weigh bridge the recognised way is to drive the vehicle front axle on to the bridge then weigh check after this you drive the whole vehicle onto the weigh bridge getting total vehicle weight. For back axle weight the...

No, it's at this present point in time just used to check the brake percentage against the axle weight, you do not see this shown on anything that is given to you. I only know about it because the MoT station I use was the station I used to own, I sold it in the year 2000 to the present owner...

Just as aside to the above comment, most modern if not all MOT station rolling roads now weigh the vehicle axle weights automatically for brake weight purposes, this has been so for a few years. I am not sure if these weights are officially sent to the DVLA on recording MOT pass or failure tests...

Sounds like your converting a 40ton artic trailer Moto, 😄. Phil

It's still a life choice Trevor, that you no longer have, what is the next thing you will have no power over, restriction to 1 can or bottle of beer a week maybe. Phil

As I said Dave it should be left to individual choice, I wouldn't dream of placing any of my many grand children in jeopardy but any over 18 should be able to decide if they want to chance their lives by flying, skiing,diving driving,riding a horse (Very risky) or indeed any other thing they...

Dave I really do understand your reticence but my view is it should be a free choice, too many rules and regulations are being pushed on us from all sorts of supposedly experts in their field. If I decide I want to ride my motorcycles without a helmet it should surely be my choice not somebody...

Many years ago when I was 16 I and 3 of my friends one being 17 and who was the proud owner of an old Morris traveller, decided to go very early morning fishing, we all turned up at Micks House at about 2 in the morning he lived in a sleepy village Buriton in Hampshire his parents house was set...

I am still not clear in my mind as to the exact ruling on side facing seats, as far as I can determine side facing seats without seat belt restraints for travelling are still legal but frowned upon, for all the legal speak and the police plus others would like to cloud the issue by saying it is...

I've self fitted bonded windows on the rear doors of my XLWB 250x now for six years Squirrel and my sons bonded windows on his sliding door, opposite side and both rear doors for 18 months with no problems, as Silver sprinter says if done properly its no different to factory fit bonded windows...

They are the tanks I have, best decision I took on water tanks, saw them first on commercial conversions at shows and got his phone number off a tank at a show. He does do various inlets and outlets according to your needs, but specialising in Sevel vans and I believe Ford transits he delivers...

With respect Phil, the main stress on something like that is downwards not in its like hanging a heavy picture the force is down the wall not outwards or in this case inwards. I suspect that it has been fine for a number of years but the force of reversing into a solid object was too much for...

In 30 years we have never drunk water straight from any motorhome/caravan water storage, we always boil the water first i.e. tea or coffee, on occasions my wife will boil the water then let it go cold for drinking if we run out of water from tap water held in a bottle. I'm sure that if storage...

Was this reversing damage or ladder use? Phil