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A Warning for y'all...

Rumour has it that traffic officers are around en-masse around Squires at Sherburn in Elmet over the past week... pulling folks for illegal cans, illegal visors, illegal plates til end of May at least...

See: http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/Ne.../?&R=EPI-90740

"Proof of concept"...

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Me and my brother went to squires this evening (Weds 18th April), we got the pleasure of being pulled and he got a £30 ticket for insecure battery on his crosser, and they were gonna impound it there and then

Source: http://www.bikechatforums.com/viewto...386261#1386261

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on teh way out, there was a volvo with laser near the new rbout at the a1 a63junc, then just round teh corner there was a local car pulling everyone into the layby for cans and plates, i just dipped the clutch and rolled by,then when i was passed, dropped down 2 and hammered it, nothing to hear here............

Source: http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=88105

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ye i got pulled on the way into squires, they were jst checkin number plates and exhausts. Lad in front got warning 4 number plate and 30quid for not avin baffle in exhaust.

Source: http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=88105

BUT, keep this in yer pocket in case you DO get pulled...

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Dark visors during daylight hours should not lead to prosecution, police have finally agreed.

The Motorcycle Enforcement Strategy for England, Wales and Northern Ireland says advice should be given only.

The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) asked riders through MCN what the strategy should be before drawing it up. Common sense on dark visors was one of your biggest demands.

The strategy also says illegal number plates should not lead to prosecution unless they are unreadable from 20.5 metres – another area in which you urged common sense.

On illegal dark visors during the day the strategy recommends “advice only”. It adds: “If used during the hours of darkness or conditions of reduced visibility, consider prosecution… Only in cases where there is an obvious danger should prosecution be considered.“

With regard to small plates it says: “It has been decided not to focus on the technicalities of the size of the plate or font size to comply with current legislation, but to apply a simple test of legibility, based upon the standard eyesight test for riders and drivers.”

The strategy has immediate effect. David Griffin, head of motorcycle safety for ACPO, warned it was guidance only. He said: “It’s not immunity from prosecution.”

Source: http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/Ne.../?&R=EPI-90160