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Well, here's the story...
Travelling home from work today, rather merrily as it was my last day,...
A Police Officer on a bike signals for me to pull over behind him, immediately after a set of traffic lights so no traffic could get through..., so I pulled round him and went down the next side road, which he was on the corner of.
Any who,.. He began to explain the legalities of how tyres aren't allowed to reach out further than the cars body.
I then told him that I have it on good authority of 3 tyre shops which I listed to him that that only accounts for the tyre tread, and not the wall.
Which he said "of course they'll say that, just to sell you tyres..."
Of which I explained I don't get my tyres from them and besides these ones came with the alloys.
He then sat on his radio for a minute, whilst I rang my regular tyre outfit and had them explain the rules and regulations that they know.
"The motor vehicle regulations act of 1996 states in section 18 paragraph 2 subsection D that the front face of a wheel on the vertical plane may protrude from the wheel arch/mudguard a maximum of 30mm but the tyre tread must be covered however...
The Road Traffic Act states that the wheels must be designed to fit that vehicle without the need for spacers/adapters."
My wheels have all tread under the arches,... And the alloys are no more than 25mm on the rear and 15mm on the front.
I have no spacers or adapters,
So is this just....?
Should I just pay and be done with it or wait for a court to decide,...?
Gonna call a Motoring Lawyer tomorrow anyway...
Travelling home from work today, rather merrily as it was my last day,...
A Police Officer on a bike signals for me to pull over behind him, immediately after a set of traffic lights so no traffic could get through..., so I pulled round him and went down the next side road, which he was on the corner of.
Any who,.. He began to explain the legalities of how tyres aren't allowed to reach out further than the cars body.
I then told him that I have it on good authority of 3 tyre shops which I listed to him that that only accounts for the tyre tread, and not the wall.
Which he said "of course they'll say that, just to sell you tyres..."
Of which I explained I don't get my tyres from them and besides these ones came with the alloys.
He then sat on his radio for a minute, whilst I rang my regular tyre outfit and had them explain the rules and regulations that they know.
"The motor vehicle regulations act of 1996 states in section 18 paragraph 2 subsection D that the front face of a wheel on the vertical plane may protrude from the wheel arch/mudguard a maximum of 30mm but the tyre tread must be covered however...
The Road Traffic Act states that the wheels must be designed to fit that vehicle without the need for spacers/adapters."
My wheels have all tread under the arches,... And the alloys are no more than 25mm on the rear and 15mm on the front.
I have no spacers or adapters,
So is this just....?
Should I just pay and be done with it or wait for a court to decide,...?
Gonna call a Motoring Lawyer tomorrow anyway...