Stav
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RE: What bike documentation do you take with you
Hello Steady, i`ve been going for over 20 years and never taken any bike documentation, but my drivers licence is in my wallet! We found out last weekend, at Cairnryan, that a full PNC (?) Mot, Insurance,ownership) check can be carried out with your licence and Reg` number.
Hope that helps....not long now!
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25-05-2015, 11:27 AM |
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RE: What bike documentation do you take with you
(25-05-2015, 11:27 AM)Stav Wrote: Hello Steady, i`ve been going for over 20 years and never taken any bike documentation, but my drivers licence is in my wallet! We found out last weekend, at Cairnryan, that a full PNC (?) Mot, Insurance,ownership) check can be carried out with your licence and Reg` number.
Hope that helps....not long now!
Shouldn't need anything really Ed, although it's no problem to carry licence, mot, insurance just in case, or if you don't want to risk losing them or getting them wet photocopies would provide policy number licence number etc in an emergency.
If you get stopped over here or on the way to the boat and given a producer by plod I'm sure they would date it to give you time to get home and produce at the local station on your return if you explained the situation to them.
Years ago there used to be something on the ferry tickets about having to carry reg docs or proof of ownership/authority to be in possession of your vehicle as you may be asked to produce them before boarding, but i was never asked for anything and I think that paragraph disappeared in the 1990's
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25-05-2015, 12:19 PM |
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Malcolm
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RE: What bike documentation do you take with you
A few years ago (2004 I think it was), while I was flitting back and forth from Lancashire to the Isle of Man, I was pulled early one Sunday morning (about 07:30), on the Old Castletown road (near Port Soderick junction) by some "person" using a speed gun.
I had no documents on me at the time, and could not produce any for him, except for some bank cards etc with my name on them.
The vehicle check he carried out on the spot verified myself as the vehicle owner, and that everything was in place (My Licence, Vehicle Insurance etc).
So, even if you have nothing other than a bank card on your person, it would certainly seem that they can still carry out a full and complete check on you and your bike, on the spot.
Still, probably best to carry something, as I was held up for ages while the checks were carried out.
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25-05-2015, 01:42 PM |
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RE: What bike documentation do you take with you
I guess it depends what the circumstances are?
I always carry my MOT/Insurance/Licence when I am on the Island, more out of habit than anything else.
A few years back, I was standing outside the Sefton talking to the Manager at the time, Woody and Bob Mc Millan from Honda, when a Copper walked up and asked me if it was my bike parked up. He then started to give me down the banks over my numberplate, I started laughing as I thought I was being set up by Woody, but by the look on his face it became apparant very quickly that he was serious.
I was given a producer, and was told in no uncertain terms, that if he saw me again before I had produced, he would have my bike taken of me.
When I went to Douglas Police station, the Copper asked me why I was there, when I told him what had happened, he said the Copper who booked me was a total T**T, but if I had not produced, he would have gone out of his way to deal with it.
So although we now live in a digital age, for the sake of a few bits of paper, I still take them with me.
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Smidsy
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RE: What bike documentation do you take with you
I got a pull last year coming out of Laxey, speeding, not excessively and a genuine mistake, but speeding non the less.
All the officer wanted was to see proof of identify, I had my old photo card driving licence, (out of date, not my current one) but he was ok with that, he then checked my insurance and MOT by UK PNC, it said I had insurance, but no MOT, (however my bike was under 3years old, I explained that, he said it didn't matter and they aren't bothered re MOT and was just mentioning it.
Back at my digs I had photocopies of my insurance, and current driving licence, as I always have.
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