Wendy10
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- Location
- Carmarthenshire
I thought I would post a warning to anyone in the Carmarthen area about this issue.
We were stopped by the police, full blues and two's, for using the cattle box to transport some solid drain pipes home. Granted they were sticking out quite a bit. But did the nice policeman really need to radio for a 2nd police man to hold the tape measure for him?
Apparently you are allowed to have 3 foot overhanging as long as it is clearly marked. Any longer and you need permission from the police to carry said item. And a cattle box is for carrying cattle, nothing else, hence the charge of inappropriate use.
The matter is to be referred to a police panel to decide on appropriate action.
We were not allowed to carry on home, we had to leave in a friends field, we were followed to make sure this was done. Said friend described the police man in question and said that he has already been stopped 3 times by him.
You couldn't make it up!
We were stopped by the police, full blues and two's, for using the cattle box to transport some solid drain pipes home. Granted they were sticking out quite a bit. But did the nice policeman really need to radio for a 2nd police man to hold the tape measure for him?
Apparently you are allowed to have 3 foot overhanging as long as it is clearly marked. Any longer and you need permission from the police to carry said item. And a cattle box is for carrying cattle, nothing else, hence the charge of inappropriate use.
The matter is to be referred to a police panel to decide on appropriate action.
We were not allowed to carry on home, we had to leave in a friends field, we were followed to make sure this was done. Said friend described the police man in question and said that he has already been stopped 3 times by him.
You couldn't make it up!