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As from the 2nd December anyone caught driving with a substancial amount of snow on the roof of their cars having not cleared it prior to starting off will be fined 60 pounds and given 3 penalty points. I'm serious.

Bobh wrote:As from the 2nd December anyone caught driving with a substancial amount of snow on the roof of their cars having not cleared it prior to starting off will be fined 60 pounds and given 3 penalty points. I'm serious.

And quite right too. I have a friend in Hamilton who was sitting in traffic when a car behind came slamming to a halt and the snow came flying off and cracking their read wind screen.

Always thought it was illegal ---anyway jist try lookin oot efter brakin when the caur has heated up an the whole lot has slid doon ower the windscreen -- F'in ejits --Ah dinna mind them killin thersells - BUT - hoot aboot the ithers ?

Totally agree.The same should apply to d**k heads that can not spare 5 minutes to scrape ice from car windscreen and windows and then drive peering through a 4 inch slot until the heater warms up!

L.R. that IS also an offence !

Just out of interest (my own car hasn't moved in nearly a week!) exactly what offence are these enemies of society being charged with? The Police can't just decide that something is illegal and start fining people for it - it has to be covered by something already in the RTA.

That's exactly what I was thinking Beachcomber! Which part of the Road Traffic Act is being contravened. I can understand it if people's views are obscured, but how much snow on your roof? 2 cm, 5cm, 10 cm. All seems like a bit of an urban myth gone "viral", where everyone pertains to know "someone" this happened to. I've had about 5 text messages about this in the last 2 days. I almost crashed my car with laughter this morning when I saw a police car with about 2 foot of snow on it's roof.

Are we also expecting lorry drivers to climb on top of their trailers to make sure there's no snow up there?

it could be classed as an unsecure load!

Try this one for a fit -- "Careless and Inconsiderate Driving "

The offence of driving a motor vehicle on a road or other public place without due care and attention or without reasonable consideration for other road users. This is a summary offence for which the maximum penalty is a fine at level 4 on the standard scale and it carries endorsement of three to nine penalty points; disqualification is discretionary. This offence, defined by s 3 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (as amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991), replaces the former offences of careless driving and inconsiderate driving. The test as to whether a defendant is guilty of careless driving is an objective one: what the prosecution have to prove is that the defendant has departed from the standard of a reasonable, prudent and competent driver in all the circumstances of the case.

http://law.jrank.org/pages/19567/carele ... iving.html

just another thing for the egotistic vermen to pull you over for

Neil Lennon was caught with snow on his car roof yesterday. He was happy to get the three points .

Snow joke is it?

I've been getting these texts too so I asked my policeman neighbour. He says it is in the Highway Code but it is a recommendation and not statute. However, failure to comply with any part of the Highway Code is sufficient to get a conviction for 'driving without due care and consideration for other road users' so it would surely just be sensible to have a quick go at it before setting off. There was about six inches on top of my car this morning and just to save the gas alone in driving around with it would be an idea.

Govangirl wrote:I've been getting these texts too so I asked my policeman neighbour. He says it is in the Highway Code but it is a recommendation and not statute. However, failure to comply with any part of the Highway Code is sufficient to get a conviction for 'driving without due care and consideration for other road users' so it would surely just be sensible to have a quick go at it before setting off. There was about six inches on top of my car this morning and just to save the gas alone in driving around with it would be an idea.

Totally agree.Three minutes work with a sweeping brush.

I know of someone who was behind a lorry last week, snow slid off it's roof and came down through his windscreen. Also damaged the front of his car badly. That could have killed him. I think I'd prefer to take the time to clear the snow off my car than risk killing the person driving behind me.