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We have a resident in our road who has 'stuck' leaves over her number plate to avoid detection from the ULEZ cameras. Her son is a serving police officer so we are reluctant to email/phone our local station...
Do the police take car crime as a serious problem? I've just had my van broken into twice in the space of a month, actual damage to repair £2000.The police don't even take fingerprints. Nothing was stolen...
Whilst returning from our holiday and driving to Calais, we noticed that a car with just one headlight working had been following us for about 60 miles. For the next 20 miles or so, it started to tailgate....
When I was a young driver in the late 1960s I had a simple cut-out switch to help deter thieves. I also read about a more sophisticated device that allowed the car to be driven away but after a few hundred...
In our local community we have suffered 15 tyre stabbings in the last 12 months involving a sharp pointed implement. Some victims tyres have appeared normal and then deflated later during journeys. What...
In November 2009, holes were drilled, at night, in the fuel tanks of a number of cars in Kingston, Surrey. On 04 November 2010, a person was convicted in Court 8 at Kingston Crown Court for the same theft...
I purchased a car in May 2010 from a private seller. I conducted various checks including HPI and all came back positive, matching the info the vendor supplied. After about three months the police recovered...
My brother was caught speeding by about 10mph over the limit. He is a new driver, so our Dad took the fine and points for him and our Dad lied to the judge, saying it was him that was speeding not my brother....
On a recent touring holiday in Spain I parked my car on a Saturday afternoon in a street near a prominent landmark in Lleida. On returning about half an hour later the nearside front door window had been...
On Tuesday night my Audi A6 was broken into whilst parked on the street outside my house. I discovered this on Wednesday morning when I went to get into the car and, on pressing my remote's un-locking...
 

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