Coppers and why I dislike them immensely!

[InkedMuttley]

I also believe that the Police sometimes issue rectification notices for defective parts. If it's not THAT bad, like the worn shoulder of a tyre, they can give you, say, a week to fix it and if they see you on the road after that without fixing it, THEN it's squeaky bum time?

This is very true they're referred to as VDR Notices (Vehicle Defect Rectification)...I remember getting one on my old car as I had a really loud blowing exhaust, luckily enough I had the new downpipe (It was a Rover 416 with a broken flexi on the downpipe) copper was quite decent with me and told me to get it fitted ASAP and present it to be checked out.