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In the UK can traffic police stop motorists for no reason? No probable cause required?

• sgjohnson 7y ago
  Yup. In the UK police can also stop and search you at their liberty. Airstrip One.
  • ntzm 7y ago
    They have to have probable cause, but like in most other countries they'll just make something up like they smell drugs or whatever
    • jmkni 7y ago
      In the UK they don't have to have probable cause.
• conjectures 7y ago
  Yup (or at least, some reason could always be found). But they don't shoot you as much. So it's swings and roundabouts really.
• deleted 7y ago
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• overtlypensive 7y ago
  Edit: never mind; I should read my sources.
• nodejsblogger7 7y ago
  To be honest I would say seeing this on the road is enough to pull it over and ask for registration MOT etc. From reading the article it sounds like it was all very peaceful and went without incident.
• collyw 7y ago
  Pedal bikes aren't allowed on the motorways in the UK, so I assume this falls under some similar sort of rule.