Medziotojas Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 The arrogant tosser has parked this piece of crap near the Turrifield grind in Sandness, on a blind corner, where two cars used to be able to pass comfortably, now they can't. He's seriously putting people in danger with this because you can't see the thing when you are coming into Sandness until you are almost on top of it. Presumably, without all the necessary documentation, it is also uninsured (obviously I'm thinking about third parties). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohanofNess Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 I'm sure *if* a Sandness tractor were to somehow become....ahem....attached to said obstacle during the night, and move it.... to someplace it was never found again. That no-one would really be too bothered about it. Not that's I'm saying anyone should aid or abet such an occurance of course, just postulating upon the probable outcome, were such a thing to purely randomly by chance happen to occur. http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq330/Redneck_Hillbilly0504/Whistling.gif Purely coincidental but does anyone want some spares off the original land rover?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breeksy Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Shame that Forvik is going to get even more coverage, and seemingly sympathetic via Martin Clune's islands programme - on Sunday I think. According to the Radio Times anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Para Handy Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 I think that a psychiatrist may be able to spend an interesting hour with Mr What do you mean an hour. He could use up all the time at a world conference and still nobody could come to a conclusion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaflech Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Well apparently his Land Rover is still parked in a passing place in Sandness, and I know of two individuals who have reported it to the police in the last 24 hours, but so far nothing has been done to remove it. One of the folk who called in was told it 'wasn't the police's highest priority.' So, if a vehicle with no legitimate tax, in an unroadworthy condition and therefore not insured, and not carrying any legitimate registration, parked unmarked and unlit in a passing place on a public road and clearly posing a hazard to the safety of the residents of this country isn't a priority to the police, does that mean we can all cancel our insurance policy and get a refund on our tax discs? It shouldn't matter where the vehicle is 'registered', if it is illegal in any way (or many ways in this case) under UK law, the police are duty bound to investigate it and remove the hazard from the road, but they are choosing not to. I strongly believe that public safety should come before any potential 'diplomatic incident.' Everybody who comes across this vehicle should report it to the police - maybe eventually they may do something about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Has he taken the british number plates off. If so report it as a suspicious car. He is hiding the true number plate so in an accident your stuffed. I wonder if its insured. Anybody fancy driving an old banger through lerwick with not tax, mot or insurance with a clearly dodgy tax disc an offence in itself.can you imagine the sarcasm the sheriff would give while he was banning you. There is a new law that lets the police fine foreign drivers on the spot so why not him. Or just maybe its a long drive to sandness from lerwick and they cant be bothered. Or he is right and Scottish law does not apply. We then would have to ask what would the Scandinavians do to such a car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 The biggest problem which is facing the police with regard to this situation, is that Mr Hill obviously wants them to take action.I dread to think what mischief he'll get up to if it became a court case. And if he ends up in court over it he will simply use it as an excuse to gain media coverage for his various campaigns.Sadly, it will once again reflect badly on Shetland to have such publicity. People worldwide must now think that Shetland is a haven for nutters. It's a pity that the darned Land Rover can't simply disappear of it's own accord. That way the problem would be solved, and Hill won't get to make a song and dance about it..... I wonder if the trows read posts here?? Perhaps they could make it disappear.. PS.paulb.. In this area of Scandanavia, it would disappear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Yes it should be recycled. But avoiding the hassle lets him win he is clearly breaking the law more so than half the people that are up before the sheriff each week. He needs charging with something and then he will discover how little he is. The tax disc is a criminal offence by itself. i wonder about the tyres to. Has he bought the heap or has he borrowed it from the last owner. has he become the registered keeper or is the poor mug who sold it to him going to get the tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMe Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 So let the police arrest him next time he sets foot on the Shetland mainland and charge him with every possible offence from no tax disc to a possible offence under the litter act. Let the sheriff decide that he is guilty (assuming he is) and impose a penalty. Let the man fail to pay the fine or whatever and then allow him to start along the route that must at some stage lead either to the House of Lords or one of the European courts. Never know what the outcome could be.......perhaps he is right all along. Merely raising flags on Forvick and having lots of websites really does little harm but if, as alleged, he has committed various road traffic offences that could endanger others then he must be stopped. If a day in court stops him from staging stunts that may be dangerous then that has to be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Is the thing still there.... Boy, boy....what a laid back tolerant lot you must be oot wast.... around here he'd have been looking at the brucks o' 'er in an old quarry or the boddam of some geo afore daylight. Too many tractors with forklift taes on foreloaders for it not to happen.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Then we have except his terms and conditions and we would end up with a fee of a grand not forgetting the international dispute for nicking his offical car.Maybe sherlock could have a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMe Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Just a little thought but if Stuart does not recognise the Shetland authorities he will not want to claim legal aid so therefore will have to finance all his legal bills all the way to the Lords........expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crofter Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Anybody fancy driving an old banger through lerwick with not tax, mot or insurance with a clearly dodgy tax disc an offence in itself..... Or he is right and Scottish law does not apply. Good point paulb - Nobody knows which law applies to his "tax" activities until it is decided in court. Which court? If Hill ends up in front of the sheriff in Lerwick because of his bald tires he will not accept the ruling because he suggests the court has no power here. Then a long legal journey will begin and lots of lawyers will cackle with glee. Hill should do exactly as you suggest if he wants his day in court, or follow my advice, and club a seal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Then we have except his terms and conditions and we would end up with a fee of a grand not forgetting the international dispute for nicking his offical car.Maybe sherlock could have a look. He has no means of collecting any fee he may try to levy. Forvik doesn't recognise the UK Court system. He can't use the UK Court system to pursue and fees levied by Forvik or Forvik nationals, to do so he'd be shooting himself in the foot and destroying a chunk of his own leverage in the bigger picture. Its not like Forvik High Court even exists, never mind be recognised by the UK Court system and a reciprocal agreement exist between them. As long as he claims the vehicle is registered in Forvik and not subject to UK statutes, he is on his own when it come to fee collection. Besides, he's threatening to levy any fee in a currency that has nothing to do with Forvik, how does that one work? His "threat" is about as much worth as one of those infamous Nigerian scam letters. Personally if I lived anywhere near Sandness and considered the vehicle a problem where its parked, I would neither have any qualms about, or hesitate to move it. He could feel free to send me as many bills as he liked, apart from wasting paper, ink and postage they'd make no difference to anything. Although, I might take a leaf out of his own book, and hire someone to receive and ignore tham on my behalf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 So, could the vehicle be recovered, scrapped (crushed) and returned to him in cube form which would make the vehicle safer "Though not roadworthy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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