Non-UK resident - penalty fares?

[baz962]

Lost as in banned . Im not sure of the general reach of the Police at Luton airport , they were very fond of telling us their hands were tied on private property . I do know he said to them , im going to keep driving. His polish one was not banned .

 

[island]

That is correct – it is not illegal for a banned driver to drive on private property, which would include the airport and its approach roads.

 

[baz962]

Still towed his car , as an aside , we were told by some police over the years that a private road with public access is different , all depended which officers you spoke too . After seven year's there , and seeing different police doing different things and some contradicting others , Personally I am none the wiser.

 

[Puffing Devil]

That is correct – it is not illegal for a banned driver to drive on private property, which would include the airport and its approach roads.

This is going way OT and should be in another thread - maybe a mod will move it to its own thread?

However, a driving ban should include the following pronouncement:

This means you cannot drive any motor vehicle on a road or public place from this moment until the end of your disqualification.
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Roads to which the public have unfettered access, such as airport approach roads are a public place. It's the same with car-parks. There may be an argument that the airport apron is not a public place, but that would be it.

Edit to add:

If you're banned in the UK, you're banned in the UK. It matters not if you have another licence which does not have a ban. We only have a reciprocal agreement with the ROI, so a driver banned in the UK could drive in Poland and vice-versa.

 

[silverfoxcc]

My brother has been stopped for speeding in the UK on several occasions, and on producing his California driver's license, has been let off with a warning, one of which started "You do know there's not much we can do about you, don't you sir?"

They can. There have been several instances of foreign drivers being fast tracked through the courts, although the offence normally dictates what the action is to be