Hello,
Last saturday my car was impounded for 30 days and towed away after a man called the police having witnessed me doing skids in an empty gravel car park (I am 18 and have had my red Ps for roughly six months). I left the carpark before before the police arrived (I was unaware they had been called) so the man who reported me chased me down in his car to a nearby McDonald's where the Police arrived soon after. The Police took a statement from the man and then interviewed me. In the interview I responded 'no comment' to every question except whether I had been driving that day which I admitted to. Outside of the interview I admitted to 'bashing' around the carpark and driving through muddy puddles in response to the Police's questions as to how my car got dirty. I was charged with careless driving and fail to keep proper contol of car and told I would recieve a summons in a few months time.
Anyway, my question is: How are the Police able to impound my car merely on the claims of some random guy? I mean, he could've made it up, having some kind of personal vendetta against me. I'm 90% certain he had no videographic or photographic evidence. I could see him making his statement about 30 metres away from me and never did I see him pull out his phone as if to show anything to the Police. How can the burden of proof be so low that a random pedestrain's claims can result in me losing my car for a month and having to appear in court?
Last saturday my car was impounded for 30 days and towed away after a man called the police having witnessed me doing skids in an empty gravel car park (I am 18 and have had my red Ps for roughly six months). I left the carpark before before the police arrived (I was unaware they had been called) so the man who reported me chased me down in his car to a nearby McDonald's where the Police arrived soon after. The Police took a statement from the man and then interviewed me. In the interview I responded 'no comment' to every question except whether I had been driving that day which I admitted to. Outside of the interview I admitted to 'bashing' around the carpark and driving through muddy puddles in response to the Police's questions as to how my car got dirty. I was charged with careless driving and fail to keep proper contol of car and told I would recieve a summons in a few months time.
Anyway, my question is: How are the Police able to impound my car merely on the claims of some random guy? I mean, he could've made it up, having some kind of personal vendetta against me. I'm 90% certain he had no videographic or photographic evidence. I could see him making his statement about 30 metres away from me and never did I see him pull out his phone as if to show anything to the Police. How can the burden of proof be so low that a random pedestrain's claims can result in me losing my car for a month and having to appear in court?