Friend of the wifes was pulled over for speeding this week by the police. She was speeding on the motorway. The lady in question also had a young child with her. Now i'm not condoning speeding etc, the lady had an issue with the police officer as he wanted the lady to leave the child unattended in the car on the hard shoulder while the speeding offence was written out in the police car. The lady said she would not leave the child unatteneded so aparently the police officer got arsy with her as he wrote out the ticket on the hard shoulder.

My question is what rights do you have when stopped by the police? Do you have to get out of your car? Can the police officer request that you follow them to a safe location? What can you do and what cant you do when stopped?

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I believe they have no rights to actually make you leave the car, just like you don't have to instantly pull over when requested, if you feel its unsafe to do so, I personally would not pull over on to the hard shoulder of motorway with my kids in the car, I would proceed to the next exit and pull over in safety

I would be also contacting the police officers superiors  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Yeah I believe the ladies husband is putting a complaint in. I know with everything that is said about parking on the hard shoulder I wouldn't leave my kid alone either. Black MY2013 SD4 GS Auto, Wood Company Armrest, Freel2 sticker.
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Hard shoulders should not be stood near. I would have took the kid out and asked the officer to stand away from the car. See itv4 durring the day for s9me results.

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Sounds like someone is a bit miffed about being caught speeding to me and trying to divert the attention - it is obviously someone so caring about their young child they think it will help the safety and wellbeing of their child by speeding on the motorway. I'm sure the police car would have been in fend off position BEHIND the offender's car with blue and red lights warning on coming traffic that the hard shoulder was blocked.

Good job they stopped her before she caused carnage.

How many times have you seen on those cop tv shows a car pulled by the fuzz and the inboard camera of the police car films the car pulled over been wiped out by a rubber necking idiot been parked behind with the lights flashing is no safety barrier  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

How many times do you see on said programmes the guilty concocting every lame story in the book to divert attention away from their stupid/illegal activities - this is a classic example

No you don't have to get out of the car when pulled over for speeding.

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richardk,I take it you dont have kids then.
There is no way i would leave mine in the car.
This just makes the police out to hypercritical,What is they tell us tdo if we break down and end up on the hard shoulder,NEVER SIT IN THE CAR and always step well away from the car.

I don't know the persons involved, but the fact is wether done for speeding or not, I don't think it's appropriate to leave a kid in the car, I don't see anything that's saying I'm trying to detract from the fact I got done for speeding in what was written by the OP

I'm sure they would have had her sitting in the police car for more than 10 minutes showering the video, the speed gun and going on about how its an offence to speed, the process of the courts, the higher than thou attitude lecturing on the ignts and wrong,whilst a child in the car could get very distressed within this time and feel they had been abandon etc Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

I tend to agree with Richard on this, I don't condone speeding although I do, I have been stopped and shown footage of my driving, the speed recorded was 96 on the M56 in Cheshire, the result was, I was warned on the spot to slow down a bit, the reason he let me off lightly was my observation and the fact I left a decent distance behind other cars before I whizzed past them.
The police are not out to catch every driver doing 75mph, often you can pass them at 80-85 and they won't bat an eyelid, however, drive like a tw t or too close for example, and their furrowed brow will be raised.
The lady in the OP"s post was stopped for speeding, that's all it says, however, I would imagine that there is a reason above and beyond this, the speed would have been quite excessive, maybe it was the child that triggered the police action.
She' guilty, end of. No you don't need to get out of the car, she could easily have requested to drive to the next exit as she had a child, instead she is making herself into a martyr, take the punishment and shut woman.

After the event the 'lady' should take it on the chin, accept the offence and move on. No good bitching about it afterwards.

In future she should know not to stop on the hard shoulder but to indicate acknowledgment to pull over and drive cautiously to the next safe pull in or exit road, then explain her actions for doing that to the police.

Leave it now, she's out for revenge after being annoyed by not getting away with speeding, she's also stupid putting her kids life at risk, by all means do as you please when on your own but have a thought for your innocents.

Can't understand why people think she's bitching because she was done for speeding, it would still inappropriate if she got pulled over for incorrect spacing of a number plate  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

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Actually I think the forum is judging the actions / motives of the OP's friend without knowing the full facts, or the exact events. It's beginning to sound a bit 'self-righteous brothers' IMHO.

In fact the OP merely asked a simple question - what would be considered reasonable behaviour if pulled over in these circumstances, and some of the replies seem to be written from a high horse!

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No, she doesn't have to get out of the car. We have even been given guidance on just such a situation where a young child is present. That being said, I'd not be standing by the drivers window whilst doing the ticket. I'd be talking to you through the passenger window.

The lady needs to consider why she is speeding with a young one in the rear too. To get pulled on the motorway speeding takes a a sizable chunk of speed over and above the 70

Unless it was a 50 section or something ??? But we don't have all the details