Beware of stowaways on your cycle rack.

[Steve I]

Couple return from France unknowingly carrying a stowaway hiding on their cycle rack cover and get fined! Seems a bit unfair to say the least. I'd imagine most folks reading this will now save themselves £1,500 and not report the matter. The law is an arse.

Essex couple fined £1,500 after migrant hid on motorhome

The pair are given a £1,500 penalty after finding the young man once they arrived home in Essex.

www.bbc.co.uk

My guess is that maybe c80-90% of people would have reported it previously but now be lucky if only 90% don’t… beyond madness

 

[Bubba]

There again, they could simply check their vehicle before crossing . . . .

Ah. Let's blame the girl in the short skirt for getting raped.
If a crime has been committed against you, ie, someone used your vehicle to gain entry into a country, it's the owners fault. Not the person who illegally gained entry into a country.

 

[pandas]

I am pretty sure I would notice a 75k weight hanging off the back. plus there would have been some movement to shift position. When we used to have a rear bike rack we used to check just to make sure the bikes were still okay more than anything else., (everyone hates a smart a...) We have a garage now.

 

[Northernraider]

Ah. Let's blame the girl in the short skirt for getting raped.
If a crime has been committed against you, ie, someone used your vehicle to gain entry into a country, it's the owners fault. Not the person who illegally gained entry into a country.

Easier to catch and fine .

And that's the UK all over. That's why motorists are easy targets but drug gangs ,terrorist cells etc etc are left till they've killed folk etc and then we're told " we've been watching them for some time"

 

[Daffy64]

It’s not just Motorhomes, truck drivers get fined if they bring anyone in.

I’d be furious if I was fined but I can also appreciate the other side in that if HMG didn’t deter individuals from importing migrants then every other truck, bus and van would be a potential migrant transporter because there would be money to be made by subletting some space on your bike rack.

Can you imagine the queue at customs if Border force had to do a proper search on every vehicle?

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[15isto2]

It was raised at Prime Minister’s Questions today.