(9) In this section driving has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52); motor vehi

SECTION 59 was brought in by the Government to target vehicles used in a manner los angeles county public library causing alarm, distress or annoyance although many people within the modified community believe that the Section 59 law is pretty much an anti-cruising law.
Yes it looks complicated, but it s really not. So read it, take note, and why not print this out and it in your car? Remember cruisers, knowledge is power, los angeles county public library and there s less chance of you being treated unfairly at a meet or cruise if you know your rights.
SECTION 59 Vehicles used in a manner causing alarm, distress or annoyance: (1) Where a constable in uniform has reasonable los angeles county public library grounds for believing that a motor vehicle is being used on any occasion in a manner which (a) contravenes section 3 or 34 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52) (careless and inconsiderate driving and prohibition of off-road driving), and (b) is causing, or is likely to cause, alarm, distress or annoyance to members of the public, he shall have the powers set out in subsection (3). (2) A constable in uniform shall also have the powers set out in subsection (3) where he has reasonable grounds for believing that a motor vehicle has been used on any occasion in a manner falling within subsection (1). (3) Those powers are (a) power, los angeles county public library if the motor vehicle is moving, to order the person driving it to stop the vehicle; (b) power to seize and remove the motor vehicle; (c) power, for the purposes of exercising a power falling within paragraph (a) or (b), to enter any premises on which he has reasonable grounds for believing the motor vehicle to be; (d) power to use reasonable force, if necessary, in the exercise of any power conferred by any of paragraphs to (a) to (c). (4) A constable shall not seize a motor vehicle in the exercise of the powers conferred on him by this section unless (a) he has warned the person appearing to him to be the person whose use falls within subsection (1) that he will seize it, if that use continues or is repeated; and (b) it appears to him that the use has continued or been repeated after the warning.
(5) Subsection (4) does not require a warning to be given by a constable on any occasion on which he would otherwise have the power to seize a motor vehicle under this section if (a) the circumstances make it impracticable for him to give the warning; (b) the constable has already on that occasion given a warning under that subsection in respect of any use of that motor vehicle or of another los angeles county public library motor vehicle by that person or any other person; (c) the constable has reasonable grounds for believing that such a warning has been given on that occasion otherwise than by him; or (d) the constable has reasonable grounds for believing that the person whose use of that motor vehicle on that occasion would justify the seizure is a person to whom a warning under that subsection has been given (whether or not by that constable or in respect the same vehicle or the same or a similar use) on a previous occasion in the previous twelve months.
(9) In this section driving has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52); motor vehicle means any mechanically propelled vehicle, whether or not it is intended or adapted for use on roads; and private dwelling house does not include any garage or other structure los angeles county public library occupied with the dwelling house, or any land appurtenant to the dwelling house.
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