Alasdair wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:32:11 +0100, %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth)
> wrote:
>
>> It makes the owner *or any other person* responsible for giving such
>> information to the police for identification of the driver as the
>> police may require. Not "to their own satisfaction", but to the
>> satisfaction of the police. The section also makes it clear that the
>> court gets to decide what is satisfactory, not the person asked to
>> supply the information.
>
> What is the big problem here?  We are talking about an EU country --
> France, so why cannot the British police not ring their counterparts
> in Strasbourg and and ask them to  check the OP's story and also the
> relevant insurance document? Are the police just being awkward?
>

The Police would like the OP to hang himself so they could additionally go 
for a PCJ charge as well without any extra effort.  They apply pressure and 
Bob's your uncle!