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Q My nephew asked me to check out the wheel bearings he had replaced on his little 125. Because I don't have a motorcycle at present I had no bike insurance, but in order to give it a `road test' I rode it in a very large shopping centre car park at about 9pm on a Sunday night when there was nobody around, probably getting the bike up to about 50mph. I was on private land so I was not wearing a helmet. However, two police officers turned up with their blue lights on... Once they were satisfied I wasn't a teenager trying to leg it, they told me that I needed to produce documents. They weren't worried about the lack of helmet (once I had explained what I was doing) and I kept my helmet off so I could listen to any noises coming out of the bearings. The police seemed quite relaxed. I was given a producer document, because nothing was coming up on the police national computer.
I then went down to my local station to show my driving licence, my nephew's MOT and my nephew's MOT certificate, but I had no insurance documents. My nephew also produced his insurance documents. The person on the desk said that the case would be referred on and I have now been summonsed to court for riding without insurance. My nephew has also been summonsed for allowing his bike to be used without insurance. Surely as we were on private land, we do not need insurance? I am on three points for speeding and my job does mean I need to drive.