I’ve been researching this increasing trend of the Police seizing vehicles at raves
Now rig vans can be seized as evidence they are viewed as “tools used to commit a crime” and this has been going on since the 90s, but reports from the forums imply that cops are seizing normal motor cars that people are using for their everyday transport…
Basically what has happened is a law has come in in 2005 permitting cops (usually a traffic unit) to confiscate any vehicle which is being driven without insurance or the driver having a valid license.
Although the bulk of party people now no longer drive illegally, those who do can easily be pulled up as the cops have better computers, comms and surveillance kit than back in the 90s (and even in the 90s traffic cops had some nice toys…)
Also cops routinely monitor cars being driven late at night by young people, particularly if they appear to be in groups (not even necessarilly a convoy).
There is a lot of CCTV on the roads in this country…and raves are associated with car crime anyway.
So if you get busted in a non-legal vehicle you and your mates could be stranded in the middle of nowhere…..
