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This morning I got stopped by the police for riding in the pavement (an empty pavement, and to avoid a car wrongly parked in the middle of a traffic jam). Although I know what I did is illegal, a bit of common sense from the cop side would have saved me from the £30 fine that I got. I was asked my name, address and date of birth. That was all the information that the officer (one of these guys in bikes) asked for, without even checking out if the information was real. I’m from Spain, where ID cards are compulsory, so this system seems to me very weak. Questions that I have and that I hope someone can answer:
· Can I give a fake name and address and get away with it? In this case it wouldn’t have been a problem at all. I reckon that as long as I give a real address / postcode should be enough in case that they check out
· If I give them a real address I don’t think they have a way of checking who lives there, do they? Just if the address is correct
· How often do policemen check the details given? I had been stopped previously and in that occasion they checked them out
· Do I need to provide any prove of id (credit card or similar)? What if I don’t? I reckon they can take you to the police station, but do they really take the trouble to do so??
· Do I have to sign the fine? If I don’t , does it make any difrerence?
Gracias!