To dob him in for driving while banned?

[BlowDryRat]

I found out yesterday that my exH got a year-long driving ban last summer for drink and drug-driving. He's been picking up the DC on contact days and driving them places.

He's a nasty piece of work who believes himself to be an innocent victim in a world out to get him. Nothing is ever his fault, he made my life hell and he lets the kids down.

WIBU to get video evidence of him driving and send it to the police?

Who are the 5% of people thinking it's OK for her exH to drive while banned, uninsured, quite possibly under the influence of drink and or drugs, seeing as he thought that was OK to do in the first place?!

Not my best decision ever, but here we are. To be fair to myself, I have to say that he presented as a clean-living, wonderful man and I was very young.

I'm usually of the school mind your own business but he's potentially endangering your children here and that takes priority

I reported someone via crime stoppers (think that's the name). They will ask for his details, address, car reg, make & model. Where he works, regular routines this might be visiting family, gym, pubs.
When I did it I saw patrol days for a number of days/weeks in the area and it's not an area that is usually patrolled

I've got his car reg. It's taxed, MOT'ed and insured (although whether that's valid if he's banned from driving is a good question).

Definitely report him but also stay safe.

If he is banned from driving he won't be insured to drive it, although he may be able to insure it against theft.

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Unlicensed, means uninsured, also increased risk, if he gets the blue lights while the kids in the car is he going to stop and take the rap? or more likely to bolt and end up in a car chase... with kids in the car.

Indeed.

I'd be very suspicious if he answered the "points on your driving licence" question honestly at his renewal. A lot of companies allow you to enter your licence number now, though it's optional. It's one thing I think should be mandatory so they can check and prove any points, etc.

Else it's insured in his partner's name (if he has one) and he's just driving it. Whether he's a named driver is then of course another matter. I've seen those police shows on TV where they pull over a guy driving a car because the ANPR says it's insured to a woman with no named drivers.

Report the reg and wait for ANPR to do its thing. Hopefully it won't take long.

Don't film him. Just give the Police his details and details of the vehicle and when he will be driving. Tell the Police why you don't want to report him and let them do the rest.

Report him to the insurance.

Reported online. I gave them all the details I knew, as well as times and dates when I've seen him driving the DC 😡I should get a response within 48 hours.

Super-fast initial response! SS have been involved with him before so I will take the advice to let them know too.

People make mistakes and then rectify them. I'm sure you have too.

OP - you need to film him driving away.

My BIL was banned from driving for a year but continued to do so. He was reported and police set up near his address and caught him. He eventually got a custodial sentence (not his first offence, he's a peach)

Well obviously they don’t go in his car, so…?
And yours is a shit user name, on every level.

Excellent news OP. Good to see that they're taking it seriously. It's definitely a matter of when, not if, they'll pull him over.

It is a definite safeguarding matter when it comes to the children, so I agree it's an SS report, even if it's just to build a picture about his parenting, should you ever need it.

Dob him in at once and tell them the colour, make and registration of his car.

They can then catch him in the act without your DC. He's a public menace and needs to be dealt with.

Addendum

All they need is to see him pull out of his drive. The minute the car is moving on the road, he's nabbed.

If you make a video, make it that one or use the home CCTV and send that in.

He shouldn't be doing it. He won't be allowed the kids again.
There goes your free time 😝

Wasn't there a Louise Candlish novel that started like this? ;)

Yes, dob him in

Dunno why the UK doesn't have a chip in driver's licenses that has to be swiped and approved before the person can buy fuel or recharge their EV at a charge point. I mean, good luck driving if you can't buy petrol.

Since the thread was created in January she's probably made the decision by now 🙄

And how is this comment helpful, may I ask?

.........Sorry, only just realised this is a zombie thread🙄