WARNINGS for Doggers!

VOSA have powers to stop vehicles, HATOS have powers to direct traffic at the request of the police, rolling road blocks and lane closures etc.

Truth is, save for a bit of HGV enforcement on the part of VOSA they don't bother unless they're on a joint operation with the police, and it's the police that do the stopping. Neither VOSA or HATO's have any authority to exceed the speed limit. HATOS are just glorified cone dispensers. On some motorway networks they tried sending HATO's to minor accidents but gave that up when some people gave false details - no powers of arrest you see! If a HATO tries to stop you, which he probably won't, just put your foot down, they can't exceed the speed limit and if the cops stop you later on the fixed penalty is only £30 non endorsable. If however, they are implementing a road closure and you drive through then it's s driving without due care and attention. Given that they're likely to be closing off at the request of the police then this might just get plod's back up to.[/quote]

This is getting silly! Highway Code page 39 section 108 in black and white
If a HATO wants to stop you they will where possible attract your attention by
Flashing amber lights usually from behind
Directing you to pull over to the side of the road by pointing and/or using left indicator
You MUST THEN PULLOVER AND STOP AS SOON AS IT IS SAFE TO DO SO
IT IS AN OFFENCE NOT TO COMPLY WITH THEIR DIRECTIONS
I think you may get done for more than speeding.
Can we stop this now and just read the Highway Code more often,just remember ignorance is no defence!

watch out for police on horse back at strathclyde park as locals are fed up with couple having sex out in the open so useing horses so that thay can reach secluded corners of the park and any doggers so high-visibillity over the next few comming weeks .

Was out in a certain picnic area last night with Sara looking at an old barn.(enough clues)? When in drives a 4x4 and decides to drive all around the parked cars with spotlights and rooflights on.This was very helpfull as we were looking for our marbles at the time.00.15 must be very quiet for our boys in blue......unless you need them.Now I know when they say they are busy THEY ARE DOGGING.......BE WARNED

Its much the same in Sussex ! At 1.00 am plod arrives illuminating half the county, passes us all and makes a beeline for only couple shagging. The poor souls are asked a few questions and we all fear the worst to be next in line....but plod leaves ! Only to return 15 minutes later to the same couple again.....goes to prove our police have much the same drives and juices as we all do i suppose !

It's happening everywhere: Policing, that is.
"SAFER NEIGHBOURHOODS" it's called.
Now coming into its third year in this county, and the police have announced that high-profile policing will continue to deter "anti-social behaviour".
Basically, the most well-known dogging and cruising sites will continue to have the attention that the town center doesn't get.....
Such events like:
Registered keepers of vehicles getting letters asking why the vehicle was parked at " a site known for sexual activity". (not good if its a company car) (or the wife/husbands)
Drivers being warned that their vehicle may be impounded under sec 59 police reform act (use for antisocial behaviour)
And uniformed officers asking single males why they walk in the park (it's ok if you're dragging a dog or woman along) (unless the dog craps and you don't pick it up) (don't know about the woman)

I put a post in main forum, then though may be this a better place

http://www.hogsbackcampaign.org/

hi was at a certain site nr the a666 last night and was a few nice coupls there waiting.so as you do pick a nice spot wait very Patiently was sat there a good few hours then hay presto as by magic just as it goes dark the old bill turn up in there bmw and once again spoils the night.at least one good thing came out of it i got chatting to one of the regs up there (ford focus) and made a new friend so was happy with that.

if anyone was there last night i was the man in the van if you was next time just come say hi.

yer your not wrong there mate ive seen it myself while driving through there a van load of them running all over the place with torches then the following weekend i drove through behind a police land rover and a man was getting bummed at the side of his car and they just drove on.

Car parks closed, lay-bys blocked and trees cut as councils try to stop 'dogging'

Dozens of car parks have been shut, lay-bys blocked and trees cut down around the country in attempts to deter the outdoor sex practice known as “dogging”.

Councils, police forces and park authorities are also carrying out night-time patrols, putting up warning signs and painting double yellow lines in secluded areas. The authorities insist the drastic and sometimes costly actions are needed to deter “doggers”, people who get a thrill from watching strangers have sex in parked cars.

But some claim the culprits should simply be arrested for the crimes indecent exposure or outraging public decency, rather than the law-abiding majority suffering restricted access to roads or the countryside.

The steps taken by town halls in particular to halt dogging were highlighted this week when it emerged that Surrey County Council is considering releasing a herd of bulls into a field. The local authority has had more than 300 complaints about people having sex near the Hog’s Back lay-by on the A31 at Puttenham, and believes the bull option is “viable”.

A Daily Telegraph survey has found that councils across Britain have taken similar action in recent years :-
- Earlier this year 6,000 trees were cut down at a beauty spot on the outskirts of Darwen, Lancashire, with councillors claiming it would act as “a deterrent to people who go dogging”.
- In Leicestershire, a wildlife area was bulldozed at a dogging hotspot in 2007. Residents complained that mature ash and beech trees had been chopped down at Groby Pool, by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council, but that strangers continued to meet there for sex.
- A popular picnic site in Derbyshire was transformed, with bushes cut down to make the car park more visible and gates costing £1,000 installed at the Highoredish site. Derbyshire County Council also restricted access to the car park to daylight hours and weekends during the summer, with nearby residents volunteering to lock the gates.
- Two lay-bys in Durham, one near Crook and the other north of Tow Law, were closed down partly because of “problems of anti-social behaviour of a sexual nature”.
- Durham County Council has also closed a car park at Beamish Burn during the week.
- The same authority has cut back trees and shrubs at two sites near Chester-le-Street and Causey Arch near Stanley, where £1,000 was also spent putting up fencing to keep doggers out.
- Warrington Borough Council installed a “concrete barrier” and demolished three disused buildings near lanes in Burtonwood “following numerous reports and complaints”, and also took action on two car parks near woods.
- An beauty spot in the Cotswolds became so notorious for open-air sex that earlier this year pranksters put up a fake heritage road sign stating: “Official dogging area.”
Gloucestershire County Council has responded by clearing scrub and bushes at Barrow Wake viewpoint, and may close another park at night.
- In Alkrington Woods, Rochdale MBC closed a car park temporarily and installed CCTV cameras.
- Kent County Council blocked off a lay-by on the A249 at Stockbury despite complaints from lorry drivers who said they used it as a legitimate rest stop
- a picnic site near Stowmarket was shut down by Suffolk County Council.
- The Forestry Commissions in England, Scotland and Wales have also taken action to deter doggers, in some places putting up warning signs and in others cutting back vegetation to make secluded car parks more visible.

Source, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8037528/Car-parks-closed-lay-bys-blocked-and-trees-cut-as-councils-try-to-stop-dogging.html

Believe some of these locations have already been mentioned, but nice to summarise occasionally