3 Questions UK Police MUST Answer If You Ask Them (Most Drivers Never Do)

📘 Get Know Your Rights here: https://knowrightsuk.gumroad.com/l/know-your-rights Blue lights in the mirror. You pull in, wind the window down, and the officer starts asking questions — where have you come from, where are you going, have you had anything to drink — and because you have nothing to hide, you answer every one. Here is what almost nobody realises: it works the other way round too. There are three questions you can ask him, and the Police and Criminal Evidence Act and the code officers are trained on say he has to answer them. Every officer has been taught the answers. Almost no driver has been taught the questions. Here is what we cover: What you must do first — Road Traffic Act 1988, s.163: you must stop, and he doesn't need a reason Question one: "Am I free to go?" — PACE Code A 2.10: "free to leave at will and must be so informed" Why he asks so many questions — Code A Note 1: helping the police is "a civic rather than a legal duty" Why "nothing to hide" is the trap Question two: "What power are you using, and what are your grounds?" — PACE s.2(3) and Code A 3.8 (what officers learn as GO WISELY) How long he can keep you — Code A 3.3: "reasonable and kept to a minimum" The honest exceptions — section 60 authorisations, and a number instead of a name in terrorism cases The mistakes — and why you refuse consent, never a lawful order Question three: "What's your name and your station?" — and the search record you can ask for within three months All three, in order, played out — and what to do if he won't answer Everything here is tied to real sources — legislation.gov.uk (Road Traffic Act 1988, PACE 1984) and PACE Code A (2023) on gov.uk — checked in October 2026. One honest note. These questions don't get you out of anything you're lawfully required to do. Stop when told, hand over what you must, and never resist. What they do is put the officer's position on the record instead of yours. FREE HELP FIRST. If this ever becomes an arrest, ask for the duty solicitor. It is free, at any hour. 📘 Get the full handbook on stops, searches and what to say: https://knowrightsuk.gumroad.com/l/know-your-rights England and Wales — Scotland is a separate legal system. General information about published law, not advice about your situation. Comply with any lawful requirement, never lie, and never resist. Has this ever happened to you? Type the county, nothing else. #policeuk #knowyourrights #stopandsearch #ukdrivers #pace