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Yes Steve, if on a road in a public place, the inside of a car is a public
place. That's why people carrying knives, baseball bats, truncheons etc in
their cars get arrested.
Sorry I can't remember the authority for this decision.
Richard
Didn't this come about because of people having sex in cars in secluded
places? It was ruled a public place because you could be seen, rather than from an
access point of view, but the police use it to enforce all sorts of carriage laws.
If I recall correctly, the boot, as long as it is inaccessible from the travel
compartment, is not a public place, in the same way as an airliners hold.
Nigel
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I think it's all largely academic because if the police have the vaguest
inkling of you carrying drugs or guns or something they will search it.
Steve.
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