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I'm amazed anyone in Britain would even give this the time of the day as a discussion point. It would be a Finks' Charter. My old man who fought in two WW's would turn in his grave.
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Fink's charter, yes.
My point is that Drink Driving is rightly seen as abhorrent, and should be stamped out by whatever means necessary.
_However_ I'm just a bit worried that if it proves a success, it'll lead to other offences being treated the same way, and our police are woefully underfunded to be able to handle such a deluge.
The solution is to hand the proceeds of a conviction to the enforcement agencies.
But this is where it falls down, IMHO. Towns & Cities in England are flooded with police traffic wardens, council parking attendants and clamping companies, all waiting to pounce on you if you overstay your ticket by five minutes.
A few years back, I was relieved of my money, walkman and credit cards by a jolly youth weilding a knife in Manchester. The chances of catching him are somewhat less than me picking up a ticket for parking outside G-MEX for an extra ten minutes.
Maybe we'll end up with Drink Driver nicking companies, lurking around pubs, homes and parties armed with mobile phones programmed with the "Crimestoppers" number. Then, eventually, the police force could be privatised and turn a profit.....
Lee.
PS - Apologies to anyone offended by the thread title - I was just trying to raise a reaction, and not offer disrespect to war heroes.
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when were Oswald Moseley's (Or Il Duce's) boys heroes?
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OOps, just re-read that.
that's exactly what I _DIDN'T_ mean to say.
Lee.
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ok.
I'll just take your name off the NF mailing list, then...
:>)
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