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  • Re: Calls for tougher action against people who drive while banned

    From JNugent@21:1/5 to Simon Mason on Sat Dec 30 16:06:28 2023
    On 30/12/2023 03:58 pm, Simon Mason wrote:
    Rendel Harris | 6 hours ago
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    Impound a suspended driver's vehicle for the duration of their ban (at their expense). Put a chip in the driving licence that has to be tapped at the pump before any fuel is dispensed,

    Good idea.

    You could easily get one off May Sun's shoulder.

    shouldn't be too difficult to reprogram the extant at-pump card readers? Then fuel access could simply be switched off for suspended drivers. Of course it wouldn't stop everyone but it might stop a fair number. In tandem also make it an offence to
    facilitate a suspended driver getting behind the wheel by helping them obtain fuel, lending them a vehicle etc.

    In Canada it's the responsibility of a vehicle owner to check that any person who borrows their vehicle has a valid licence and insurance; if someobody without a licence or on a suspended licence is found driving your vehicle then you get a heavy
    punishment (including points) as well as the direct culprit. Good idea.


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  • From Spike@21:1/5 to JNugent on Sat Dec 30 16:37:42 2023
    JNugent <jnugent@mail.com> wrote:
    On 30/12/2023 03:58 pm, Simon Mason wrote:
    Rendel Harris | 6 hours ago
    2 likes

    Impound a suspended driver's vehicle for the duration of their ban (at
    their expense). Put a chip in the driving licence that has to be tapped
    at the pump before any fuel is dispenser

    Good idea.

    You could easily get one off May Sun's shoulder.

    LOL!

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    Spike

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  • From JNugent@21:1/5 to Simon Mason on Sat Dec 30 18:04:24 2023
    On 30/12/2023 05:32 pm, Simon Mason wrote:

    On Saturday, December 30, 2023 at 3:58:42 PM UTC, Simon Mason wrote:

    Rendel Harris | 6 hours ago

    Impound a suspended driver's vehicle for the duration of their ban (at their expense). Put a chip in the driving licence that has to be tapped at the pump before any fuel is dispensed, shouldn't be too difficult to reprogram the extant at-pump card
    readers? Then fuel access could simply be switched off for suspended drivers. Of course it wouldn't stop everyone but it might stop a fair number. In tandem also make it an offence to facilitate a suspended driver getting behind the wheel by helping them
    obtain fuel, lending them a vehicle etc.
    In Canada it's the responsibility of a vehicle owner to check that any person who borrows their vehicle has a valid licence and insurance; if someobody without a licence or on a suspended licence is found driving your vehicle then you get a heavy
    punishment (including points) as well as the direct culprit. Good idea.

    It's the same in the UK. Did you "think" it wasn't?

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    Sorry, I don't see the point of trying to shift the responsibility of law enforcement away from the police. Adding chips to licences and then adding chip readers etc. to all the petrol pumps wouldn't really achieve anything as someone could just borrow
    a licence (e.g. from their gran) if they want to go and fill up. Yes, that could be made an offence, but I can't see that police would be interested in enforcing that as you could only really catch people at the moment they were buying fuel.

    The answer is a bigger police presence on the roads with them stopping drivers and checking their credentials if they see any speeding or unusual driving. This would also help with preventing other driving offences and I think would improve road safety.

    I'm all in favour of more traffic patrols. Very much so.

    They would also be able to apprehend bike-chavs and interdict their
    constant illegalities.

    [Sorry for use of that five-syllable word. Look it up.]

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