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I was at a dinner last night at my mum's with her cousins. I discovered one of mum's cousin's husband is a director at the TRRL.
Currently they are testing (ie these things EXIST):
Warning signs that flash up your speed and NAME (using ANPR)
Cars that start using driving licences as keys (ie if you're banned you can't start the car - plus speed limiters for new drivers).
Cars with accelerators which vibrate above the speed limit (using GPS).
These tools really are out there...
Driving licence theft anyone?
Currently they are testing (ie these things EXIST):
Warning signs that flash up your speed and NAME (using ANPR)
Cars that start using driving licences as keys (ie if you're banned you can't start the car - plus speed limiters for new drivers).
Cars with accelerators which vibrate above the speed limit (using GPS).
These tools really are out there...
Driving licence theft anyone?
All of these devices can and will be disabled in nano seconds, usually with something heavy. 
If the inmates try to use these things we will kill them, it is that simple. Thats why this shit is not under discussion in America because they have guns and can easily take out the Government. Our inmates are just that bit less vulnerable, for now.
If the inmates try to use these things we will kill them, it is that simple. Thats why this shit is not under discussion in America because they have guns and can easily take out the Government. Our inmates are just that bit less vulnerable, for now. hertsbiker said:
hey, isn't it true that police chases have killed 800 people in the last year?? if so - to reduce the KSI rates by 25%, get rid of the police . Only joking.
What about smoking - this kills far more. Do we see the same degree of persecution? ha ha ha.
Passive smoking kills less.
Leave that alone too please.
puggit said:
Warning signs that flash up your speed and NAME (using ANPR)
Just a minute, isn't one of T2000's main arguments for nabbing speeders that they more likely to be criminals.
Therefor they can be informed of the name of the person they stole the car from, makes sense I guess, providing yet another service to the criminal fraternity at the expense of the idiotic law abiding numpties.
New definition of numpty:- devoutly honest, employed, tax payer driving an easily traced vehicle used to fleece him of his money over and above 'other' taxes to support the great unwashed parasites who are really the 'enlightened' ones.
Plotloss said:
hey, isn't it true that police chases have killed 800 people in the last year?? if so - to reduce the KSI rates by 25%, get rid of the police
What about smoking - this kills far more. Do we see the same degree of persecution? ha ha ha.
Passive smoking kills less.
Leave that alone too please.
didn't mention passive smoking. I wouldn't stop you smoking! - you know I feel that any restrictions will eventually affect me. First they come for the smokers, then they come for the driver...?
What if the registered owner of the driver aint driving?
Isnt flashing up their name in public an invasion of privacy?
What is the point of flashing up the name anyway?
No-one else is gonna see it any way, apart from the drivers behind who are also speeding themselves.
Is it all part of a 'public shame' policy?
What next? photos flashed up of you pissed with your head down the bog, or dancing in the nightclub like a right c
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Isnt flashing up their name in public an invasion of privacy?
What is the point of flashing up the name anyway?
No-one else is gonna see it any way, apart from the drivers behind who are also speeding themselves.
Is it all part of a 'public shame' policy?
What next? photos flashed up of you pissed with your head down the bog, or dancing in the nightclub like a right c
tSwilly said:Likely to be a breach of the DPA1998. Even assuming that onlt the driver of the offending vehicle can see the name (highly unlikely), they might not know the name of the registered keeper. Thus, this is likely to be an "unauthorised disclosure" under the Act. I cannot see the Commissioner accepting "any driver" as a disclosure in a Register entry, and such a disclosure could not easily be passed off as "for the prevention/detection of crime" (IMHO) - STreaky
What if the registered owner of the driver aint driving?
Isnt flashing up their name in public an invasion of privacy?
What is the point of flashing up the name anyway?
No-one else is gonna see it any way, apart from the drivers behind who are also speeding themselves.
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FFS, ridiculous. How many people died of infections in hospital last year? More than were killed on the roads[1]. Why don't they spend the money on teaching people how to wash their hands and keep hospital wards clean!
[1] 5,000 per year vs. 3,500 - and how many more e used the roads than stayed in hospital?
[1] 5,000 per year vs. 3,500 - and how many more e used the roads than stayed in hospital?
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