And the city with most uninsured drivers is...
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derestrictor said:
Quite interesting the way our man's escapades along 'The Wilmslow Bypass' made the national news; I guess because of the scale of the fraud and the fact a conviction was brought.
However, this has been going on for years and if the current (ABI claimed) £44/year/average policy contribution to cover these losses is correct, we've all been suffering accordingly.
A very good chum of mine runs a local recovery biz and deals with most of our local incidents; the reality of his experience in this area is startling insofar as the breadth and depth of endemic, socio-economic criminality is concerned.
It comes on the same day that we are told the population is spiralling up at 400,000 bods/year - like it's something that has just happened over night - like all those interminable traffic jams and the fact that you can't swing a cat in Albion anymore are somehow sudden restrictions just crept up on us...
spot-on
However, this has been going on for years and if the current (ABI claimed) £44/year/average policy contribution to cover these losses is correct, we've all been suffering accordingly.
A very good chum of mine runs a local recovery biz and deals with most of our local incidents; the reality of his experience in this area is startling insofar as the breadth and depth of endemic, socio-economic criminality is concerned.
It comes on the same day that we are told the population is spiralling up at 400,000 bods/year - like it's something that has just happened over night - like all those interminable traffic jams and the fact that you can't swing a cat in Albion anymore are somehow sudden restrictions just crept up on us...
spot-onSmiler. said:
eharding said:
Police State said:
try and guess before clicking the link...
linky
Police in ??????? have set up a new roads policing unit after it emerged the city has the highest number of uninsured vehicles on the UK's roads.
Only because Slough isn't a city...and the chances of a cathedral being built in Slough now are...slim, to say the least.linky
Police in ??????? have set up a new roads policing unit after it emerged the city has the highest number of uninsured vehicles on the UK's roads.
Edited by Police State on Thursday 22 October 00:33
For whatever reason, over the past 6 months it does seem that observation of a red traffic light signal in the part of Slough I am blessed to inhabit during the day seems to have become an optional exercise.
Last week the road outside the office was shut, hordes of police and fire crew about, and flames leaping into the air from the side of the road. I'd assumed that the inevitable had happened, and the local security forces had been attacked with an IED, but it turns out BT had cut through a gas main with a digger.
I live and work in Slough btw (and it does have some nice places with rather large expensive houses in nice areas... that I don't live in unfortunately) and I thank God every day I don't get killed on my cycle to and from work.
The local police should do more roadside checks in Slough. Every time they do, they catch a lot of motorists without insurance or with tyres that wouldn't look out of place on a racing car.
But the winner was my second guess 
I may be wrong, but my perception of the penalties for driving without insurance seem very lenient. What deterent is a £200 fine when to stay legal might cost many times that?
The general acceptance that owning a car and driving are somehow 'a right' needs to change too. The fella quoted in the article says...
"My car cost £500 and to get it insured costs £2,000, so why bother?
"If I get stopped what can the police do? Take me to court where I will get fined get fined or take my car off me? Either way its still cheaper for me not to have any car tax, I am breaking the law but what can I do?"
Walk? Cycle? Bus? Train?
The general acceptance that owning a car and driving are somehow 'a right' needs to change too. The fella quoted in the article says...
"My car cost £500 and to get it insured costs £2,000, so why bother?
"If I get stopped what can the police do? Take me to court where I will get fined get fined or take my car off me? Either way its still cheaper for me not to have any car tax, I am breaking the law but what can I do?"
Walk? Cycle? Bus? Train?
The way the law and media could (and should) be deterring uninsured drivers is by ensuring that offenders who cause damage and injury to other people receive the very harshest jail terms possible and that the profile of such cases are raised to highlight the potential downsides. At the moment, prosecution for uninsured losses is just not on the radar.
Digga said:
It's purely a symptom of wider problems; the unhindered rise of our indigenous underclass, and the very poor integration of a migrant community whose growth is totally unchecked. The result is a breakdown in society in these areas.
no you has not understood bro. Its not needed insurance innit cos I is drivin on my brothers license right innit right see so how can i get insurance right? Anyway I is a good driver innit and I is never had an haccident right. You just don't understand the culture up in the north of sharing innit. The Article said:
But 24-year-old Asif, who lives in the BD3 area, told BBC News: "I don't have insurance, its not worth it.
"My car cost £500 and to get it insured costs £2,000, so why bother?
Er, perhaps so that if you accidentally incapacitate someone in an accident that's your fault, the victim can be properly and fairly compensated?"My car cost £500 and to get it insured costs £2,000, so why bother?
nonegreen said:
Digga said:
It's purely a symptom of wider problems; the unhindered rise of our indigenous underclass, and the very poor integration of a migrant community whose growth is totally unchecked. The result is a breakdown in society in these areas.
no you has not understood bro. Its not needed insurance innit cos I is drivin on my brothers license right innit right see so how can i get insurance right? Anyway I is a good driver innit and I is never had an haccident right. You just don't understand the culture up in the north of sharing innit. The Article said:
But 24-year-old Asif, who lives in the BD3 area, told BBC News: "I don't have insurance, its not worth it.
"My car cost £500 and to get it insured costs £2,000, so why bother?
Er, perhaps so that if you accidentally incapacitate someone in an accident that's your fault, the victim can be properly and fairly compensated?"My car cost £500 and to get it insured costs £2,000, so why bother?
Digga said:
It's purely a symptom of wider problems; the unhindered rise of our indigenous underclass, and the very poor integration of a migrant community whose growth is totally unchecked. The result is a breakdown in society in these areas.
Not sure he'd care about that. And if he's fined, he will pay £1 a month out of his benefits. (Ok, ok, it's a big assumption but...)The Article said:
But 24-year-old Asif, who lives in the BD3 area, told BBC News: "I don't have insurance, its not worth it.
"My car cost £500 and to get it insured costs £2,000, so why bother?
Er, perhaps so that if you accidentally incapacitate someone in an accident that's your fault, the victim can be properly and fairly compensated?"My car cost £500 and to get it insured costs £2,000, so why bother?
Coming around a large roundabout near Heathrow a few years ago, very disturbed to see a car reversing around the other way towards me. Seems the person driving it had missed their turnoff to (slough direction) and didnt think going back around the roundabout was a good idea.
Couldnt tell what enthnic minority they belonged to, as the veil covered her head.
Couldnt tell what enthnic minority they belonged to, as the veil covered her head.
This is where the lefty loons have gone wrong with the Car Scrappage Scheme.
Don’t pay people to get rid of an old banger, simply stop every single un-insured car, wait 7 days for owner to prove it is not a clerical error and then crush the car and ban the driver for a year. Bish bosh. Job done.
It’s environmentally friendly as these will mostly be old cars. They probably won’t be in good nick so pumping out toxics everywhere, the driver can’t afford insurance so you are protecting him from himself and you are meeting your basic obligations to legitimate tax payers.
I reckon that within 5 years you would have scrapped almost every old car in the UK.
Don’t pay people to get rid of an old banger, simply stop every single un-insured car, wait 7 days for owner to prove it is not a clerical error and then crush the car and ban the driver for a year. Bish bosh. Job done.
It’s environmentally friendly as these will mostly be old cars. They probably won’t be in good nick so pumping out toxics everywhere, the driver can’t afford insurance so you are protecting him from himself and you are meeting your basic obligations to legitimate tax payers.
I reckon that within 5 years you would have scrapped almost every old car in the UK.
Tony*T3 said:
Coming around a large roundabout near Heathrow a few years ago, very disturbed to see a car reversing around the other way towards me. Seems the person driving it had missed their turnoff to (slough direction) and didnt think going back around the roundabout was a good idea.
Couldnt tell what enthnic minority they belonged to, as the veil covered her head.
fCouldnt tell what enthnic minority they belonged to, as the veil covered her head.
king foreigners! Cluttering our roads.I was on the freeway in San Fransico about ten years ago. There was this foreign nutter in a rented Lexus LS400 doing about 80 to 90 mph, weaving through the morning traffic, one land to the next, overtaking like a t
t.It was me, I was late for my flight.
HRG. said:
10JH said:
Got it too!
Bloody hell, how come so many of us know the answer without looking...personally, I would rather it wasn't such a straightforward correlation, but look at the list and it screams out at you.
Greg
Greg_D said:
HRG. said:
10JH said:
Got it too!
Bloody hell, how come so many of us know the answer without looking...personally, I would rather it wasn't such a straightforward correlation, but look at the list and it screams out at you.
Greg
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