Why do they crush cars?

[jaymzfc]

Seeing all those cars with bugger all wrong with them is sad sight, would be nice maybe to send them to some country where they are really needed, i'm sure 80% of African countries would say thank you very much. It's also another form of recycling no?

[Cotty]

Dr Doofenshmirtz said:

Most of the cars in the last few pics are newer than both my cars!

I have not seen a single car older than mine apart from the A35

[Monty Python]

Captain Flashman said:

Most of these laws are made by idiots, recently in Perth a bloke was having his lambo serviced and the mechanic took it for a bit of a fang and got busted doing something like 180kph in an 80 zone or something. The police confiscated the car and kept it for a day or a couple of days even tho the owner of the car had nothing to do with it. He took the cops to court claiming that they were denying him his right to his property. The judge ruled that under the existing law the ownership of the car was irrelevant and that police had the right to impose the penalty regardless and that his claim was against the mechanic and garage for the loss of the use of his property.

Now, suppose the vehicle had been crushed? It would most likely bankrupt the owner of the business and the bloke would never get his car back.

That was in Australia....

[Cotty]

Monty Python said:

That was in Australia....

I think the mention of Perth was a dead give away

[Monty Python]

There is another Perth, up north as well.

But back to the original topic, I've sent my MP a question as to why they don't dismantle these cars and sell the bits in the same way scrapyards do. First off, it'll employ a fair number of people to dismantle them, then generate revenue for the government when they sell the parts. They could also use them for insurance repairs (especially body panels if they're in good condition). Win-win?

Edited by Monty Python on Tuesday 11th January 15:49

[thinfourth2]

Monty Python said:

There is another Perth, up north as well.

But back to the original topic, I've sent my MP a question as to why they don't dismantle these cars and sell the bits in the same way scrapyards do. First off, it'll employ a fair number of people to dismantle them, then generate revenue for the government when they sell the parts. They could also use them for insurance repairs (especially body panels if they're in good condition). Win-win?

Edited by Monty Python on Tuesday 11th January 15:49

When they say the car is crushed i thought it would be sent to the nearest scrappy where it is stripped and then crushed as they can't crush it as a runner as they must remove all the fluids

[EDLT]

vit4 said:

Must admit some of the pictures make me feel a little bit sick. The waste is ridiculous. If these had been rusty heaps sitting in someone's yard for years, fair enough. But they all had to be roadworthy. And I'm sure I'm not imagining that since the scrappage scheme, there is a total lack of £1-300 cars?!

A car is worth over £100 as scrap. If you take out the advertising/day off costs of selling a £300 car you won't be much better off than if you just scrapped it. Some people just don't want the hassle.