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New Thu 19 Aug 10 15:48 
 wouldn't you be more careful - borasport

if you already had 9 points ?

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New Thu 19 Aug 10 16:12 
 wouldn't you be more careful - Ted

They make the laws,
They break the laws.

Tough t**** !

Ted
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New Thu 19 Aug 10 16:18 
 wouldn't you be more careful - madf
A lawyer and MP.

No insurance and using a mobile phone.


Not an advert for her lawyering...

I am so upset you has to use public transport... The idea that the public have to have anything to do with her :-)
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New Thu 19 Aug 10 17:48 
 wouldn't you be more careful - Iffy
At least she had the good grace to cough the job.

Most in her position would determinedly wriggle on the hook.
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New Thu 19 Aug 10 20:01 
 Now that is what i call a proper fine/ban! - Falkirk Bairn
New Labour MP fined £1000+ for no insurance/using mobile PLUS Banned for 6 months

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Beats our local court £100 fine for no insurance is common.

Merged with an existing thread discussing this
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New Thu 19 Aug 10 20:10 
 Now that is what i call a proper fine/ban! - corax
She'll probably try and claim it on expenses :-)
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New Thu 19 Aug 10 20:19 
 Now that is what i call a proper fine/ban! - Falkirk Bairn
She could claim lots of taxis, chauffeur drive..................all at our expense.
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New Thu 19 Aug 10 21:19 
 Now that is what i call a proper fine/ban! - Fursty Ferret
Still cheaper than my first insurance policy, though. I propose that the fine is linked to the income of the person committing the offence (if they're unemployed we can take a leg or something) and that way, every time someone is fined for no insurance, it goes into a lottery and a few people get their own insurance money refunded.

Hence, a bonus for us law-abiding folk and an extra kick in the teeth for the guilty. :-)
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New Thu 19 Aug 10 21:32 
 Now that is what i call a proper fine/ban! - -
I don't think fines could realistically be income based, drug dealer scum possibly on the dole too would have no income declared anyway being just one example.

There should be a system in place where the insurance companies can provide an average quote for the guilty, the court then trebles or whatever what it should have cost, then costs on top, whilst it's cheaper to be uninsured they'll carry on.

Why is it so satisfying to see politicians get their comeuppance?

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New Thu 19 Aug 10 21:40 
 Now that is what i call a proper fine/ban! - Bellboy
Why is it so satisfying to see politicians get their comeuppance?
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>because they are sanctimonious ********?
:-)
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New Thu 19 Aug 10 21:44 
 Now that is what i call a proper fine/ban! - Armel Coussine
>> Why is it so satisfying to see politicians get their comeuppance?

Because it makes us feel poncily and mimsily virtuous, when the truth of the matter is that we aren't clever or determined enough to start the climb up the greasy pole. Pure, despicable schadenfreude.

This isn't aimed at you gb. It's a general phenomenon. Even I am not completely immune.
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New Thu 19 Aug 10 22:27 
 Now that is what i call a proper fine/ban! - RattleandSmoke
Not sure how somebody which appears to have such a blatent dis regard to the law can be an MP but that is just my own opinion.
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New Fri 20 Aug 10 06:36 
 Now that is what i call a proper fine/ban! - madf
"Not sure how somebody which appears to have such a blatent dis regard to the law can be an MP but that is just my own opinion"

After lying about WMD and killing thousands of people, fines for motoring offences are just a mere bagatelle.. hardly worth mentioning...
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New Fri 20 Aug 10 08:05 
 Now that is what i call a proper fine/ban! - IJWS14
>> Not sure how somebody which appears to have such a blatent dis regard to the
>> law can be an MP but that is just my own opinion.
>>

That is one of the qualifications, as is being a good liar.

No political bias - they are all the same!
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