Part P government review 2010/11

Our local pub had a driving competition run by the IAM. That is as close to a retest that I have had.

Seeing the results list was quite funny. The village rentagob that claims to have driven in every country in the world and in every car ever made and was never once to blame for having to slam on his brakes (it was always some other drivers error) was very near the bottom of the list.

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ARWadsworth
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How do ignorant buyers make life more difficult?

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ARWadsworth

They usually are.

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Huge

he will find he is worse off. Just being repossessed doesn't make the debt go away. They sell the property for what they can to reduce the debt and then sell the remaining debt to a debt collector if there is any. If there is an excess they pay it to the owner. He has just ensured he will have more debt/less cash after the sale.

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dennis

Hence the changes to the law to allow fines to be sent to the registered keeper with no requirement to identify the driver. If the keeper can prove it was insured he doesn't have to pay.

If the police stop you they will impound the car until you have proof of insurance.

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dennis

Unless they are doing a high profile stop and check you wont see them unless you happen to be there when they direct someone to the processing area.

Also some forces are too small or decide to pursue lesser crimes like house breaking where people seldom get killed/injured.

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dennis

I followed a police BMW through a series of short cuts to get to a main road round here. All these shortcuts are side roads with speed bumps. He accelerated hard then braked between each one. When he reached the main road, he speeded up to about 50 - in a 30 limit. Then stopped at the red traffic lights. So not on a shout or anything.

So it's not surprising motorists don't get pulled over for breaking the law - it seems even a trained police driver doesn't understand it.

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Dave Plowman (News)

He doesn't have to be on a shout.

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Huge

Because, while you're getting inspections done, they have already bought the house for the asking price!

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Mark

The more of these cameras there are the more likely the crims will have cloned plates.

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Mark

I recommend doing an advanced test. I did this with ROSPA (motorbike). However it does take over your life.

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Mark

How's that going to help with the large motoring underclass[1] who don't register as the keeper of the car and who don't pay fines?

[1] Probably not a PC term but I once had to sit through a seminar on social exclusion which included the argument that many young men, especially those from certain ethnic minorities and sink estates, couldn't possibly afford to insure a car; as a result they were socially excluded and/or criminalised; so the government should intervene to regulate the market so insurers were obliged to offer them "affordable policies". Just a thought in case you wondered where the EU may go next now they have decided it's wrong for the insurance industry to take account of differences between sexes.
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Robin

So you don't run one. End of.

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Huge

They should charge twice the price for fuel and offer a discount to those with insurance.

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dennis

Do you make all these things up yourself or does nursie give you some help?

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ARWadsworth

I think all humans should be micro chipped as well.....

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the_constructor

The chances are he couldn't sell because it was worth less than the loan, and couldn't pay so was bankrupt. If he claimed bankruptcy he could have an entirely clean slate again in 6 years, where the level of debt is immaterial.

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Fredxx

Of course not. No reason at all for a police car to obey the speed limit in town. Or any other traffic regs. They're only there for others.

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Dave Plowman (News)

Do tell us your better ideas.

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dennis

You mean something that will not encourage fuel theft or just mean getting someone to buy the fuel for you.

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ARWadsworth

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