How to reduce the number of journeys made by motor vehicles on UK roads
Posted by: Steve Toy on 22 August 2004
Under UK law, iirc, the police have up to six months to prosecute drivers for motoring offences.
So if the police were to withold all fixed penalty and court summons notices for up to, say, five months and two weeks, drivers would have the opportunity to clock up enough points to be banned from driving before they knew anything.
Then all the police would need to do is install hidden cameras (or those lovely new devices that can detect the speed of vehicles up to two miles away from their location) on stretches of road where drivers were most likely to exceed the limit - along straight stretches of open road or on motorways where traffic is free-flowing.
Within six months approximately 60% of drivers will have lost their licenses so the roads will be free to all those drivers who never break the law.
Law-abiding drivers would have nothing to lose from this covert operation, the air would be cleaner, there would be fewer accidents, and more people would use public transport.
We all know that Speed Kills, so by removing all speeding motorists we'd keep Death off Our Roads.
A great idea don't you think chaps?
Regards,
Steve.
[This message was edited by Steven Toy on Mon 23 August 2004 at 5:32.]
So if the police were to withold all fixed penalty and court summons notices for up to, say, five months and two weeks, drivers would have the opportunity to clock up enough points to be banned from driving before they knew anything.
Then all the police would need to do is install hidden cameras (or those lovely new devices that can detect the speed of vehicles up to two miles away from their location) on stretches of road where drivers were most likely to exceed the limit - along straight stretches of open road or on motorways where traffic is free-flowing.
Within six months approximately 60% of drivers will have lost their licenses so the roads will be free to all those drivers who never break the law.
Law-abiding drivers would have nothing to lose from this covert operation, the air would be cleaner, there would be fewer accidents, and more people would use public transport.
We all know that Speed Kills, so by removing all speeding motorists we'd keep Death off Our Roads.
A great idea don't you think chaps?
Regards,
Steve.
[This message was edited by Steven Toy on Mon 23 August 2004 at 5:32.]
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