It gets worse...

The Older Gentleman wrote

good lad.

And no losing your no claim on the household policy as a bonus.

 

I think someone is chanting an anti-TOG mantra.

 

On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 12:19:22 +0000,

I know it all worked out inthe end, but why were you carrying all that
bollocks around with you in the first place?

Ouch.

 

"CB500T-CB500T-CB500T-CB500T-CB500T-CB500T-CB500T-CB500T" <ching>
"CB500T-CB500T-CB500T-CB500T-CB500T-CB500T-CB500T-CB500T" <ching>
"CB500T-CB500T-CB500T-CB500T-CB500T-CB500T-CB500T-CB500T" <ching>
"CB500T-CB500T-CB500T-CB500T-CB500T-CB500T-CB500T-CB500T" <ching>
"CB500T-CB500T-CB500T-CB500T-CB500T-CB500T-CB500T-CB500T" <ching>

<waft of incense>

 

The only safe place is his wallet. He doesn't trust anything or anyone
else with his worldly riches.

 

"Don't trust desks, tricky coves"

 

For some reason I read that as "worldly itches"

 

Feck right orf.

 

In my experience if you can produce documents on the spot when stopped
by Plod, it certainly saves having to trail to the police station for a
producer, and possibly avoids a nicking.

 

<evil grin>

 

I think "Excuse me - I found this trapped in my zip. Is it yours?" would
be a scary line to hear.

 

In my experience if you can produce documents on the spot when stopped
by Plod, it certainly saves having to trail to the police station for a
producer, and possibly avoids a nicking.[/QUOTE]

In my experience, *none* of my five nickings would have been avoided
by flourishing an MOT certificate in a helpful manner.

 

In my experience, *none* of my five nickings would have been avoided
by flourishing an MOT certificate in a helpful manner.[/QUOTE]

Gatsoes don't care if you've got an MOT...

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, platypus

Yet...

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So you've got a wallet full of MOTs, speed criminal? That don't impress me
much.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, platypus

You miss my point. How hard would it be to adapt them to ANPR cameras?
Then they can do speed, tax, MOT and insurance all in one swell foop.

Irresistible to the DoT Gauleiters, IWHT.

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Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha GTS1000

 

Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote

Not hard at all,

which is why they are going to do it sooner rather than later.

 

They'll have to find the £76bn it'll cost to integrate the system in a
wholly unworkable way first.

Oh yes. But atm we're policed by speed cameras, and they're only interested
in one thing. Which is another reason I don't carry around full docco for
all my vehicles every time I take a trundle to the shops.

 

I was thinking a bit about this last night when I saw an add showing
that DVLA now automaticall issue a fine if you don't renew your road
tax. In Switzerland you get a couple or reminders, then if you still
haven't paid the police will be round to take your plates away. Seems
perfectly sensible to me.

Same would be true, I think, of failure to get your car re-tested.
This is supposed to be every two years, but in practice they don't
seem to bother - I've not had to do so since the Volvo's been on Swiss
plates, which is now nearly four years. Apparently they're very
overworked at the test centre...

I'd confidently predict that the UK will catch up with this in the
next year or two.

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Seems eminently fair. If all the bollocks in road traffic law could be
repealed, speed limits scrapped and replaced with regularly proven
competence etc., I wouldn't mind if vehicles were kept in a manner more
akin to firearms.
Sadly, very sadly, the former won't happen and the latter will.