Mini-Rants Thread

I know people that own credit cards but would never use them online.

 

You know me so well. :-*

 

more to the point, if you get pulled over, you'll be stopped more than 2 minutes, probably at least 5. so driving within the speed limit is actually the quicker option by a greater margin than the margin the excess speed would gain without being pulled over.

in the UK the fine is roughly equivalent to 100 usd. And 3 penalty points. Or worse, depending on how much you're over and how many prior offences you have.

 

Where I am, there's no such thing as "speeding" or getting fine for speeding. In fact "speeding" isn't in the police's list of traffic violation. It's always congested all day long, hell no one could go above 3rd gear.

 

guy in a 200,000gbp ferrari got pulled over for speeding on the M40. Turned out he had no license or insurance either, so the cops took his car off of him.

 

Life's a bitch, unlike in games, there's no reset, undo, or try again option whenever you screw up and made a wrong turn. There's no undoing the choices you took, live with the dent for life, no point regretting your mistakes. Easier said then done, I'm regretting mine, still do.

If it consoles you, these days even with proper qualifications, it's still fucking hard to find a job. When you do get a chance for an interview, they would belittle you to the point you'd be uncomfortable staying. When you do landed on one, it might not be what you'd expect or like doing.

 

I can understand taking away the guy's car because of not having drivers license, but because of no insurance? Get real. If he or the car got into an accident, he's paying without coverage. He got the money to buy the car, fixing him at the hospital or the car at the auto repair shouldn't be an issue for his wallet. The cops were finding excuses to take the car for a spin, Ferrari is meant for speeding. The speed limit marker is the one at wrong for setting the limit too low for a Ferrari, take that off the road instead.

 

section 165 of the road traffic act gives the police the power to seize uninsured vehicles. if he got into an accident with another driver it would be THEIR insurance paying, which then results in higher premiums for everyone. Better to get them off the road before they have an accident and potentially kill somebody.

 

Laws in Britain really are tight and covers almost everything. Where I am, police only seize vehicles if they caused an accident or is involved in a crime. Not everyone is insured, and only new vehicles are insured at purchase from official dealers for a max of 4 years, after that few bother insuring their vehicles. The law doesn't stipulate it. It is also common sight to see under age kids driving cars/riding motorcycle on public roads where traffic regulation applies (rules not applicable on residential road/street), adults without driver's license (so are those under age drivers/riders), riders not wearing proper safety gears, vehicles not meeting proper safety standards, vehicles going the wrong way deliberately or disobey traffic regulations, speeding above speed limit, stopping/parking wherever they find convenient disregarding it causes congestion and road hazard, and vehicles unaccompanied with it's documents on board, or even vehicles whose tax are overdue. Short to say, the only traffic rules you should obey here are; don't ever get caught, don't give the popo reason to stop or arrest you, and most importantly don't ever cause a nasty accident that causes someone dead or critical.

 

if he pulled out into a main road without looking he hasn't got a leg to stand on.

 

I don't think a perverting charge would apply, all he's done is deny liability. Most likely he'll get a driving without due care and attention, and/or dangerous driving charge. Whether or not that would qualify for a custodial sentence would be up to the magistrate, however it's likely that he will lose his license and/or be given a driving ban.