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Originally Posted by Derek S
Most forces now take the car off drivers who don't have insurance or a license so as well as the punishment the courts can hand out (not always a fine, a visit to her majesties bed and breakfast isn't unknown for repeat offenders) you have to pay recovery and storage costs for the car.
Plus if your face or numberplate gets known (and it will) you would soon find a lot more 'random' checks being done to ensure everything is in order document wise.
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I'd love to agree with you there Derek, maybe we just don't have enough officers to enforce this (like most other places) but i just don't see it happening and in the meantime the innocent and honest drivers are the only ones who seem to be the worst off.
I was told recently by a friend (who is a policeman in our area) that there are 7 police officers covering our area of almost 150k population overnight and at weekends - which is spread approx 15 x 25 miles
Just another extremely under-funded but necessary service
