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Old 02-01-2010, 15:36   #16
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Re: £15 extra tax on car fines

Of course if you don't speed/use a phone while driving/ go through red lights etc. you won't pay any fine let alone a 'victim surcharge'

Meanwhile back in the real world it is a fairly shameless attempt to get more money in. I don't think for a second the money raised by surcharges is ring-fenced to ensure it goes to 'victims' and like the recent increases in seatbelt and registration plate offences does nothing to address the root cause and is purely about getting money in.

I'd wager important parts of my anatomy that one of the new targets (that don't officially exist anymore) will be to target road deaths via seatbelt tickets and other traffic crime by doing people for having dodgy number plates.
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