Thick Or Just Plain Stupid?

[naomi24]

A story from BBC teievision news.  Police checking insurance on vehicles seized a car.  The driver called his partner to come and pick him up - who arrived in an uninsured vehicle so that too was seized.  The couple then called someone else for a lift home - and yes - that vehicle was also found to be uninsured and so seized.  Three in one hit.  A bumper day for the police.    😂

[Paul22118]

Look at it as a straw poll of the number of uninsured vehicles that are actually being driven around.

[Tilly2]

Thick and stupid.

[douglas9401]

Get them all in a minibus and take them to see their cars crushed.

[Ellipsis]

Dumb, dumber, dumbest 

[Old_Geezer]

Be fair, they probably didn't have an insured car with which to pick anyone up.

[Buenchico]

News report here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c39vpgeg170o

[naomi24]

Thanks Chris.

[Hymie]

It’s estimated that around 4% (4 in 100 vehicles) on the UK roads are uninsured.

 

Some years ago, the police set up an operation at Dartford tunnel where the vehicles entering the tunnel had their registration automatically read and checked against an insured database – with the police nicking those uninsured as they exited the tunnel.

 

Imagine that you are plod, pulling over every 4 in 100 vehicles passing – having to arrange impound of the vehicle, possibly sorting out transport for vulnerable passengers, and the reams of paperwork involved.  Just imagine the cost to our police forces.

 

Much easier to let automatic cameras catch speeding motorist (who can be fined £100+ a pop) with virtually no human intervention, allowing plod to eat donuts in peace.