She asked for it ...

[Accyexplorer]

Originally Posted by cashman

The problem wi that is it may not be their car, could be dads,friends, or hired?

They'll be in debt in that case

[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by cashman

The problem wi that is it may not be their car, could be dads,friends, or hired?

Yes it could, but the car should still be crushed and the person driving billed for the crushing and to make reparation for the car which wasn't theirs.

It is time that people learned there are consequences for their actions and I think it would be done a few times before the message got across.

What is a crushed car against a crushed and lifeless body(or two) - remember there could be innocent drivers, pedestrians, children involved in accidents where the driver does not have full concentration and therefore control of a lethal weapon - a car.

[Accyexplorer]

Originally Posted by Less

Banned from what for life?
Texting?
Driving?
Making it up as they go along?

Posting clearly and after thinking shouldn't be a hard concept either, but it does seem to be beyond the grasp of some of our members.

I assumed even you (with it being simple) could get the gist

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Yes it could, but the car should still be crushed and the person driving billed for the crushing and to make reparation for the car which wasn't theirs.

It is time that people learned there are consequences for their actions and I think it would be done a few times before the message got across.

What is a crushed car against a crushed and lifeless body(or two) - remember there could be innocent drivers, pedestrians, children involved in accidents where the driver does not have full concentration and therefore control of a lethal weapon - a car.

That seems fine to me, i only asked the question.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by Accyexplorer

They'll be in debt in that case

So for all the time it takes them to pay off their debt they will remember that their stupidity is the reason why they are in debt.

How much is a life worth?
And if they lose their life and kill someone else at the same time they have paid the ultimate price and taken someone else with them.
Consequences.......all choices/decisions have consequences.
Some consequences are expensive, some consequences are painful and expensive.

[Accyexplorer]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

So for all the time it takes them to pay off their debt they will remember that their stupidity is the reason why they are in debt.

How much is a life worth?
And if they lose their life and kill someone else at the same time they have paid the ultimate price and taken someone else with them.
Consequences.......all choices/decisions have consequences.
Some consequences are expensive, some consequences are painful and expensive.

Thanks for expanding on my comment

You are correct

The police are after doubling up the penalties for those that text and drive (still not enough in my eyes).

[accyman]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Yes it could, but the car should still be crushed and the person driving billed for the crushing and to make reparation for the car which wasn't theirs.

It is time that people learned there are consequences for their actions and I think it would be done a few times before the message got across.

What is a crushed car against a crushed and lifeless body(or two) - remember there could be innocent drivers, pedestrians, children involved in accidents where the driver does not have full concentration and therefore control of a lethal weapon - a car.

when a few years back now HBC was in the papers saying they were waving the white flag and couldnt enforce traffic law on hyndburn road i suggested that they went down and just picked up any illigally parked cars with a grabber and crushed them at the local scrap yard

apparantly they were issduing tickets but it was extreemely difficult and in most cases impossible to figure out who the car owner was.

one thing for sure is that if you take away the car and crush it the owner will be easy enough to spot he or she will be the one screming and jumping up and down demanding a replacement car

[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by cashman

That seems fine to me, i only asked the question.

Yes Cashy...I only answered it

[Eric]

Originally Posted by accyman

it was extreemely difficult and in most cases impossible to figure out who the car owner was.

Why Serious question ... maybe things are different over there; but I can't see the difficulty. There should be ways of doing this ... for example, the V.I.N. must be registered to someone.

[Accyexplorer]

Originally Posted by accyman

i suggested that they went down and just picked up any illigally parked cars with a grabber and crushed them at the local scrap yard

Crushed car for illegal parking?......Bit harsh

[Eric]

Originally Posted by accyman

take away the car and crush it

Good way to get rid of unwanted dead wops.

But seriously folks: Along with the smart phone, there seem to be lots of other distractions. Cars like my old beast have a simple array on the dash. All I really need to do is look at the speedometer, and glance now and then in the mirror. I don't own a cell phone ... not 'cause I'm fuddy; I don't need one. And those of my generation will understand, "if you don't need it; don't bloody well buy it." New cars are being made smarter ... probably because drivers are getting dumber ... a car that parks itself ... gimme a break. What happened to knowing the [deleted] how to drive? Ok. Where was I ... ? It seems as if distractions are being built into cars ... oh, and buses.

Ottawa bus-train crash: speed, video screen factor into investigation - Ottawa - CBC News

Now this was one major cluster [deleted].

[accyman]

Originally Posted by Accyexplorer

Crushed car for illegal parking?......Bit harsh

i menat blackburn road in my post not hyndburn i dunno what i was thinking but i dont see it as been harsh at all .The area has always been bad and is getting worse not better so its about time something they will take notice of happened

dont worry i wouldnt just target that area id enforce it nation wide

[yerself]

Originally Posted by DAV007

bit harsh

I agree with DAV007 on this. Didn't we all know everything when we were 18? It's not too long ago that drink-driving was socially acceptable. The girl might have been foolish but surely she didn't deserve to die.

[DtheP47]

Originally Posted by yerself

I agree with DAV007 on this. Didn't we all know everything when we were 18? It's not too long ago that drink-driving was socially acceptable. The girl might have been foolish but surely she didn't deserve to die.

Leave age out of it...our futures all hinge on as Bob Dylan sings "A simple twist of fate" one of the worst motorway accidents was caused by a man reaching to his jacket hung over the passenger seat for a tube of mints. Who hasn't took their eyes off the road for a second or two to change a CD or pick up their sunglasses. I drive 30,000 miles a year and have seen so many incidents some ending in death and some categorized as lucky escapes caused by something as simple as traffic slowing to look at some roadside occurrence. A flock of sheep, the deer farm on the M1. Ask the traffic cops in Durham about the shunts near the Angel of the North caused by swan neckers.

[shillelagh]

its quite regular occurrence for people to be using their mobile phones driving through rising bridge ... sales people on their phones booking their next appointment, mums (with kids in the back of the car) talking to a friend, even saw a lorry driver using his mobile ..
oh and a policeman using his mobile ...