The war on motorists continues

mkpdavies · 25-07-2007, 11:43 AM

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770

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Millions of motorists face being sent automated tickets through the post if they are caught on cameras trained on parking bays, the Government revealed today.
Thousands of spies in the sky will remove the need for traffic wardens or parking attendants to physically slap a ticket on a windscreen.
Instead, drivers who overstay will simply have their car photographed and will receive their fine through the post - in the same way as getting a speed camera endorsement.
At present, only drivers in London can be penalised in this way if they are caught on camera - or even spotted "driving away" by a parking attendant. But new regulations placed before Parliament yesterday mean that from next March councils across England and Wales will be allowed to follow suit.

Pack in more people, charge more for parking, fine people for not paying.

What a wheeze.

TonyG · 25-07-2007, 02:13 PM

They are rapidly turning Britain into a place that isn't worth living in.

mkpdavies · 25-07-2007, 02:29 PM

Britain is a battery country now.

IceDragon · 25-07-2007, 05:25 PM

Cameras need one thing, unimpeded views, they eyes of the regime cannot work with say, a plastic bag over the camera, dab of paint on lens etc.

TonyG · 25-07-2007, 06:30 PM

With the right type of advertising, sales of paintball guns should go through the roof!

Besoeker · 25-07-2007, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by mkpdavies

Pack in more people, charge more for parking, fine people for not paying.

Just to be clear about this.
Are you suggesting that it is OK for motorists to park and fail to pay the parking fee?
Then winge about being fined for failing to pay that fee?

mkpdavies · 25-07-2007, 07:52 PM

I'm suggesting the odds are being stacked against the motorist. Especially the poor.

Too many people, not enough space.

Besoeker · 25-07-2007, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by mkpdavies

I'm suggesting the odds are being stacked against the motorist. Especially the poor.

How so?
..........

mkpdavies · 25-07-2007, 08:44 PM

1) They are being forced into unbearable conditions caused by overpopulation and lack of infrastructure. This means too many people, competing for too little resource. E.G. Spiraling costs, overcrowded roads, lack of parking spaces (especially ones that aren't covered by the already massive amount of tax motorists pay).

2) Follow this up with an obsession to punish, fine, control and generally **** the motorist off, using the unberable situation that has been created as an excuse.

Enough is enough. Instead of cramming more chickens into the pen, then cutting their beaks off and tying their legs together to stop them pecking each other to death.

The people supposedly representing us need to take into account what people actually want and will make peoples lives better.

Less immigration, less punishment focused methods and less singling out of the motorist for negative attention would be a start.

g hall · 26-07-2007, 11:03 AM

To all governments but particularly one as nasty as the incumbent the motorist is a cash cow and revenue stream to be maximised at every opportunity after all our leaders must have someone else's money to spend and also reward themselves and their cronies to the max

Gordon the Moron Brown = Max Tax

25-07-2007, 02:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
TonyG Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,589	They are rapidly turning Britain into a place that isn't worth living in. __________________ If you don't think you can change the world, who do you expect to do it for you? ---- http://www.mercola.com/townofallopat...ofallopath.htm

25-07-2007, 02:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
mkpdavies Uber Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Woking Posts: 30,837 Party: Libertarian Party	Britain is a battery country now. __________________ http://brits4ronpaul.blogspot.com/ http://wokinglibertarians.blogspot.com/ http://lpuk.org My ignore list Labour, Blue Labour, Lib Dems

25-07-2007, 06:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
TonyG Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,589	With the right type of advertising, sales of paintball guns should go through the roof! __________________ If you don't think you can change the world, who do you expect to do it for you? ---- http://www.mercola.com/townofallopat...ofallopath.htm

25-07-2007, 07:52 PM	#7 (permalink)
mkpdavies Uber Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Woking Posts: 30,837 Party: Libertarian Party	I'm suggesting the odds are being stacked against the motorist. Especially the poor. Too many people, not enough space. __________________ http://brits4ronpaul.blogspot.com/ http://wokinglibertarians.blogspot.com/ http://lpuk.org My ignore list Labour, Blue Labour, Lib Dems

25-07-2007, 08:44 PM	#9 (permalink)
mkpdavies Uber Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Woking Posts: 30,837 Party: Libertarian Party	1) They are being forced into unbearable conditions caused by overpopulation and lack of infrastructure. This means too many people, competing for too little resource. E.G. Spiraling costs, overcrowded roads, lack of parking spaces (especially ones that aren't covered by the already massive amount of tax motorists pay). 2) Follow this up with an obsession to punish, fine, control and generally **** the motorist off, using the unberable situation that has been created as an excuse. Enough is enough. Instead of cramming more chickens into the pen, then cutting their beaks off and tying their legs together to stop them pecking each other to death. The people supposedly representing us need to take into account what people actually want and will make peoples lives better. Less immigration, less punishment focused methods and less singling out of the motorist for negative attention would be a start. __________________ http://brits4ronpaul.blogspot.com/ http://wokinglibertarians.blogspot.com/ http://lpuk.org My ignore list Labour, Blue Labour, Lib Dems

25-07-2007, 05:25 PM	#4 (permalink)
IceDragon Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,048	Cameras need one thing, unimpeded views, they eyes of the regime cannot work with say, a plastic bag over the camera, dab of paint on lens etc.

26-07-2007, 11:03 AM	#10 (permalink)
g hall Uber Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: erewhon Posts: 5,525	To all governments but particularly one as nasty as the incumbent the motorist is a cash cow and revenue stream to be maximised at every opportunity after all our leaders must have someone else's money to spend and also reward themselves and their cronies to the max Gordon the Moron Brown = Max Tax __________________ "That government is best which governs least." "This is a sharp Medicine, but it is a Physician for all diseases and miseries". "To be "matter of fact" about the world is to blunder into fantasy --and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful." Remember TANSTAAFL and TANJ

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