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This programme makes my blood boil!
They pull someone over for a serious crime and you sit there thinking, "they're gonna throw the book at him" then at the end of the show the tell you what the punishment finally was.
People that are disqualified from driving end up getting a further ban from driving....and that's it. Is that really a deterrent? They were *caught* driving whilst not being allowed to - offf course they'll do it again!
Driving with a lorry a third over it's legal limit gets 3 points on the licence and a £100 fine. Where's the incentive not to do it again?
Jeez. It seems that its people that have previous experience of the law that are major offenders. Scummers.
How about making everyone convicted of a serious offence (driving whilst disqualified/uninsured/unmotted/excessive speed etc) do community work so they give something back to the community that they don't think anything about.
Did you see the plonka of a copper who, apparently is a "Biker" trying to start the little 50cc ped and then to cap it off, drives off with the helmet un-done!
no. make them do work for a family who have lost their loved one/s because of said disqualification.
or just jail them, no ifs no buts, do not pass go and remember the soap on a rope.
Did you see the plonka of a copper who, apparently is a "Biker" trying to start the little 50cc ped and then to cap it off, drives off with the helmet un-done!
Yeah - I liked the comment the other rozzer said about him afterwards - something like, "I thought he was meant to be a biker"
Yeah - I liked the comment the other rozzer said about him afterwards - something like, "I thought he was meant to be a biker"
He referred to the kick start when questioned as a "brake pedal probably or something".
Warthog
05-01-10, 11:33 PM
Oh my god that annoys me too! The latest one I saw only a few days ago was some guy in a stolen BMW, led the cops on a chase, got caught, and then "there wasn't enough evidence that he stole it" and so he got let off! What is wrong with the punishment system these days?!
7755matt
05-01-10, 11:51 PM
And the one tonight where they 'mistakenly forgot to prosecute' WTF?
DarrenSV650S
05-01-10, 11:53 PM
This programme makes my blood boil!
Don't watch it then! :confused:
What is wrong with the punishment system these days?!
Crown Prosecution Service
MattCollins
06-01-10, 04:30 AM
Crown Prosecution Service
Yep, even here this is not something that can be laid on the cops who are doing their jobs. The blame lands squarely on the DPP and the court system.
busasean
06-01-10, 05:48 AM
This programme makes my blood boil!
They pull someone over for a serious crime and you sit there thinking, "they're gonna throw the book at him" then at the end of the show the tell you what the punishment finally was.
People that are disqualified from driving end up getting a further ban from driving....and that's it. Is that really a deterrent? They were *caught* driving whilst not being allowed to - offf course they'll do it again!
Driving with a lorry a third over it's legal limit gets 3 points on the licence and a £100 fine. Where's the incentive not to do it again?
Jeez. It seems that its people that have previous experience of the law that are major offenders. Scummers.
How about making everyone convicted of a serious offence (driving whilst disqualified/uninsured/unmotted/excessive speed etc) do community work so they give something back to the community that they don't think anything about.
since when has excess speed been a serious offence?
MattCollins
06-01-10, 05:59 AM
since when has excess speed been a serious offence?
Probably at about the time that they call it dangerous driving or the equivalent.
Red Herring
06-01-10, 06:28 AM
This programme makes my blood boil!
They pull someone over for a serious crime and you sit there thinking, "they're gonna throw the book at him" then at the end of the show the tell you what the punishment finally was.
How do you think it makes coppers feel? They deal with these scumbags day in and day out and as you say there are times when the punishment really doesn't seem to fit the crime. Professional serial offenders regard getting caught as an occupational hazard. My view is simply that the sooner they let them out the sooner I can catch them again. Oh well.....
Von Teese
06-01-10, 08:25 AM
You think its frustrating watching the program!
Try actually doing the job, I think that has brought the word 'frustration' to new levels!
Sometimes I just wish I could go back to Veterinary Nursing, if only they would pay as much!!!!!!!
Kalessin
06-01-10, 09:05 AM
Yep, even here this is not something that can be laid on the cops who are doing their jobs. The blame lands squarely on the DPP and the court system.
Nope, it's the Government's fault. Their answer for every problem is to tax it, so they opt for fines wherever possible.
We desperately need more prisons, but having squandered all our money, the Government can't afford to build any. There's no room in UK prisons for any but the most serious offenders (http://pcbloggs.blogspot.com/2008/04/is-manslaughter-new-murder.html).
The only way you guarantee a custodial sentence is to go against the Government, e.g. tax evasion. There's zero tolerance for that!
The CPS, like the Police themselves, has been given targets to meet. This means it is against the interest of the CPS to prosecute cases they can't be reasonably sure of winning. Targets missed means bonuses not paid to management, and that simply won't do.
Red Herring
07-01-10, 12:05 AM
Sometimes I just wish I could go back to Veterinary Nursing,
At least then you would be able to put down those beyond help.....instead of just giving them more benefits!
Do away with all the red tape, give Police propper truncheons & build every police station it's own dark alley, i'd want to be a copper then!
yorkie_chris
07-01-10, 10:40 AM
There's no room in UK prisons for any but the most serious offenders (http://pcbloggs.blogspot.com/2008/04/is-manslaughter-new-murder.html).
Like people who get caught speeding :-P
Owenski
07-01-10, 10:58 AM
I wait for the end of those shows, its the punch line!
And you know its coming cos the amount of times you see them pull someone over that they know "hey didnt I nick you a few weeks back for no insurance" etc.
It is a joke the people who suffer by the system are the ones who make genuine mistakes or are breifly carried away, but those people pay their fines and do their time an learn never to make the same mistake again.
Like RedH said its the pro crimes who the law doesnt bother occupasional hazzard to them, its a total farce.
Von Teese
07-01-10, 10:51 PM
At least then you would be able to put down those beyond help.....instead of just giving them more benefits!
ROFL ;)
Dont tempt me, Im so near to reading the ads in the Veterinary Record Classifieds section!
-Ralph-
08-01-10, 01:00 AM
http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=135778&page=2
DON'T ****ING START ME!! I'm gonna blow up because of the bloody CPS! Some may say a mental breakdown happened years ago, but I can tell you that if it didn't it's on its way!
barwel1992
08-01-10, 01:12 AM
you lot should have wached jeremy kyle to day, not about trafic cops or driving but the other side of how sh*t out system is, there was a farther on there who hit his daughter and broke her jaw(and head buted her) he got sentenced to 12months in jail, and got out in 4months...
sory for off topic but sort of about the same thing
Von Teese
08-01-10, 08:13 AM
Jeremy Kyle is not always 100% truth, just remember that.
And what kind of people would go public with that kind of thing on that kind of show?
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