Friday 27 May 2011

Tory scum

That's the polite title.

A new criminal law; that's what we need. We haven't got enough laws already, have we? The New Labour government created thousands of new offences. The Tories have taken up where the last lot left off, with a new 'crime' of owning an uninsured vehicle, that allows them to gun-point you and steal at least £100.
Road Safety minister Mike Penning said: "Uninsured drivers are a danger on our roads, killing 160 and injuring a further 23,000 people each year, and they cost honest motorists £500m in extra premiums.
Ah, he cares about honest motorists! Nothing to do with finding another way to prey upon the public, nothing to do with being a chisling little shit, Mr Penning?

What offends me is that anyone buying a car will almost always break this law. I doubt that these people will face prosecution in great numbers, but this law criminalises buying a vehicle, because the moment you hand over the cash, you will become a criminal.

Fucking Tories.

I recently bought a car. For a few days it sat on the road without insurance. I did not drive it anywhere prior to sorting out the (extortionate) insurance. I did nothing wrong, and yet under the chisling Tory cunts, in a few weeks I would have been breaking the law.

Unlike these Tories, I'm kind of old-fashioned. A crime is something that harms somebody, robbing them, assaulting them, that kind of thing. Unfortunately, like Labour before them, these Tories want to steal our money and wipe their arse on the Common Law of England.

Hat tip: Longrider

8 comments:

Bucko said...

Agreed. I frequently commit this 'crime'.
Like you I beleive a crime should have a victim. I'm sick of all these new reasons to steal our money, the bastards.

Woodsy42 said...

I would disagree with you about insurance when it's on the public road TT, even parked. I know it's very unlikely it would blow up or roll away down the hill but things do happen and you could be responsible. I think it's your assumption it's OK parked if not driven which has helped drive the regulation.
Otherwise I agree with you this legislation is moving towards a car ownership tax.
What pisses me off is that this outrageous regulation applies even if the car is locked in a garage, and I have just noted the effect on classic car owners here http://tinyurl.com/3qsusjg
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Trooper Thompson said...

Woodsy,

they wouldn't dare justify this law by citing the possibility that something would happen the way you say. Their justification is all about uninsured drivers killing people, not freak incidents of cars rolling down hills or spontaneously combusting. Also the stats for uninsured drivers include a whole lot of drivers who have no insurance because they're banned from driving or possibly even have stolen the car. Most libertarians, I would say, don't have a problem with harsh penalties on people who have committed proper crimes and deserve punishment. What is objectionable is turning the criminal law into a money-spinning racket, in which the ordinary citizen is entrapped by a labyrinth of regulations.

The point I wish to stress is that it is nigh on impossible to not break this law when buying a car, and that the motivation is pure greed.

Bucko said...

I dont buy the idea that cars parked at the roadside and not used need to be insured.
If you choose not to insure it, the chances of your car causing a problem are remote.
If a car runs into yours you may have to pay your own legal bills to recover costs. Just be aware and accept consequences of choosing to not insure.
The excuse here is uninsured drivers but this law will not stop criminals who dont care.

(If it's garaged you can SORN it and then you dont have to insure it)

Woodsy42 said...

" justify this law by citing the possibility that something would happen the way you say."

Of course not, and I'm not disagreeing with you with regard to the law, only pointing out you do have a moral duty towards others however unlikely a problem may be, so it's a bad angle to argue from.
As you say this law will do absolutely nothing to prevent criminality, uninsured drivers or unregistered vehicles, it simply adds fines, cost and nuisance to ordinary honest people.
But that's par for the course and almost all modern laws work that way. Everyone is assumed criminal unless they can prove otherwise, that's the real problem. Financial regulations, proving ID before you can bid at an auction, CRB, proving age in shops etc - all these assume guilt.

Woodsy42 said...

"(If it's garaged you can SORN it and then you dont have to insure it)

You can, in fact any piece of private ground so long as it's not public road, but it's still a pain in the arse.

Bucko said...

True it is a pain. I your car is on private land, the SORN should just be a given

Trooper Thompson said...

Woodsy,

"Everyone is assumed criminal unless they can prove otherwise, that's the real problem. Financial regulations, proving ID before you can bid at an auction, CRB, proving age in shops etc - all these assume guilt."

Yep, that's the problem.