General Chat

I dread to think how many of these 'hoons' driving around like maniacs have no insurance and mot. There should be more done to make sure cars are roadworthy. One of our neighbours I am sure has no insurance or mot on the car he's using. He's been driving it for a good 5 months. The tax ran out end July and he hasn't put any on. They also have an untaxed car sat outside their house in the road again for the past 5 months. Why doesn't anything happen to these people. It's always the poor buggars they hit who suffer.

a couple of years ago,i was called to a stabbing,in a block of flats,but the man was dead ,and could not be re-sussed. he was stabbed repeated'ly by his flat mate,why? because he ate the last sausage,that was in the fridge. in crown court,he was given five years! yes,five years for taking a mans life! bryan.

Years ago when someone died as the result of a traffic accident it was regarded as manslaughter and carried an automatic prison sentence - what has happened to change this? All too often now murder charges are reduced to manslaughter - why? If we cannot have a death penalty - then life imprisonment should mean exactly that. There is no deterrent - life is cheap now - not a precious thing anymore. Ann

Bryan, the trouble is there is no true justice in this country anymore;;; it is full up with do gooders and nothing gets done about things like it should ;; I think the B has fell of Britian and there is definetly no great about it anymore. babs

I agree. It is outrageous. There is a young man who parks his untaxed car in our church carpark without permission. Presumably he is not insured either. Tomorrow we have mothers and toddlers. I hate to think what would happen if he had an accident with one of the children. I suppose we would be responsible. David

ann,your so right,but today tony blair has tried to change the terrorism law...and 'civil liberties' have said no way! i'me really upset over this,for reasons i can't give,but there will be some angry people at work tomorrow. bryan.

What was he charged with? It should have been manslaughter. Part of the trouble is that fines are graded on ability to pay. Plead poverty and you don't pay much. Doesn't work that way for fixed penalties, though. He'd have got a fixed penalty of £100, reduced to £50 for payment within 14 days, simply for parking in London.

It is little wonder that the morale amongst our police force has been going downhill for many years - when they manage to get offenders to court - they see them all too often - either get away with it or such a light sentence that it is laughable except to the victim and their family. When can we expect justice? Ann

the babies father,is still in hospital,as he was badly injured,and might never walk again. the mother had over fifty stitches,mainly to her face and head, when the police at scene told me about the tyres,he said,dont worry we will nail the bxxxxxd. fat chance with our law on motoring offences. bryan.

hiya bryan. words fail me x

Bryan That is awful, beyond words! 3 lousy points and £120 for having an unroad worth car and taking a childs life! That poor family must be distraught Kim x

Bryan, we live in a mad world, and it makes no sense, awful xx

Doesn`t seem right does it, should have got a long sentence for that.

and i need to get this off my chest! a few weeks back,a baby died in a road traffic accident,one of the cars involved,had two bald tyres...my pal at work has just phoned,and said the guy appeared in court this afternoon,and was fined £120,and received three points on his licence...what price a babies life! bryan.