> what had happened was the driver had had a conviction for which he had
> 12 months loss of licence. After the 12 months he proceeded to drive
> again - but apparently the catch is you have lost your licence until you
> resit it, which he hadn't done. The car was impounded and crushed, he
> got a whopper fine and was not a happy bunny.

At face value that sounds like a gross abuse of the powers vested by
we the people in our servants.
In practice it may be far far more complex than that - as is often
enough the case. eg made up example only, he may have owed other fines
so did not want to surface to be identified. etc. Life often manages
more twists and turns than can be fitted into 30 minutes of TV.

              R
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