On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 2:43 PM, RussellMc wrote: >> 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. A gross abuse of power to take whatever measures are necessary to prevent somebody from driving who's not supposed to be driving? Seems like exactly what the law enforcement people should be doing - driving is still seen far too much as a right rather than a privilege IMO. Chris --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .