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by **PhiLFC** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:58 pm

No License

In my local paper today....

Man gets caught for driving without a license... £100 fine and £75 costs

Woman gets caught for watching tv without a license... £120 and £75 costs

WTF is happening to my country? At this moment in time I'm ready to jack it all in a fuck offski.

How the fuck can this happen?

Furious :angry:

by **account deleted by request** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:02 pm

PhiLFC wrote:No License

In my local paper today....

Man gets caught for driving without a license... £100 fine and £75 costs

Woman gets caught for watching tv without a license... £120 and £75 costs

WTF is happening to my country? At this moment in time I'm ready to jack it all in a fuck offski.

How the fuck can this happen?

Furious

You wouldn't be saying that if she ran into you with her tv set mate

by **JoeTerp** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:03 pm

how do you need a license to watch tv?
I can understand the drivers license part, because you could injure/kill people on the road if you don't know how to drive or if you are known to be a drunk driver

by **account deleted by request** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:09 pm

JoeTerp wrote:how do you need a license to watch tv?
I can understand the drivers license part, because you could injure/kill people on the road if you don't know how to drive or if you are known to be a drunk driver

Have you never been charged with being drunk in charge of a TV Joe?

We have to pay a licence to the BBC to watch tv, even if we NEVER watch BBC. Strange but true.

by **Woollyback** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:26 pm

the bbc is funded by the tv license, not advertising revenue. therefore you don't get bombarded with adverts every 15 minutes like you do on commercial tv channels.

by **LFC2007** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:00 pm

The guy who got caught for driving without a license is a bit thick and deserves a kick in the balls, he got off very lightly with just a fine.

The woman should have paid her license fee, you'd think she'd have been aware of the potential consequences.

Whether or not we should have to pay a license fee is besides the point. I think it can be agreed that you should be required to have a license in order to drive.

by **Lando_Griffin** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:07 pm

Sounds about right for a Labour-run Country...

by **PhiLFC** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:26 pm

LFC2007 wrote:The guy who got caught for driving without a license is a bit thick and deserves a kick in the balls, he got off very lightly with just a fine.

The woman should have paid her license fee, you'd think she'd have been aware of the potential consequences.

Whether or not we should have to pay a license fee is besides the point. I think it can be agreed that you should be required to have a license in order to drive.

You miss the point...

Why the hell did the girl get such a large fine in the first place never mind a fine that was larger than the other toe rag driving without a license.

So not only does the girl have to pay the fine but she also has to pay the license fee... (£195 + £135.50) surely they coulda made her pay the fee and have done with it?

You see this cr@p week in week out... people getting away with small fines for serious offences (why does this get tagged as a wrong spelling? Any chance of changing the Newkit dictionary to English ... unless I'm wrong in assuming "offenses" is an American spelling)

by **LFC2007** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:36 pm

PhiLFC wrote:
LFC2007 wrote:The guy who got caught for driving without a license is a bit thick and deserves a kick in the balls, he got off very lightly with just a fine.

The woman should have paid her license fee, you'd think she'd have been aware of the potential consequences.

Whether or not we should have to pay a license fee is besides the point. I think it can be agreed that you should be required to have a license in order to drive.

Sorry mate but I reckon the first part of your post is absolute bollox... why the hell did the girl get such a large fine in the first place never mind a fine that was larger than the other toe rag driving without a license.

You see this cr@p week in week out... people getting away with small fines for serious offences (why does this get tagged as a wrong spelling? Any chance of changing the Newkit dictionary to English and not American... apologies to our American pals).

Like I said, the guy who got caught without a drivers license got off very lightly. The girl, I would imagine, was aware of the consequences of not having a TV license. Everyone has to pay a TV license, whether that's right or wrong is besides the point. You can't have laws that go ignored without consequences. FWIW, I don't think the fine for not having a TV license was excessive, I think the punishment for driving without a license however was far, far too lenient.

by **PhiLFC** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:39 pm

Apologies.. I edited my post having read yours again.

The point being that the girl has to pay a larger fine for a very very minor and non-life threatening offence IMO.

by **PhiLFC** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:43 pm

LFC2007 wrote:...FWIW, I don't think the fine for not having a TV license was excessive, I think the punishment for driving without a license however was far, far too lenient...

Totally disagree and totally agree on these two points

by **LFC2007** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:46 pm

On a different note, fuel prices are an absolute joke, and the yanks complain about their fuel prices :no

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by **PhiLFC** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:54 pm

LFC2007 wrote:On a different note, fuel prices are an absolute joke, and the yanks complain about their fuel prices .

Do you remember the days when the price used to go up at the pumps per gallon? Now it rises per litre!

by **PhiLFC** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:57 pm

Don't know about you but Political Correctness... anybody?

by **LFC2007** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:02 pm

PhiLFC wrote:
LFC2007 wrote:On a different note, fuel prices are an absolute joke, and the yanks complain about their fuel prices .

Do you remember the days when the price used to go up at the pumps per gallon? Now it rises per litre!

Average price of unleaded: 104.1p.

Diesel: 109.1p

It just keeps on going up and up.

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