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PostPosted: Sat May 03, 2008 18:50 
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cumbria/7381857.stm
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Police checks find vehicle faults

Fifteen vehicles have been banned from the road by police carrying out spot checks in two areas of Cumbria.

Operation Orwell, which aims to reduce the number of young people killed or seriously injured on the roads, took place in Penrith and Carlisle.

During the course of one afternoon, 45 offences were uncovered, 25 of them relating to young drivers.

These included not wearing seatbelts, having defective tyres, excess speed and mobile phone use.

Officers also said that as part of an emerging trend, a large number of vehicles were found to have excessive tint on the windows.

As well as prosecutions, six vehicles were issued with immediate prohibitions from being driven on the road and nine with delayed prohibitions.

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PostPosted: Sun May 04, 2008 12:04 
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I'm in favour of police out on the streets looking for dangerous cars and driving but "Operation Orwell"?

Who thought this up?

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PostPosted: Sun May 04, 2008 17:09 
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Good to see some proper detecting happening, but.

How many of today's under 20's would recognise the name of this operation? :bunker:


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How many of today's under 20's would recognise the name of this operation? :bunker:


Perhaps those that read "all animals are equal ,but some are more equal than others " ,and the question is "did the author have an inkling of how things would turn out today "? :lol:

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PostPosted: Fri May 09, 2008 23:37 
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remind me which animals were more equal than the others.


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PostPosted: Mon May 12, 2008 20:19 
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remind me which animals were more equal than the others.


perhaps these


http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/tweenies/ ... ittlepigs/

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