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We've had the 159 mph cop, we've had the 59 speeding and the one bad parker -all were cops - they all got off.

This poor kid gets clobbered - no caution -just points on a non existant licence -

Link to Daily Mirror

Or was it that he hadn't contributed to the system??

Hold on............

Electric bicycles are legal are they not? I don't think they need insurance or registration.

What about electric wheelchairs etc.

I would have thought an adult riding at 20mph+ on the pavement would be far more lethal, and they only get a fixed penalty fine.

This country keeps on getting dafter.

Just as a matter of interest though I found this.....
http://www.petrolscooters.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3367

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Speed camera policy Kills

As you say - world getting dafter - thought police would have better things to do -suppose the kid could have said he was practicing for when he got his invalid scooter - like the other excuse used.

Unfortunately, being a real copper requires a cerebrum.

The two arseholes that nicked the 12 year old probably scored enough points to put them well on the way to becoming a sergeant though.

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What makes you think I'm drunk officer, have I got a fat bird with me?

If the points last for 4 years....persumably they would have expired by the time the kids gets a provisional licence..

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Speed camera policy Kills

Yep - as one old story teller would say "once upon a time" , the little kid could have stopped a copper and asked for advice - got it and his respect for the police would have gone up( or have been taken aside by a copper and advised). The crime would have been prevented, part of what we thoughtpolice were paid to do.

I thought that when i saw the article and also wondered -how do you put points on a non existant licence??

Or is this a new tactic by DVLA- book em young enough to stop them beeing able to qualify for a licence.
And 6 points -doesent that mean as a new licence holder he'll have to resit test, if the points are kept till he gets a licence??( 6points = disqual for new driver)

Then - no insurance -??? how does a kid get insurance.

Poor kid - if he hadn't been so honest and had nicked the scooter he'd probably just have gotten his wrist slapped.

Nah.. Day out to Alton Towers or a holiday in Portugal more like!

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"Politicians are the same the world over... We build bridges where there aren't any rivers." - Nikita Kruschev

i think ......i have a quick surf but cant find anything to back me up but im sure that i have seen this answer in the press.......that if you dont yet have a licence when you are given points they generously hold them for you until you have one (licence that is).....anyone care to guess what his insurance costs will be like when he gets to 17/18 and starts to learn to drive?

What do our green friends have to say about this? It has pedals and is electric so really should be above all laws. You're not supposed to ride bikes on the pavement anyway.

Any-one describe the results of being hit by one of these so-called toys?
And who would pay the compensation?

My 18 year old has got one. We use it at the race track as paddock transportation. It does about 6 mph. Yes I have been run into by it.....I am still alive and do not have any broken bones. Probably does less harm than being hit by a skate boarder at full pelt, or a double buggy or full shopping trolly.

Compensation?.........Don't be a wally!

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Speed camera policy Kills

Pathetic and nothing less! We need intelligent policing and not this B******T.
I have several mates in the Merseyside force who try their hardest to win the communities respect even to the point of voluntry work with local youth groups.
And these pricks do this?