On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:12:48 +0100, Sue wrote: >I'm would have thought that less is done to stop cars having no tax or >insurance. The canals are heavily patrolled.
Since September, in Gloucestershire, over 1100 cars have been seized and impounded because of no insurance. That's 46 a week in one county. The spokesman said: "In the past, whenever motorists were caught driving without insurance or not in accordance with their driving licence, they were dealt with through the courts by way of a fine and penalty points on their licence. "Their vehicle was left on the side of the road for them to later return to and possible drive away. "New powers now mean we can actually take their vehicles away from them to prevent them continuing to use the vehicles illegally and, in many cases, using those vehicles to commit other crimes." -- On-line canal route planner: http://www.canalplan.org.uk (Waterways World site of the month, April 2001) My Reply-To address *is* valid, though likely to die soon
