Subject - Unenforceable Laws

ReplyPosted : (Thursday 17th April 2008 ) By - Technoboy (Unregistered User) Hi Everyone

If you are a driver, you get away with nothing. Whether its tax, insurance, mot you will not get away with it for long. Parking is another area thats very hard to get away with, it seems drivers are very easy targets for councils to make money. In fact I am disgusted with how councils target mothers/fathers who pick their children up from school, because sufficent parking is not available. Councils have created lots of jobs for wardens, who will target and punish drivers, this is no bad thing, if you break the law you should be punished. But a line has to been drawn, especially when we see other laws not targeted with the same amount of passion. I am talking about using mobile phones while driving, this has personally caused me some grief. And no doubt others have suffered at the hands of these people who blatantly flout the law, and risk a fine and points on your licence. Why can't they be attacked in the same way, it is obvious that this law is not working, or should we say no one is bothering to enforce it. It is very dangerous to other drivers when some idiot uses a mobile phone and causes others to either swerve, brake very hard, or make them drive at 15 miles an hour, some drive extremely erratic as well while on the phone.

Rubbish is another of them unenforceable laws, leave your bin out, you are supposed to be penalised. If you drop litter, if you drop a cigarette end, if you let your dog foul the streets, fly tipping also you can be penalised. Need I go on, some of these laws are now being tackled by a few neighbourhood wardens, my personal view on this is why should people who interact closely with the community be employed as enforcers. This is the job for specialist wardens who can enforce many of these laws, I am sick and tired of someone coming up with a new law, and then saying that nothing can be done to enforce it.

We wonder what the world is coming to, respect has gone out the window, and that is the main problem many of us face today. So how do you solve the problem, well stop making up stupid laws you have no intention of enforcing is a start. And if you do make one, give it some thought on how you intend to implement and enforce it. Once people young and old know you mean business, respect will follow.

There are many more that I have not mentioned, got to stop somewhere.

One last thing from a driver point of view, councils are making a lot of money from drivers, yet not a lot seems to be going back into improving our roads, many roads are in a terrible state and I'll bet many cars have been damaged because of this. Maybe it's payback time and I might make a claim for damages to my cars suspension.

Cheers
Technoboy