From: nick royall, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
My point about the DD and road checks is that the CC of Essex boasts about
how many random checks they do in the run up to christmas. There are not
supposed to be random stops, you are only supposed to be stopped when you
have done something to warrant the attention. Now, since Essex constabulary
seem to be the keenest on this having just started this years campaign
perhaps they should publicise the result as an average of motorists stopped
versus those over the limit. The last time such things were done they ended
up doing the most stops for the least number of drivers over the limit and
christmas is the time when the least offences are now committed. It may be
fear that is causing this method to work or perhaps, over the years people
have become better educated in their responsibilities to others and
themselves. It certainly doesnt do any favours to the thousands stopped for
no reason and will little or nothing in law to allow it. I do not condone
driving whilst intoxicated and would like to see drunk drivers charged with
at least manslaughter when causing a fatality rather than careless/dangerous
etc since they have made a decision to act in a way that they know is
reckless. If it was any other implement rather than a car it would be
probably a murder charge but the world is in love with the car so different
rules apply.
In my ideal society the guilty are punished when proven guilty based on
solid evidence and information. The majority should not be held in
suspicion as many new laws allow, that is a Thatcherite thing with more to
do with control than curbing crime. As for your comment about road kill, I
am a fully trained front line ambulance attendant with the red cross and
have seen more than my fair share. Today is also the 12th anniversary of
the death of my daughter, killed by a motorist driving on to a pavement.
Nick
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