[Newsbot]

Title: Motorists caught driving minutes after losing licences
Category: Law & Order
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2010-02-01 23:30:46
Canadian

[martin14]

any driving suspension should automatically come with doing the suspension in jail if caught driving.

And then for the love of God can we please put a few cops in the courts' parking lot ??

That has to be the most stupid thing of all.

Put a fucking doughnut truck in the park if you have to.

[commanderkai]

Here's a fucking simple solution. TAKE AWAY THEIR KEYS.

[Choban]

I hate to bring this up, but how come every name mentioned in this article is of an ethnic variaty?
Our driving laws seem to have less teeth than our other laws.

[commanderkai]

Does anybody remember the terrible movie "Judge Dredd" when he deals with the guy who continually violates traffic laws?

[andyt]

Choban Choban:

I hate to bring this up, but how come every name mentioned in this article is of an ethnic variaty?
Our driving laws seem to have less teeth than our other laws.

If you hated to bring it up, why did you? I noticed it too, tho I've known plenty of white dickheads who drove while suspended, including myself when I was young.

But if you want to make a comment about the racial/cultural aspects, just do it, don't hide behind "I hate to do it but I just can't help it."

[PublicAnimalNo9]

$1:

Khan Din had his driver's licence suspended on Friday after being convicted of violating another driving suspension. But he got into his truck in the parking lot of the court at Markham Road and Sheppard Avenue East and drove off on Highway 401.

When he finished his journey and parked his car, a CBC News crew confronted him.

"I have to drive to work every day. Otherwise, I will lose my job," he said.

When asked how he could drive with a suspended licence, he replied: "You have to drive safely, that's all."

And obviously he's a paragon of safe driving considering he got his licence suspended. Fuckwad.
As for the rest, never mind fines, give them jail time and impound their vehicles, ALL OF THEM, if they have more than one.

[BeaverFever]

Andrew Roxburgh is not an "ethnic" name...so I guess there's at least 1 whitey in the article!

Anyway, when I lived in FLorida, if you let your insurance lapse you are required to either renew it or turn in your license plate while you car is "off the road". If you don't they suspend your license. Why not implement that policy and also do it in reverse and force suspended drivers to turn in their plates. People can make spare keys, buy they can't make spare license plates. If someone fails to turn it in, theres another fine, a longer suspension and the car is impounded. If there are 2 cars in the household, maybe even we require that both plates come in. If he's caught driving someone elses car, its jail time.

[Yogi]

Quite agree that if a suspended driver is caught driving, the balance of the suspension be spent in jail, and the vehicle forfeited. Regardless of who owns the vehicle. Lest the time remaining be less than 6 mos, the minimum in jail would be bumped up.

[BeaverFever]

The problem I have with impounding the vehicle of somebody else other than the offender is that it imposes a hardship on a third party who may not have even known the accused had a suspended license, or may not be in a position to stop them. For example, the wife of an abusive alcholic. Such a law would set those women up for a confrontation with a violent drunk or cause them to lose any hope of independance and freedom (for example if they lose their job as a result of losing their car). Or take the naive elderly mother or grandma who lets sonny take the car, completely unaware that his license is suspended. Furthermore, the accused usually doesn't give a rat's ass about whether somebody else is going to pay for his mistakes so its not even a deterrent to him.

I think confiscating a thrid party's car should only be done as punishment to that third party IF it can be established that they willingly and knowingly lent it to someone with a suspended license, OR that the third party can not reasonably prevent the accused from driving it AND the accused is likely to drive it. But failing that, alternative solutions should be sought.

[Yogi]

Then people are going to have to be more responsible!

[BeaverFever]

My point is, in the cases I cited, its not a question of responsibility, its a question of power.

[Yogi]

BeaverFever BeaverFever:

My point is, in the cases I cited, its not a question of responsibility, its a question of power.

Nope! The vehicle OWNER, will have to prove that the vehicle was taken without their consent. They could possibly do this by filing charges of vehicle theft. Otherwise, it's gonzo!

[BeaverFever]

Fair enough, as long as the proof required is that of knowing consent, since granny at the retirement home likely doesn't know that little jimmy had his license suspended when he comes around with a hard luck story about how he needs her car to get to work. Courts generally take into consideration power relations along with implied and inferred threats so that might help protect abused partners.