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Here is where the "imcompetant British" and the authoritarianism starts to come into play. There is a backlog for entering insurance details onto the database so there are millions of perfectly legally insured vehicles with no entry on the database. The Police however, make no accomodation for these anomolies. Your vehicle is taken. Just as an aside, the police are pressing for this to be a chargable offence in order for them to take your DNA for their ever increasing DNA database (are you seeing a pattern here yet?).
Wow, this is crazy, as shown by the quoted article. I thought the States was screwed?!
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Is the crushing of my car free of charge or will I receive an invoice for the "execution"? Just because I am thinking to get rid of my Landrover. I have paid that much for useless repair last year ----
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Is the crushing of my car free of charge or will I receive an invoice for the "execution"? Just because I am thinking to get rid of my Landrover. I have paid that much for useless repair last year ----

lol good thinking Kuno! - Land Rovers have to be the worst cars in the world. I can not imagine why anyone would trust one of these vehicles. My dad used to sell new London Black cabs in the days when they had land rover engines. One came from the factory and in preparation for the customer there was found to be a loud knock when it was first started up. After plenty of head scratching the only thing left to be done was lift the cylinder head where it was found to be missing a piston. THIS WAS A BRAND NEW, STRAIGHT FROM THE FACTORY LAND ROVER ENGINE!

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Wow, this is crazy, as shown by the quoted article. I thought the States was screwed?!
You think this is bad, you ought to see what you get for leaving the lid of your rubbish bin open when the council collection van arrives. BBC NEWS | England | Cumbria | Father fined for overfilling bin

Kuno2 - The Gov are claiming that there are 1,000,000 cars on UK roads with no insurance. I have no idea whether this is realistic or not but I would guess that while some of them may be overlanders passing through, most are supposed to be "deadbeats" who can't be bothered with / can't afford insurance and that crushing their cars will "teach them a lesson".
I'm not certain whether people who have insurance that hasn't shown up on the computer are counted.
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