From: "Rich Gauszka" 

IMO there should be a definitive standard for confiscation.   I don't have a
problem with intoxication ( you need to be found guilty in court )  but I
really have a problem with confiscation for not wearing a seat belt. What
happened to just writing a ticket?


"Mark"  wrote in message
news:45c29886$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>I imagine if they tried that in France that the drivers would say, g'ahead
>take it, save me the trouble of having it towed after they burn it
 seriously, NYC used to (maybe still does) confiscate the cars of drivers
>that blew too high on the breathalyzer on the spot, long before the trial
>and the confiscation was permanent regardless of the trial outcome>
>
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> news:45c29621$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> and Adam and Phil are worried about Bush?
>>
>> http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23383881-details/Use+a+mobile...+
and+lose+your+vehicle/article.do
>> Controversial powers for police to confiscate vehicles if their driver is
>> using a mobile or not wearing a seatbelt are to be used across London.
>>
>> A total of 1,800 cars, vans and motorcycles were impounded during the
>> trial in Hounslow, using powers introduced last year under the Road
>> Traffic Act that allow police to pull over vehicles that have aroused
>> their suspicion.
>>
>> Most drivers lost their vehicles after they were stopped for relatively
>> minor traffic offences.
>>
>>
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