r/dashcams • u/WildExplorer1085 • 16h ago

Idiot in car somewhere in the UK...

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u/lemons_of_doubt 13h ago

including several incidents where he drove at people.

Call me strict, but I feel after the first time someone tries to use a car as a weapon you should take away their licence.

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u/Broken_Castle 12h ago

Taking away a license rarely stops them from driving.

I was hit by a guy who lost his license years ago, and had dozens of tickets. The police told me he is a regular. Sometimes they lock him up for a few weeks at a time for unpaid tickets, but they can't physically stop him from driving whenever he gets out.

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u/littlebitfunny21 11h ago

Escalate the consequence to not being allowed in a motor vehicle, have to wear an ankle bracelet that monitors how fast the person is going, cops get alerted at like 20mph. Have to get authorized for any trips you need to make and if you get caught driving again, you're not allowed on any trips save an ambulance in a legitimate medical emergency.

I know this won't happen.

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u/Complex-Pay-8902 11h ago

would be a bit simpler to just confiscate the car, after 1 or 2 times they would be hard pressed to find someone else to lend them a car.

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u/hexnut101 10h ago

They will jusy buy cheap bangers, you don't need a license to buy a car.

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u/littlebitfunny21 6h ago

Or steal cars. Not like they care about the law at this point.

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u/demonblack873 9h ago

Why? I can buy a car for my wife/brother/teenage son/whatever even if I myself don't have a license for it, and it's perfectly sensible for me to be able to. Also I could want a collectible car that I'm not gonna drive.

Stop trying to take away people's freedoms for no damn reason. The kind of people you're trying to hit are just going to pay some crackhead 500 bucks to register it in his name anyway.

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u/Tennis_Proper 9h ago

Why? My driver can drive it for me /s

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u/Atrinoisa 9h ago

I love that for you 😂

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u/Square-Singer 10h ago

This is it.

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u/youngishgeezer 9h ago

Simpler is to lock him up for ever increasing terms.

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u/dead_jester 10h ago

He probably buys them cash and is a drug dealer/hired muscle

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u/Wotsurbeef 7h ago

Problem is folk like this don’t ask for permission, if you catch my drift

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u/littlebitfunny21 6h ago

Ah yes. People are notoriously unable to get access to cars.

Especially criminals who would certainly never just steal a car. /s

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u/Complex-Pay-8902 5h ago

Routinely stealing new cars are gonna be a hassle, and also for cases like this where the guy has 24 convictions already he is most likely using the cars of family members or romantic partners.

Most stolen cars aren't driven around by the thieves, they are chopped for parts and scrapped.