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Desmo
29-01-2009, 21:53
This guys fits windows for a living and has been told he can't work at police stations as he has 7 points on his license :shocked:

http://www.chad.co.uk/news/Glazier39s-anger-after-speeding-leads.4918416.jp

What the hell is going on in this world?
Burble
29-01-2009, 21:54
*sigh*

I wonder if he would have received the same letter if he was a convicted murdered. I suspect not.
Dee
29-01-2009, 22:21
What you you doing reading the Mansfield Chad? :D

Pathetic though, none the less :/
Justsomebloke
29-01-2009, 22:40
Where as Me a Blatant wrong'un & serious criminal (Retired) was invited to work along side the Police advicing & giving lectures ;D
You just couldn't make it up :D
NokkonWud
29-01-2009, 22:45
Would be funny if every glazier then actively refused to fit replacement windows there.
lostkat
29-01-2009, 22:54
People with speeding points are CRIMINALS. Didn't you know???
Stan_Lite
30-01-2009, 06:27
and have never been in trouble with the law

Actually, you have.

You couldn't make it up, could you? Tesco are willing to give our Malc a chance and other police forces are employing people like the woman mentioned in the story but Nottinghamshire police are so righteous, they can't allow someone who drives too fast to mend their windows.

Ridiculous :rolleyes:
Pebs
30-01-2009, 11:49
C'mon Stan, you forgot to mention that the police force employed Pebbles.

Pebbles!!! ;)



This is Essex though, they have the collective morals of an alley cat on viagra :evil:

7 points is a weird number..wonder what they're for. Idiots non-the less!
Belmit
30-01-2009, 12:35
Extra special bonus points!
iCraig
30-01-2009, 13:37
"I am a respectable citizen, have worked hard all my life and have never been in trouble with the law – the only time I have been in a police station is do work for them.

That doesn't do him any favours. He *has* been in trouble with the law, otherwise he'd have never been issued points?

However, there's just no common sense. How common are speeding offences? I have no idea but I'd hazard a guess quite a few citizens having them. I myself have 3 points (which reminds me, they should expire soon) but to class me in the same league as more "traditional" criminals is just silly. If we started saying if you have misdemeanors on your record you can't do this and that, the entire economy would grind to a halt and only those with a sparkling record would ever be allowed to do anything.
Von Smallhausen
30-01-2009, 14:51
Common sense seems to have dried up these days.

7 points in his licence does not make him a risk to working in police stations and it is hardly surprising so many people have points on their licence given the explosion of cameras in the last few years.

If I was in his boots, I would take it to a higher authority. It is grossly unfair.
A Place of Light
30-01-2009, 19:43
If I was in his boots, I would take it to a higher authority.

The Sun??

;)
Von Smallhausen
02-02-2009, 01:47
The Sun??

;)

A little too high that one. :D
MtE
02-02-2009, 11:56
7 points is a weird number..

Its not that weird, I mean it comes after 6 and before 8, nothing weird about that!! :)

Well it could be 4 points for Careless driving & then 3 for speeding ;)
A Place of Light
02-02-2009, 19:01
This is Essex though, they have the collective morals of an alley cat on viagra :evil:

7 points is a weird number..wonder what they're for. Idiots non-the less!

Lack of insurance used to reward you with between 6 and 9 points, depending on the magistrate.
Mark
03-02-2009, 13:58
Yup, pretty much. If they do that, someone really needs to give the media a collective ASBO.