Comments on: Court case and "substantial fine" looming for not obeying non-existent road signs http://www.meejahor.com/2010/04/23/court-case-and-substantial-fine-looming-for-not-obeying-non-existent-road-signs/ Web site of Andrew Smith, newspaper photographer Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:08:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Steve http://www.meejahor.com/2010/04/23/court-case-and-substantial-fine-looming-for-not-obeying-non-existent-road-signs/comment-page-1/#comment-81316 Steve Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:03:50 +0000 http://www.meejahor.com/?p=1351#comment-81316 Andrew, We do not have a police force, or a criminal justice system in this country any longer. They spend very little time solving/preventing crime, and an awful LOT of time carrying out revenue increasing activities such as this. They then use the threat of VERY heavy fines and jail, to ensure that you pay the small fines. Extortion by legal means. How many of the motorists on that day that were stopped have just paid up for a quiet life - betting 99%. I have a friend and his family that were tormented by a group of kids for years. Windows smashed, stones thrown, had to live with their curtains wide open every night for 5 yrs. He repeatedly caught the kids and handed them over to the police for nothing to be done. One night he was trying to catch up to one of the boys, using his car (he's disabled and cant run after them), but clipped the wheel on the kids bike and he fell off. The kid then went to the police, He was arrested and spent 24hrs in detention, and was then charged with the next offence down from attempted murder. He has tried to fight this, and would have loved to have his day in court. The way that the CPS works, is to threaten and bully individuals into the fines/costs they want to levy. Constantly threatening that if he insisted on taking it to court that they would seek a custodial sentence. Its not a justice system, its a money making racket. In the end he couldnt risk a prison sentence so had to accept what they offered (extorted). Sorry for the long post - but it really is starting to get on my nerves the way the system is operated these days. Andrew,
We do not have a police force, or a criminal justice system in this country any longer. They spend very little time solving/preventing crime, and an awful LOT of time carrying out revenue increasing activities such as this. They then use the threat of VERY heavy fines and jail, to ensure that you pay the small fines. Extortion by legal means.
How many of the motorists on that day that were stopped have just paid up for a quiet life – betting 99%.
I have a friend and his family that were tormented by a group of kids for years. Windows smashed, stones thrown, had to live with their curtains wide open every night for 5 yrs. He repeatedly caught the kids and handed them over to the police for nothing to be done. One night he was trying to catch up to one of the boys, using his car (he’s disabled and cant run after them), but clipped the wheel on the kids bike and he fell off. The kid then went to the police, He was arrested and spent 24hrs in detention, and was then charged with the next offence down from attempted murder. He has tried to fight this, and would have loved to have his day in court.
The way that the CPS works, is to threaten and bully individuals into the fines/costs they want to levy. Constantly threatening that if he insisted on taking it to court that they would seek a custodial sentence. Its not a justice system, its a money making racket. In the end he couldnt risk a prison sentence so had to accept what they offered (extorted).
Sorry for the long post – but it really is starting to get on my nerves the way the system is operated these days.

]]> By: Ian http://www.meejahor.com/2010/04/23/court-case-and-substantial-fine-looming-for-not-obeying-non-existent-road-signs/comment-page-1/#comment-73251 Ian Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:45:16 +0000 http://www.meejahor.com/?p=1351#comment-73251 You are going to need the patience of a saint! Their next tactic will be try to wear you down through tedium, stupidity, boredom, passing the buck, and threatening to raise the fine x10 if you don't pay it. Best bet is to publicise it all in glorious fashion and then embarrassing someone with responsibility to do some serious back-peddling. If you play by their rules and the system you will probably die first. You are going to need the patience of a saint!

Their next tactic will be try to wear you down through tedium, stupidity, boredom, passing the buck, and threatening to raise the fine x10 if you don’t pay it.

Best bet is to publicise it all in glorious fashion and then embarrassing someone with responsibility to do some serious back-peddling. If you play by their rules and the system you will probably die first.

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