things and information

Richard Clayton richard at highwayman.com
Wed, 5 Mar 2003 12:07:00 +0000


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In article <0303031348582R.18224@osborne>, Adrian Midgley
<akm@92tr.freeserve.co.uk> writes

>Continuing with motoring, on the basis that it is an activity 
>where commonly available but expensive machinery is used by many 
>people for legal and illegal activities...
>
>Speeding is a criminal offence.  It is uncommon to seize the 
>equipment used to commit it.  
>
>The Police therefore have not prevented the commission of 
>further crimes with the equipment in question by the person 
>under question.

It is standard practice for the police to prevent "drunk drivers"
leaving the police station if they believe that they are still unfit to
drive viz: they are still reading over 35mg/100ml when tested

>That analogy might be more readily understood by the tabloids.

- -- 
richard @ highwayman . com                       "Nothing seems the same
                          Still you never see the change from day to day
                                And no-one notices the customs slip away"

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