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You know it's a bad one when the fella gets 12 years.
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[Travel] Sentencing for 110mph wankpanzer driver. (Sorry can't find original thread)
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GT49er
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In rural areas, most people virtually have to have a car.
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Absolutely not so.
....and so say all smug car owners who can afford the car they choose, rather than any one they can get - however old, if it runs and passes its MOTs.
New SUVs (which I was specifically referring to) are mostly attracting the £390 5 year tax surcharge for cars over £40k.
dsr-burnley
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Not to mention that if you buy a new car for over £40k, you've paid at least £6,666 VAT.
keaton
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Because of inadequate public transport. Not sure much of the poor countryside is going to become a ULEZ any point soon either
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I didn't know that - but bloody good news as far as I'm concerned (altough maybe not enough)!
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Yes, and the poor buggers get bashed with poor car owners' excessive road tax. Pay £30K for a nice new electric 2.5 ton killer SUV and you're alright Jack!.
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We do have 3 perfectly good road transportation threads.
This one, the one with people dying and the sentencing therein.
One specifically for electric vehicles
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For all.your congestion LTN, ULEZ, public transport needs.
That said happily taking a thread away from containing tragic deaths of innocent children to discuss the personal financial implications of buying a new SUV does rather pinpoint the problem.
This one, the one with people dying and the sentencing therein.
One specifically for electric vehicles
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[Travel] - Cars and congestion
London day travelcards to be phased out https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66268315 Used these a lot, especially for away days in London. They don't make it easy do they. It just seems to be piling more costs onto an already ridiculously expensive rail network that is generally...
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For all.your congestion LTN, ULEZ, public transport needs.
That said happily taking a thread away from containing tragic deaths of innocent children to discuss the personal financial implications of buying a new SUV does rather pinpoint the problem.
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Drunk-driver LAUGHS as passengers beg her to slow down just before fatal crash — The Sun
THIS is the horrifying moment a drunk driver laughed as her passengers begged her to slow down just before a fatal crash.
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And another one. Only 8 years for killing somebody.
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I like the succinct cut of Mr Tranter's jib
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The little girl hit on a pedestrian crossing a couple of days after the 2 little girls were run over in Wimbledon has now died from her injuries.
The sooner we end this war on cars the happier I'll be - what is wrong with people.
The sooner we end this war on cars the happier I'll be - what is wrong with people.
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The message is finally getting through
Rida Kazem: 'Show-off' killer driver has sentence increased
Rida Kazem was speeding at 110mph before losing control of his car, crashing and killing a woman.
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Good, but still a touch lenient for me. Horrible case.The message is finally getting through
Rida Kazem: 'Show-off' killer driver has sentence increased
Rida Kazem was speeding at 110mph before losing control of his car, crashing and killing a woman.www.bbc.co.uk