A cash grab is something that's unavoidable surely, lets say a hike in property taxes for homeowners.......everything mentioned here is entirely avoidable though, speeding fines and parking tickets are not taxes for driving/riding.
The whole idea of fines and insurance hikes are deterrents to errant behaviour aren't they? I have no problem at all with innocent parties utilising the system of law to argue their case, or even guilty parties arguing for a reduction of a penalty on any grounds.....but not accepting the consequences of your own voluntary actions and playing the system when plainly guilty isn't doing anything except leading towards a breaking point where something will have to give...and I can more or less guarantee that when it does it won't be beneficial for anyone either through increased taxes to look after the current state of affairs or the passing of more draconian measures or for instance the reintroduction of unmanned speed cameras etc.
Sorry to rant but the real reason I'm ****** is in this country the "prove it's not my fault when really it plainly is" defense is used a lot for other more serious crimes quite often. The worse ones being.."it's not my fault I drunkenly mowed down the cyclist/pedestrian/family...it's the bar's fault for serving me booze".
The whole idea of fines and insurance hikes are deterrents to errant behaviour aren't they? I have no problem at all with innocent parties utilising the system of law to argue their case, or even guilty parties arguing for a reduction of a penalty on any grounds.....but not accepting the consequences of your own voluntary actions and playing the system when plainly guilty isn't doing anything except leading towards a breaking point where something will have to give...and I can more or less guarantee that when it does it won't be beneficial for anyone either through increased taxes to look after the current state of affairs or the passing of more draconian measures or for instance the reintroduction of unmanned speed cameras etc.
Sorry to rant but the real reason I'm ****** is in this country the "prove it's not my fault when really it plainly is" defense is used a lot for other more serious crimes quite often. The worse ones being.."it's not my fault I drunkenly mowed down the cyclist/pedestrian/family...it's the bar's fault for serving me booze".
