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Once again Mother England has decided noncompliance must be stamped out. The uninsured DRIVER is at fault. The vehicle is, well, only a vehicle for the reckless behavior.

There are stories in the papers here about drivers caught with suspended licences or being behind the wheel while prohibited. Their wallets get lifted, and maybe the vehicle seized. When Ontario tried to summarily crush the cars of drivers caught for various serious driving offences, the courts were flooded with valid arguments. It was great television, but lousy law. The province had to stop. A few months ago I saw a story about a Quebec driver who was prohibited from driving in Ontario. The police seized everything (of course there was a little matter of a few pounds of dope, some weapons and a plastic grocery bag of cash ....).