Don't you love this country...

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actually that & redlights is the ONLY time i agree with cameras on the roads. not only do they check for tax, more importantly they check for insurance. the more uninsured people off the roads the better, its bad enough when mr retard tries to kill you & has a policy to buy you a new bike.

I agree uninsured drivers are a potential menace - however, the UK doesn't make it any easier - you cannot insure a vehicle with an UK insurance company unless it is registered in the UK - therefore, if you are traveling to the UK on a foreign machine, you have to get your insurance (minimum 3rd party) in mainland Europe... how stupid is that?*

It just goes to show that all the UK authorities are really interested in is revenue from their automatic number plate recognition systems - they don't have our personal interests at heart, all they care about is fleecing the motorist for as much money as they can get, especially the moment you don't comply with their ill thought-out legislation!

*I had to insure my US registered motorcycle in Germany, before I could ride it in my own country! While presumably the UK authorities considered that a vehicle traveling overland to the UK would have to pass though another EU country first (and thus obtain their insurance there) - what they failed to realise is that the UK is a major European port for sea and air freight, and many travelers from outside the EU will ship via the UK... who are then faced with the potential problem of not actually being able to collect their vehicle from the port!

Almost every other country in the world insures vehicles based on the VIN (chassis) number, so there is no need to register the vehicle in the particular country if you are merely a temporary visitor, you just insure it on the chassis number...

I'd suggest it is no coincidence that the UK has the highest proportion of road traffic cameras of any country in the world, and 20% of ALL the CCTV cameras in the world...

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