tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post8754685845240053586..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: Laying The Groundwork In WalesDick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-33150510925411420242012-09-29T19:01:10.159+01:002012-09-29T19:01:10.159+01:00"For example, you can't be fined for not ...<i>"For example, you can't be fined for not displaying a tax disc if the vehicle is on private property"</i><br /><br /><br />You can if it hasn't been declared as SORN. Off-road cars have to be insured now too. Don't worry, the hysteria is so comprehensive that the law will apply even if you smoke on your own, in your garage, at 2:30 in the morning.Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-43568417390885876322012-09-29T15:40:34.975+01:002012-09-29T15:40:34.975+01:00Yes, they'll push for a comprehensive ban. It&...Yes, they'll push for a comprehensive ban. It's not without precedent...<br /><br /><br />But...there's a major difference to the existing smoking ban in that the interior of privately owned cars are not public spaces. Nor work places. Also, at which point would it become legally enforceable? Surely not if you smoke in the car on your own drive? I mean, there's no requirement to wear a seat belt if the car is not being driven on the public highway. In fact, there are no laws applied to cars when they are not on the public highway. For example, you can't be fined for not displaying a tax disc if the vehicle is on private property, nor for not having a current MOT or using a mobile. <br /><br /><br />Basically, this proposal would, potentially, be a precursor to a smoking ban in all enclosed spaces where children/non smokers are, or might be, present. Houses, for example. And we must assume that the Welsh government is already considering even more draconian bans should it succeed with this initiative. <br /><br /><br />When the fuck are the voters going to wake up?davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-1853603586277611042012-09-29T00:20:53.193+01:002012-09-29T00:20:53.193+01:00Sounds like Smokefree Southwest. I had to read tha...Sounds like Smokefree Southwest. I had to read that every time I visited my father in Weston super Maretimbonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-27931675883906909122012-09-28T20:49:53.535+01:002012-09-28T20:49:53.535+01:00They had to use a kids voice. 'Scuse me while ...They had to use a kids voice. 'Scuse me while I puke.Adam Hasemanhttp://www.facebook.com/adam.haseman.3noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-44852504431769060912012-09-28T18:09:18.030+01:002012-09-28T18:09:18.030+01:00Same as a sign I saw last week at an out patient h...Same as a sign I saw last week at an out patient hospital. "The grounds and car parks are smokefree to 'protect' staff and patients". Like smoking in a field is akin to letting off a sarin gas canister, laughable! They're not even using the "health facility/set a good example" line anymore.Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-32121375289983768172012-09-28T10:57:35.347+01:002012-09-28T10:57:35.347+01:00It's badly produced - I agree that part of the...It's badly produced - I agree that part of the voice over is unintelligible. That's what you get for exploiting kids. Unprofessional.George Spellerhttp://www.facebook.com/people/George-Speller/1046658695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-5907663263306046702012-09-28T07:37:19.059+01:002012-09-28T07:37:19.059+01:00XX You can't expect officers to be peering dee...XX You can't expect officers to be peering deeply into moving vehicles and <br />trying to make age judgments about the occupants at 100kph, can you?" XX<br /><br />No. But you can bet a pound to a penny, that those same officers will be able to spot a half smoked woodbine from two thousand meters.Furor Teutonicusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-30042728510537835332012-09-28T05:36:06.911+01:002012-09-28T05:36:06.911+01:00"
And once they've slimed that law past a..."<br />And once they've slimed that law past a bovine public, they can go for what they have really desired all along, a comprehensive ban in all cars with children present orwithout."<br /><br /><br /><br />Most certainly. And it'll be an easy sell: "It'll be so much easier to enforce. You can't expect officers to be peering deeply into moving vehicles and trying to make age judgments about the occupants at 100kph, can you?"<br /><br /><br />- MJMMichael McFaddenhttp://profiles.google.com/cantilopernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-5978340376815836932012-09-27T22:26:12.297+01:002012-09-27T22:26:12.297+01:00In other news, Mrs D is now being paid by bankers ...In other news, Mrs D is now being paid by bankers because the NHS trust that she works for is bankrupt. They already took her coffee break to make the place "more efficient". She is part of the much put upon group known as front line NHS staff and her views on the top heavy management of the NHS make even me blush. If only the DH was focused on efficiently running health services rather than harassing the population about lifestyles in the idiotic belief that it can force us all to live forever. Unfortunately it is run by highly paid idiots with personal agendas who get as many coffee breaks as they feel like. Sadly, the PM seems to believe whatever said idiots say.ivandenisovichnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-41272946939041313572012-09-27T22:03:32.614+01:002012-09-27T22:03:32.614+01:00Can somebody please tell me what she is saying? I ...Can somebody please tell me what she is saying? I get the first bit, "whatever the weather outside" then she says something about "your car..............then it is garbled, is it in Welsh?timbonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-49497794676409262572012-09-27T21:09:29.929+01:002012-09-27T21:09:29.929+01:00I love the caption for the first picture on the ho...I love the caption for the first picture on the home page of Fresh Start Wales:<br /><br />Smoking in <br /> your car poisons <br /> your children.<br /><br />Not might or could but obviously the science is settled. Where have I heard that before?alf stonenoreply@blogger.com