The penalty doesn’t deter people as it’s so rarely enforced, I know let’s increase the penalty! Is this the logic?
Sad-Rent-9633 on
Why do they punish fly tipping by crushing a working car and creating waste?
Rexel450 on
Should be minimum 10k fine and the vehicle destroyed.
sillysimon92 on
Something this difficult to police 24/7 should have extremely dear consequences if caught for both who the rubbish was originally and especially the perpetrator.
paulosdub on
Brilliant. Now lets do water company bosses dumping sewage in rivers illegally going to jail to reflect the significance of their actions
mh1191 on
Pointless. They’ll just say they need their driving license for their job (which is fly tipping) and be allowed to keep accruing points beyond 12…
FunPie4305 on
I hate fly tipping as much as anyone, but increasingly restricting access to the recycling centers is not helping.
Swimming_Map2412 on
This seems very heavy handed considering how bad councils are at actually getting the right person. Just the other day someone ended up getting fined for fly tipping after someone stole their amazon parcel and then threw away the empty box in a local park.
mikolv2 on
Fly-tipping is the single stupidest crime I’ll never understand… Pretty much all councils offer free recycling of anything at all, my council runs at least 6 recycling centres that I know of and if you can’t be arsed driving there, they’ll collect rubbish from you for pocket change, last I had to use it was <£20 to dispose of a bunch of old furniture.
Cultural-Meaning5172 on
Good. Drivers need to be held accountable for this. Getting fed up with the many crimes committed by them going unpunished.
Potential_Cover1206 on
If someone is fly tipping, do they really think points on their driving licence is going to stop them ?
Confiscate the vehicle they used and completely remove their licence for at least 3 years.
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aleopardstail on
IIRC courts can already do this if a vehicle is involved so not sure what is new here?
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The penalty doesn’t deter people as it’s so rarely enforced, I know let’s increase the penalty! Is this the logic?
Why do they punish fly tipping by crushing a working car and creating waste?
Should be minimum 10k fine and the vehicle destroyed.
Something this difficult to police 24/7 should have extremely dear consequences if caught for both who the rubbish was originally and especially the perpetrator.
Brilliant. Now lets do water company bosses dumping sewage in rivers illegally going to jail to reflect the significance of their actions
Pointless. They’ll just say they need their driving license for their job (which is fly tipping) and be allowed to keep accruing points beyond 12…
I hate fly tipping as much as anyone, but increasingly restricting access to the recycling centers is not helping.
This seems very heavy handed considering how bad councils are at actually getting the right person. Just the other day someone ended up getting fined for fly tipping after someone stole their amazon parcel and then threw away the empty box in a local park.
Fly-tipping is the single stupidest crime I’ll never understand… Pretty much all councils offer free recycling of anything at all, my council runs at least 6 recycling centres that I know of and if you can’t be arsed driving there, they’ll collect rubbish from you for pocket change, last I had to use it was <£20 to dispose of a bunch of old furniture.
Good. Drivers need to be held accountable for this. Getting fed up with the many crimes committed by them going unpunished.
If someone is fly tipping, do they really think points on their driving licence is going to stop them ?
Confiscate the vehicle they used and completely remove their licence for at least 3 years.
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IIRC courts can already do this if a vehicle is involved so not sure what is new here?