Thats a bunch of BS. The government wouldn't just crush a perfectly usable car. They would probably just sell it at a police auction. They would lose too much money by not recouping the money spent on towing.
All this bullshit by the government about waste and saving the environment, yet they crush perfectly good cars. Why can they not be auctioned off to make revenue?
I think it is obscenely wasteful and short-sighted.
@tryptychUK As far as that goes....lets take a look at the efficiently ran governments around that world see what they are.......oh wait there aren't any efficiently ran governments.
Well maybe their are some long term thinking....no politicians are only elected for a set number of years so they only care about what happens in the short term.
Auction the cars off? The government doesn't want you driving a car that is part of the whole reason for the tax because it is bad for the environment.
Ah, but there's the rub! The government wants to ban smoking, but doesn't want to lose £6bn a year in revenue. You can't have it both ways. The government makes a fortune in road tax, MOT licences, VAT on car insurance parking fees and fuel duty, not to mention all the various road-related fines and speed cameras. They LOVE cars! It's a licence to print money!
booohooohooo i've got to give the government MONEY and all they do with it is provide healthcare, give our children an education, put out fires, maintain the roads, keep the streets safe... you've got a problem with it? move to Somalia. have a party.
The dvla are a bunch of wankers, its an almost fascistic organisation. All part of out new authoritarian state, you never thought it would happen in england but here we are.
Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage.
Choose a three-piece suite on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats youve spawned to replace yourselves.
Welcome to the fascist, totalitarian United Kingdom, where petty pencil-pushing bureaucrats in the DVLA revel in the exaggerated powers they have been given. And UK politicians have the audacity to criticise Russia??!!
I think these ads (and similar ones by whoever enforces BBC TV licence fees) are contr-productive and ultimately will turn people (even the law-abiding who pay all their taxes) against this constant harranguing and its dark threatening tone.
We keep being told that 'it's in the database'. If that's true they know who they're looking for so why don't they just get out there and find them and leave the rest of us alone?
We don't need this on our TV screens. It's unsettling and uneccesary.
Thats a bunch of BS. The government wouldn't just crush a perfectly usable car. They would probably just sell it at a police auction. They would lose too much money by not recouping the money spent on towing.
MIKON8ERISBACK 1 month ago
It goes to show how greedy the government is!
RapierMultimedia 4 months ago 2
I wish my car could do this, then unfold itself. :)
OldTimeyJunk 9 months ago
All this bullshit by the government about waste and saving the environment, yet they crush perfectly good cars. Why can they not be auctioned off to make revenue?
I think it is obscenely wasteful and short-sighted.
tryptychUK 1 year ago
@tryptychUK As far as that goes....lets take a look at the efficiently ran governments around that world see what they are.......oh wait there aren't any efficiently ran governments.
Well maybe their are some long term thinking....no politicians are only elected for a set number of years so they only care about what happens in the short term.
Auction the cars off? The government doesn't want you driving a car that is part of the whole reason for the tax because it is bad for the environment.
i2aymond 1 year ago
Ah, but there's the rub! The government wants to ban smoking, but doesn't want to lose £6bn a year in revenue. You can't have it both ways. The government makes a fortune in road tax, MOT licences, VAT on car insurance parking fees and fuel duty, not to mention all the various road-related fines and speed cameras. They LOVE cars! It's a licence to print money!
tryptychUK 1 year ago
Just another example as to how government is akin to organized crime....
dsgvishnu 1 year ago 3
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TheDognamedblue 2 years ago
don't forget now folks :
you don't even own your own car
yeah the one you paid £000's for & sits outside rusting away, that one yeah you don't even own it ;)
don't think I'm taking the piss, go check for yourself
I'll give you two clues (raging clues) :
"documents" & "registered keeper"
I think you need a law dictionary to checkout "owner" & "keeper" because the government owns your car & you paid for it & keep it running
do you think they are laughing at you? I do
I sold my car lol :)
TheDognamedblue 2 years ago
booohooohooo i've got to give the government MONEY and all they do with it is provide healthcare, give our children an education, put out fires, maintain the roads, keep the streets safe... you've got a problem with it? move to Somalia. have a party.
fasterplastercaster 2 years ago
The dvla are a bunch of wankers, its an almost fascistic organisation. All part of out new authoritarian state, you never thought it would happen in england but here we are.
cook119 2 years ago
All resistance will be crushed.
Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage.
biteitoff 2 years ago
Choose a three-piece suite on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats youve spawned to replace yourselves.
Choose your future.
Choose life.
biteitoff 2 years ago
Stick it up your fucking tight arses you cocksucking motherfucking Common Law ignoring despots, stop unlawfully robbing the public.
eXPerienceyeah 3 years ago
Stick it up your fucking tight arses you cocksucking motherfucking Common Law ignoring despots, stop unlawfully robbing the public.
eXPerienceyeah 3 years ago
Reminds me of the "Thompson Pacifier" from Atlas Shrugged.
JMartins1981 3 years ago
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callmewilson 3 years ago
keep bending over uk and they'll keep sticking you
finefilth 3 years ago
Welcome to the fascist, totalitarian United Kingdom, where petty pencil-pushing bureaucrats in the DVLA revel in the exaggerated powers they have been given. And UK politicians have the audacity to criticise Russia??!!
huckteeper 3 years ago 3
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UK adverts are gay
Brooks2010 3 years ago
I think these ads (and similar ones by whoever enforces BBC TV licence fees) are contr-productive and ultimately will turn people (even the law-abiding who pay all their taxes) against this constant harranguing and its dark threatening tone.
We keep being told that 'it's in the database'. If that's true they know who they're looking for so why don't they just get out there and find them and leave the rest of us alone?
We don't need this on our TV screens. It's unsettling and uneccesary.
zazzazan 3 years ago 11
I couldn't agree more, Your absoloutely spot on, whenever I see this ad on my screen,my blood boils....who the hell do they think they are.
achimberg 3 years ago 2
Ah, nice to see the happy-face mask slip and see that government is not your friend, it's just another protection racket.
amberchrome 3 years ago 10