These patrols exist - city parking wardens issue tickets for cars not registered/WOF.

If their powers were extended to allow impounding of vehicles you would be on to something. As well as paying a fine the vehicle would have to be fixed so as to be roadworthy before it was released.

You're on the money there, we must introduce some restrictions on car power for people on "restricted" licences...and the daytime checks are also a great idea. Good blog

When I am taking my dog for a walk around the block it is easy to spot at least 10 cars parked on the side of the road with out of date registration. We need to start owning our own mistakes.

You have a point that it isn't the fault of the police. However, how is it anymore the fault of government and their policies? How about it is the fault of the idots who lack the common sense and recognition of their own limitations behind the wheel.

If you drive a fast car and you drive it badly and die there is nobody to blame, not the police or the city planners or even the Government. You simply reaped the consequences of your actions and the only person who is to blame is the driver.

At some point people have to stop relying on government to tell them what to do and recognise that they should or in this case shouldn't, do it because it is the sensible, right thing.

We have developed a culture in this country where anybody committing a crime, breaking any law, or simply trampling on the social rights of others, finds it acceptable to blame someone, anybody else, rather than accept responsibility for our own actions. Unforunately, a wide sector of our society seems to accept this as acceptable behaviour. I grew up at a time where not only did we not lock our house when we went out, but in summer we would leave the windows and even doors open so the house would not become too hot while we were out. However, back then, there was a spirit of community and social conciousness that we lack today. Until individuals are forced to accept responsibility for their own actions, society will continue to disintegrate.

In the UK if your car dosn't have the right to be on the road and that includes insurance it is taken off the road and you have 28 days I think to pay the fine or it is crushed, I think that should be here as well, too many people just don't care and end up costing everyone else when things go wrong. There is too much of a smack on the hand and carry on going on here, we need to be harder on those who don't follow the law. Those who run from the police and make it out alive need to see that they were lucky to do so as more and more just end up dead, and the cost (which just keeps going up) just gets put on those who drive responsibly.

The requirement for a driver's license, all the draconian laws the bureaucrats can heap upon us and a cop on every corner will never stop a drunk from driving, a boy racer from racing or a thoughtless parent failing to strap their kids in etc.

Some stuff just needs the 'ambulance at the bottom of the cliff' approach by it's sheer nature. Just as with bad owners, dog owner licenses won't stop bad practice, and it's the same on the roads. Plenty of licensed drivers and their passengers die preventable deaths every year.

All you really achieve by adding more laws and hoops for drivers to jump through is to put more costs and compliance on the majority of us already playing the game.

We already have adequate laws in place. Enforcement is where it falls down with dogs and drivers.

I am so sick of people blaming the police if they do gove chase to criminals. Why should the bad guys be able to take off at great speeds and be assured that police will have to give up the chase. Why is it the polices fault when the bad guys crash. Give us a break. Let the police do their jobs and as a country lets support them in their roles. The police cannot police our streets wrapped in cotton wool.

By all means, work to improve our policies, agendas and the way we police them. But, if you are looking to place blame somewhere - look no further than the driver.

I agree with your sentiments wholeheartedly. I also wonder why - when Cellphones are considered a driving distraction, petrolheads can cruise around in lowered vehicles, look like they are sitting on the floor as the peer over the the wheel and wear hoodies that take away their peripheral vision, surely equally as dangerous as any other driving distractions. Ever wondered how young cyclists congregating around various concrete urban bike tracks ever get there in the first place when none are wearing helmets ? Do they carry their bikes to the venue ? Why do some reports call an 18 year old an adult while another report may say a 20 year old youth ?