Vybik Jon
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Sigh...
Mar 25, 2004, 12:52
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An irate cyclist slashes several hundred car tyres. He gets banged up for six months. A speeding motorist who was using a mobile crashes into a car on the opposite side of the road and kills three people. He gets fined £1500.
I know you can't compare and contrast that easily, but...you know.
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cammyb
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Re: Sigh...
Mar 26, 2004, 00:01
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So, a person's life is worth how many Michelins?
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PMM
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Re: Sigh...
Mar 26, 2004, 00:07
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The maths is fairly straightforwards.
If killing three people gets a fine of £1500, then that works out at £500 per person.
Tyres can be as cheap as £20 for remoulds, but can cost several hundred pounds for wide low profile rubber. Since the majority fall somewhere in between, an average tyre price of £50 wont be too far off the mark.
£500 would buy you precisely ten of those "average" tyres.
So the answer to your question is... 10
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Lord Lucan
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Re: Sigh...
Mar 27, 2004, 12:10
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I read in someone's newspaper over their shoulder on the tube yesterday that the guy who got fined £1,500 is appealing against the fine!
Drinking a bottle of vodka and using a car remains the best way of asassinating someone if you want a light sentence.
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cammyb
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Re: Sigh...
Mar 27, 2004, 22:14
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"Tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime"
Except if you're a driver ,big business, an oppresive African dictator ad infinitum.
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