Thank Your Lucky Stars You Don't Live In England.....

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2002-12-12 04:53pm

A US citizen can take possession of any foreign, uninhabited island, as long as it contains bird droppings.

Bwahaha! Forward the Imperium Americana!

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2002-12-12 05:46pm

Hey, it's England. This is probably normal for them.

Hey, perhaps it's a government conspiracy! They put the can there to block his car, so he couldn't go anywhere, and they could spy on him 24/7! It all makes sense[/conspiracy kook]

RadiO · Post by **RadiO** » 2002-12-12 06:00pm

That's an expensive vehicle, even if it's not new. Somebody must own it, unless it's just a stolen car dumped by thieves with an unusually wicked disposition.
Incidently, this is indeed depressingly usual for Britain. It seems to be legal (for instance) for somebody else to park in the space in front of your house, even if you don't have a drive and thus have nowhere else to put your vehicle. The authorities here can't be bothered to protect the public from petty abuse.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2002-12-12 06:01pm

RadiO wrote:That's an expensive vehicle, even if it's not new. Somebody must own it, unless it's just a stolen car dumped by thieves with an unusually wicked disposition.

Seems odd that the company wouldn't report it stolen though.

Zaku-chan · Post by **Zaku-chan** » 2002-12-12 06:06pm

The idiocy levels of all sides involved is absolutely mind-boggling.

Crazy_Vasey · Post by **Crazy_Vasey** » 2002-12-13 06:20am

RadiO wrote:Incidently, this is indeed depressingly usual for Britain. It seems to be legal (for instance) for somebody else to park in the space in front of your house, even if you don't have a drive and thus have nowhere else to put your vehicle. The authorities here can't be bothered to protect the public from petty abuse.

The road outside your house is not your property, you have no more rights over it than anyone else who pays road tax. You either have to get your local council to institute a residents only parking zone or put up with it.

Dodge · Post by **Dodge** » 2002-12-13 06:39am

This is true. There's a kind of unspoken implication that people can park outside their own houses, but anyone with road tax can park at the side of any road as long as parking is permitted. Only if the homeowner has a dropped kerb leading over the pavement to their driveway can any unwanted vehicle be treated as an obstruction and towed away.

Mind you, the Councils make it a pain in the arse to get the dropped kerb "installed". Firstly, only council-approved workers (with the necessary liability insurance) are permitted to replace the normal kerbstones with sloping ones, and they usually charge many hundreds of pounds to do it.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2002-12-13 10:45am

There hasn't been a follow-up to this yet? My god...

Perinquus · Post by **Perinquus** » 2002-12-13 12:31pm

Sadly, this doesn't surprise me. They've criminalized too many things over there. Self defense is no longer considered an excuse for killing someone or inflincting grievous bodily harm on someone. This is why 50% of English burglaries are home-invasion types, while 13% of ours are, and muggings and other assaults are up everywhere in Britain.