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Author:  Cybro [ Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:29 am ]
Post subject:  Call for tougher action on foreign car drivers
Call for tougher action on foreign car drivers

A police officer has called for tough action on foreign drivers who break the law in Britain after a 25-year-old was killed by a Polish woman driving the wrong way around a roundabout.

Superintendent Mick Doyle, the head of roads policing for Thames Valley Police, said the number of migrants coming in to the country but not forced by law to take a British driving test had caused a huge problem on the roads.

"There has been a huge influx of lawful migrants coming to the Thames Valley but there is no obligation upon them to learn in much the same way as we do, and drive without restriction," he said.

"The Baltic States have a particularly poor safety record, and other Eastern European countries also have high fatality rates compared to the UK."

Joanna Filipiak was jailed for nine months for causing the death of Sheena Grant. Filipiak, who had admitted causing death by dangerous driving, was also banned for two years. She had collided with a car in which Miss Grant was a passenger in Basing-stoke, Hants, in Nov 2006.

Source: Telegraph.co.uk

http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/2019/2019849/tougher_action_on_foreign_drivers_
Author:  Sussex [ Wed Jan 09, 2008 7:59 am ]
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Cybro wrote:
A police officer has called for tough action on foreign drivers who break the law in Britain after a 25-year-old was killed by a Polish woman driving the wrong way around a roundabout.

Superintendent Mick Doyle, the head of roads policing for Thames Valley Police, said the number of migrants coming in to the country but not forced by law to take a British driving test had caused a huge problem on the roads.

"There has been a huge influx of lawful migrants coming to the Thames Valley but there is no obligation upon them to learn in much the same way as we do, and drive without restriction," he said.

"The Baltic States have a particularly poor safety record, and other Eastern European countries also have high fatality rates compared to the UK."

This is a massive problem, yet I'm not sure what the answer is. :sad:

Maybe for our the trade the DSA taxi test is the answer, but for other trades who knows? :sad:
Author:  CABMAN [ Wed Jan 09, 2008 1:29 pm ]
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I KNOW WHAT THE ANSWERS IS :lol:
Author:  GBC [ Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:41 am ]
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Cybro wrote:
Superintendent Mick Doyle



:shock:
Author:  skippy41 [ Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:51 pm ]
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GBC wrote:
Cybro wrote:
Superintendent Mick Doyle



:shock:


Of the Yard :shock:
Quick call Whitehall 1212 :lol: :lol:

On a more serious note, if they want to work over here they should be given a dsa driving assessment
Author:  GBC [ Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:27 pm ]
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I was thinking more about a GMB rep. :wink:
Author:  gusmac [ Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:02 pm ]
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CABMAN wrote:
I KNOW WHAT THE ANSWERS IS :lol:

Removed by Gusmac
Author:  skippy41 [ Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:05 pm ]
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Guss remove that post at once it is highly offencive :x
Author:  gusmac [ Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:11 pm ]
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skippy41 wrote:
Guss remove that post at once it is highly offencive :x
So is he skippy. I have removed it as others may be offended.
Author:  skippy41 [ Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:15 pm ]
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gusmac wrote:
skippy41 wrote:
Guss remove that post at once it is highly offencive :x
So is he skippy. I have removed it as others may be offended.


Thank you Guss we may have some Polish drivers that come on and they dont need reminding
Author:  GBC [ Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:32 pm ]
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Eh ? :-s

Can we all join in?
Author:  GBC [ Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:39 pm ]
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Skippys just told me what it was.

I'm so shocked i've had to take tonight off.

My second cousins, third departed aunt's best friends mother in law was Polish.

:lol:
Author:  gusmac [ Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:59 pm ]
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GBC wrote:
Skippys just told me what it was.

I'm so shocked i've had to take tonight off.

My second cousins, third departed aunt's best friends mother in law was Polish.

:lol:
Pledge or Mr Sheene? :lol:
Author:  edders23 [ Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:15 pm ]
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They should ban foreign lorry drivers from using sat nav systems as well we get an average of 50 foreign lorries a week getting stuck at the top of the pedestrian precinct because sattellite navigation sytems can't tell the differance between a pedestrian precinct and a normal road :sad: :sad: :sad:
Author:  skippy41 [ Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:18 pm ]
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edders23 wrote:
They should ban foreign lorry drivers from using sat nav systems as well we get an average of 50 foreign lorries a week getting stuck at the top of the pedestrian precinct because sattellite navigation sytems can't tell the differance between a pedestrian precinct and a normal road :sad: :sad: :sad:


The problem here is the councils do daft things and dont inform the map company's when they suddenly change things
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