What would you do if you lost your license?

[Lawrence]

Which is why I believe that no one should sign anything - let them bring it to court.  Let me ask you who benefits from the quick 'confession'? Certainly not the individual being processed.

In recent times there have been cases of pensioners being fined for having their dustbin lids open 1 inch too high, another pensioner who dropped a ten pound note while exiting a newsagents was fined for littering, hearses with coffins have been booked for transgressing yellow lines, and all other forms of lunacy.

Each of those fines was imposed without any compunction to be sensible on the part of the person issuing them, and often as not were upheld upon appeal by local authority. My point is that when told to 'sign here' by a Policeman or any other person how many individuals actually know they are perfectly within their rights to refuse to do so?  The law exists not to persecute but to protect, and far too many citizens are unaware of their own rights to defend themselves against such tin pot tyranny by using that same law in defence.

In those cases I agree with you, but then speeding, littering etc can and do affect other people.  Bins being open by an inch etc is just retarded and whoever dreams up stuff like that should be given a kicking.

As for who benefits... if I get caught speeding and the choice is a) sign paper, £60 and 3 points, or b) don't sign, go to court, day off work, £60+, 3+ points, court costs... I know what I'd do.