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Old 7th April 2019, 08:48   #1
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Default Car wash slaves ?

As if this wasn't a surprise:-
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-47829016
How long before they realise that the car lots alongside are also just a money laundering scam? (mostly cars advertised on farcebook). We all know about it but it takes the authorities far too long to sort it out!
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Old 7th April 2019, 09:28   #2
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Is this one of those things that "everyone" knows about but "no-one" is doing anything about?

Maybe it's just too resource hungry/costly/difficult to be high up on whoever's list matters? Perhaps catching speeding vehicles is more "important"........

Shameful isn't it.

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Old 7th April 2019, 12:09   #3
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Is this one of those things that "everyone" knows about but "no-one" is doing anything about?

Maybe it's just too resource hungry/costly/difficult to be high up on whoever's list matters? Perhaps catching speeding vehicles is more "important"........

Shameful isn't it.

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You’ve hit it on the nail there Andy - only last year the Chief Constable of West Mercia Anthony Bangham called for the abolition of the 10% “buffer” so that just 1mph over would result in a conviction.

Thankfully his peers insisted that he was a idiot as the technology wasn’t available for a start and that the public would not stand for it.

But this does indicate to me that the focus of certain aspects of our policing today is skewed to what is easy rather than “real” crime.
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Old 7th April 2019, 12:28   #4
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I've not downloaded the app, I guess it tells you where it's ok to go as well as where to avoid?
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Old 7th April 2019, 18:23   #5
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If it takes 2 people 20minutes to wash a car for £6, it doesn't take a genius to work out that someone is being exploited! Unless of course, their employer is subsidising them out of the goodness of his heart.
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At my local supermarket, some people leave their keys with the car washers whilst they do their shopping! I've seen some with the house keys on the keyrings too! 2 + 2 = Where is my car and my house has been burgled!
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Old 8th April 2019, 20:17   #7
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If it takes 2 people 20minutes to wash a car for £6, it doesn't take a genius to work out that someone is being exploited! Unless of course, their employer is subsidising them out of the goodness of his heart.

Takes my local car wash well under 20 minutes to wash a car.
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