BBC drama on suicide partly blamed on PCN debts, Article in Guardian |
BBC drama on suicide partly blamed on PCN debts, Article in Guardian |
Sat, 26 May 2018 - 13:58
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It is believable that something like this could push someone over the edge but it cannot be taken in isolation.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2018/may/...e-jerome-rogers Courier Jerome Rogers killed himself after his bike was seized. A BBC drama tells his story and examines wider issues about debt It started with two £65 traffic fines, one for being in a bus lane a few minutes before the restrictions ended, the other for making a prohibited right turn. Within a matter of months, those two penalties had spiralled into a debt of more than £1,000 – and then the bailiffs swooped, clamping the motorbike that was essential to Jerome Rogers’ work as a courier delivering blood and other medical items to hospitals. It ended with the 20-year-old taking his own life. The case prompted calls for tougher regulation of the debt-collection industry, and is now the basis of a one-hour factual drama for BBC Three available from Tuesday (29 May) on BBC iPlayer. |
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Tue, 12 Jun 2018 - 12:25
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Trivia like bus lanes, no waiting etc. If these laws truly worked in the deterrent sense, then no one would break them, thus no revenue from the esuing fines would be forthcoming, which begs the question why they were enacted in the 1st place. Some cynic may well be led to belive that these instruments were enacted to solely to raise revenue..............? Without enforcement everybody would drive in the bus lanes, park wherever they wanted etc... |
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Tue, 12 Jun 2018 - 12:25
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Tue, 12 Jun 2018 - 13:41
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Member Group: Members Posts: 25,726 Joined: 28 Jun 2010 From: Area 51 Member No.: 38,559 |
Trivia like bus lanes, no waiting etc. If these laws truly worked in the deterrent sense, then no one would break them, thus no revenue from the esuing fines would be forthcoming, which begs the question why they were enacted in the 1st place. Some cynic may well be led to belive that these instruments were enacted to solely to raise revenue..............? Without enforcement everybody would drive in the bus lanes, park wherever they wanted etc... Aberystwyth is a good example of what will happen. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/roa...ic-wardens.html |
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