Re:The Lowdown on Lidar
by stronglikedan on Thursday July 31, 2014 @11:57AM
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Perhaps it's because you're ticketing the vehicle's registered owner, but not necessarily the driver.
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That argument works in some countries while in others it doesn't. In UK only people who are explicitly listed on the insurance document can drive the car, and the police can demand that you tell them who was driving the car at the time. In some other EU countries like Poland, you buy insurance for the car,not the driver,so literally anyone can drive it(with your permission of course). Then if you are caught by a speed camera and your face isn't visible you can say that someone else was driving and you don't remember who - in theory there is a penalty for not saying who(200zł = ~$60), but most people opt to pay it instead of the speeding ticket which can be higher - or go to court and dispute that they cannot pay for the crime they didn't commit and they cannot be forced to remember something which they don't remember - and they sometimes win.
> In UK only people who are explicitly listed on the insurance document can drive the car
That's not entirely true, it depends on your insurance. It's an offence to drive a car without insurance, and an offence to allow someone who is uninsured to drive your car. Some insurance policies do not extend the insurance you took out to driving other peoples cars. However, some fully comprehensive policies do have third party insurance while you are driving someone else's car with their permission. In that case it's fully legal to drive.
Ok, I didn't know that. Still, it works another way around than it does in countries like Poland - you have to have your own insurance,to drive somebody else's car. While in Poland you only buy insurance for the car,and anyone with a valid drivers licence is automatically covered by the insurance purchased for that car(unless they are doing it without the permission of the owner, in which case the insurance is invalid).
I don't get why people are bringing this point up like this was something weird, IMO it should be obvious. You own a dangerous kinetic weapon, you should be responsible for how it's used, either by yourself or by anyone who you lend it to.