| Court punishments short of prison to include driving bans Posted by grahame at 20:25, 24th August 2025 |     |
From the BBC
Courts imposing community sentences would have the power to hand out driving and travel bans under legislation expected to be introduced next month.
I heard this earlier - are they really suggesting that people who have committed crimes serious enough to deserve a formal punishment should be denied getting around with his own transport and pushed onto buses and trains.
| Re: Court punishments short of prison to include driving bans Posted by ChrisB at 20:49, 24th August 2025 | |
Good punishment, eh?
| Re: Court punishments short of prison to include driving bans Posted by grahame at 20:51, 24th August 2025 | |
| Re: Court punishments short of prison to include driving bans Posted by TaplowGreen at 21:30, 24th August 2025 | |
From the BBC
I heard this earlier - are they really suggesting that people who have committed crimes serious enough to deserve a formal punishment should be denied getting around with his own transport and pushed onto buses and trains.
Courts imposing community sentences would have the power to hand out driving and travel bans under legislation expected to be introduced next month.
I heard this earlier - are they really suggesting that people who have committed crimes serious enough to deserve a formal punishment should be denied getting around with his own transport and pushed onto buses and trains.
In much the same way as those banned for drink driving are forced to use public transport?
| Re: Court punishments short of prison to include driving bans Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 22:25, 24th August 2025 | |
Radical suggestion: should they be required to staff a cafeteria, or sweep / litter pick the carpark, for a pre-determined unpaid number of hours, at a local facility ... such as Melksham station.
| Re: Court punishments short of prison to include driving bans Posted by broadgage at 23:01, 24th August 2025 | |
Radical suggestion: should they be required to staff a cafeteria, or sweep / litter pick the carpark, for a pre-determined unpaid number of hours, at a local facility ... such as Melksham station. 
Not sure about staffing a cafeteria as such work gives many opportunities for petty thieving. Litter picking and simple cleaning sounds an excellent idea.
Also removing refuse from the lineside, when the line is closed in any case for engineering work or other reasons.
