Met says 72 luxury vehicles taken off West End streets as they were unroadworthy or being driven illegally
  • phutatorius@lemmy.zipEnglish
    13·
    16 hours ago

    FTA: “Officers worked with the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB) last weekend to issue tickets for a range of offences including driving with no insurance, no licence, disqualification, false documentation and fraudulent number plates.”

    No no, there’s no “antisocial driving” charge that leads to vehicles being confiscated. It was based on actual crimes.

    • RestrictedAccount@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      15 hours ago

      So it’s more like police check everyone’s papers as they go about their business and it’s OK because the BBC does an article about it impacting rich foreigners.

    • Canadian_Cabinet @lemmy.caEnglish
      6·
      1 day ago

      Yeah I dont know what antisocial is supposed to mean here. The police impounded all the vehicles because of a lack of insurance?

      • Deme@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        91·
        21 hours ago

        Antisocial driving is what people complained about, which got the cops to look more closely at the cars in question. This is stated in the first two paragraphs of the article.

        • Cousin Mose@lemmy.hogru.chEnglish
          2·
          18 hours ago

          vehicles were taken off the streets in an operation targeting nuisance driving

          I mean I guess antisocial could mean nuisance. It’s still a rather strange term to use in a headline but I’ll consider it a regional difference in language.

          • Deme@sopuli.xyzEnglish
            5·
            18 hours ago

            I agree that it’s an interesting choice of word, but I think it fits the bill.

            A web search definition screen for the word "antisocial", with relevant entries highlighted.

            • Hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
              1·
              6 hours ago

              Antisocial means being hostile to society, not just being uncomfortable with socializing. Many people assume antisocial means being shy or introverted because the it’s a reasonable conclusion from the two parts of the word, but it really means hostile to others. Especially in a medical context where Antisocial personality disorder is the proper title for Sociopathy.

      • optional@feddit.orgEnglish
        1·
        17 hours ago

        I guess, that in a country where public healthcare and maternity leave are considered communism or socialism, being antisocial might be seen as something positive.