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Sorry Smudger to have rustled this from one of your threads, but the blatant cheek deserves a thread of its own.
We already hear of police and the CPS going OTT and getting things wrong. Just imagine the freedom they would have for their cavalier actions if they were not fettered by the inconvenience of legal costs for dragging an innocent person through the courts; simply being able to say, "that's your problem, you shouldn't have defended yourself, even if we were in the wrong".
What kind of justice is that? If the government are concerned tha they can't afford the costs of prosecuting an innocent motorist, the onus is on the police and the CPS to make sure they have their facts correct before stampedinig over innocent people.
I remember another tyrant, about 70 years ago, who withdrew privileges of justice from a specific group of people. Will we have the fear of jackbooted policemen calling in the night, and even another crystal-night, where our windscreens are smashed in, and be herded into "motorist ghettos" whilst they decide further inhuman plans.