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Article #11240Re: Total garage - non payment and taking thumbprints....??
From: Andrew
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 09:13
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 09:13
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"simon" <simon@unikey.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message news:3de2ce8a$1_2@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com... > > "crofters" <crofterscan@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message > news:aruh7j$q24$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk... > > x-no-archive: yes > snip > > also, who holds the information, and for how long? someone could easily > > forget a wallet, and get a police record! > > Having been with someone who did exactly that at a shell garage they fill in > an intent to pay form which gives you 7 days to pay and take a thumb print > which is put on the back once you go and pay the form with the thumb print > is given to you along with the reciept...all seems a waste of time to me > either you are honest and have genuinely forgotten your wallet or you never > intended to pay in the first place and a print taken like that isnt going to > do anymore good than the car reg number > > Simon > I'm tempted to say a thumbprint is even more useless than a registration number, since a thumbprint is only any good if the Police already have a record of it, but having thought about this, it's a damn sight easier to obtain a false licence plate ;-)
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