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Observations at a vehicle inspection station

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Having made an appointment, specifically a 1.45 appointment, to get the car inspected for roadworthiness, we end up in a queue of traffic also booked in for 1.45pm. How annoying is that! Anyway, in the line was a police car. That got me thinking.

Firstly, why is this upholder of the law getting his car checked for road safety when he should be out catching criminals? It didn't compute, especially as there was no coffee or donut in sight either.

Secondly, the police are always looking for revenue, else why book us for speeding at every opportunity? So, sitting in line, it occurred to me that they could have far richer pickings, for far less effort if they adopted the following tactic: Park up 50 yards from the testing station and pull cars over just before they drive in for a test. Most will be coming in to renew their papers in cars that will be anything from a little worse for wear to borderline dangerous - all easy meat for a ticket.

This should prove lucrative as long as the cops are smart enough to park themselves in the correct place and catch drivers going in, rather than stop drivers leaving with that golden sticker on their windshield giving them 45 days' grace / immunity to put the defective bits right.

And finally, how bizarre is it that our emissions were within legal limits, yet we had to get a brand new exhaust because the "legal" one had a hole in it? The putt-putt Japanese car engine is barely audible even when you stand on the accelerator pedal, and would need to have literally no tail pipe at all to sound even slightly trans-am throaty. Besides, I don't see any mention of sound levels on the test papers? Another example of bureaucracy gone mad!

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