h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

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Excuse me, but I don't know how it is where you live, but I have never loaned my car to a random stranger in my life, I don't know anybody who does and I'll bet you don't know anybody that naive either.

And? He was making a point. He was extending a hypothesis to its logical breaking point to see what happened. Where, as they say, do you draw the line? People do want to draw lines: it's part of the human psyche.

TRiG.

I think the owner of a car should have some responsibility when allowing others to drive. It's surely in their interests that the vehicle remains intact, if nothing else. I'm sure there is often negotiation between friends & relatives to avoid someone getting too many points.

How does having to name the driver fit withough with spouses not having to give evidence against each other? Blues?

Some info on the Human Rights issue.

http://www.journalonline.co.uk/article/1000842.aspx - from March 2000.
http://www.abd.org.uk/righttosilence.htm - the The Association of British Drivers page on the issue.
http://www.privy-council.org.uk/output/Page169.asp - Index of year 2000 Privy Council judgements. The Brown case is right at the bottom (D3 December 2000).

It would appear that the case in the European Court of Human Rights is relying on Article 6(1) the right to a fair trial.

turvy