Quote Originally Posted by Blodrast
Sure, sure, I didn't mean that this will force _everybody_ to get it in a timely number - a lot of people will just play the numbers, and they'll be on the winning side, for quite some time.
But my feeling is that _most_ people will abide the law, and do it. Even playing the numbers, if the fine is larger than the cost of installing the gizmo, then if you're caught even once, you come out losing. But you can definitely postpone it.

And I didn't mean that all cops should actively look for it (certainly that would be impossible), but they could easily check that as well, whenever they pull you over for whatever reason. That's what I meant by playing the numbers, too. It's the same thing as giving a cursory glance to your licence plates, your lights, etc - if, for whatever reason, you get pulled over and they notice any problems with those, you suffer the consequences, even if that was not the reason to pull you over to begin with. This is just another small thing they can check _while they're at it_.
I know, I know. I'm kinda getting more and more disillusioned with the way people behave the more I think about this, and I think although it'd be pretty hard to enforce beyond it being a part of a checklist on the MOT or something that cops glance at if you get pulled over, I just can't help thinking that pretty much everyone pays the TV licence, and 300% more council tax than they should, which is frankly a joke, so sadly I can't see this being any different, if it ever gets in. Hopefully the only way it will is through a nationwide vote on it, and if enough people can haul themselves off their sofas to stop it, we'll be ok. But I just wish I could count on it.