Comment by kcplate
13 hours ago
Are you really arguing for the idea that governments should seize and destroy private property?
I may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer, but at least I respect other people’s things. I’d rather be dull than a thief…but to each their own.
what about if I drive a military tank with a biological weapon inside, should I be able to or should government intervene and seize it?
So a cybertruck is a military biological weapon? I thought it was just an ugly EV.
both are illegal in the UK :)
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Are you really arguing that the libertarian way is to consider laws optional?
There is no way he can legally use the vehicle on any UK roads, giving him it back, when he has already flagrantly violated the laws, is encouraging him to violate them some more.
>…laws optional?
When someone commits a traffic or road infraction in the UK is the response to confiscate their vehicle and demolish it? Probably not, I am not in the UK, but I am pretty sure that is not the penalty and never has been for road violations.
My guess is the driver is probably fined. If they are a repeat offender, likely a license to drive is taken away. Certainly if they drive after that, perhaps incarceration is considered. Not sure that there has never been a penalty where something akin to “smashing someone’s toys with a hammer to stop them playing with them” has ever been considered a reasonable penalty and effective deterrent.
But hey, maybe y’all have a different perspective. If so ah salud.
If the vehicle is not road legal, it is frequently seized, and the owner has to arrange for it to be made road legal or it is considered abandoned.
Abandoned vehicles are often destroyed, yes.
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