Police want greater control over racing hoons and other anti-social elements in society.
The problem is a simple one, they spend all their time catching the same offenders again, and again, and again.
Each time the offender fronts up in court and a judge lets them off with a warning, a stern warning or a suspended sentence and/or parole. When caught again it is the same thing again. There is no custodial sentence imposed.
When those without a driving license do the wrong thing, they can't lose their license so they get a warning or at worst some community service they don't do. They may lose their car, they may not. Whatever the sentence they are out driving again the next day, a time bomb waiting to be caught doing something wrong.
In some cases death is involved but this does not seem to matter to the judges who still hand out non custodial sentences. As I've pointed out in the past these offenders should at least get some form of punishment and I like the Singapore system. A few well delivered cane strikes to the bottom would do more for 'minor' crime in Australia than any number of suspended sentences.
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