Quote Originally Posted by TheHeathens View Post
Why not? Why is the number plate not sufficient evidence? As mentioned previously, people driving illegally are not going to give you their fingerprints are they, so what's the point in taking further evidence from law-abiding people?



Clearly a different situation - that's a voluntary action on behalf of the person who wants to hire the car, they can make their own assessment on the trustworthiness of the person asking and refuse if they want to.

This is no different to giving personal details to a person or company; you make your assessment on them and decide whether to release the information.



The problem with you Christopher Leigh is that you are treating voluntary and compulsory acts exactly the same. If you were forced to give fingerprints, how could you check the trustworthiness and credibility of the people taking them?

At the moment, there's probably not much they can do but if this became law, how soon before some criminal found a way to exploit it through advancements in technology.
Because a number plate is not identity of the person. If all police took your position and said we're not going to stop motorists for driving dangerously(and some do), because they MAY attack me, no one would ever be stopped.

The idea that all uninsured drivers would attack you for asking for identity is just an excuse for cowardice. There are situations where hit and run mentalities hit and can't run. They sometimes have to face their victims. As it stands now, all they have to do is convince their victims that they are who they say they are.

If taking prints became a requirement at the scene of an accident, an uninsured person would have to refuse to give them or give them knowing he wouldn't be on the run for long(if you get my drift). In the former case you would know immediately to call the police and in the latter the insurance companies could take steps to find the culprit.

Now you say I am confusing voluntary and compulsory acts. Actually I'm not, because I go to the root of the problem. You just fish around on the surface, like with economics.

To drive on the road is not a compulsory act. Therefore if you don't like the terms and conditions(implications) don't apply.