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Subject: Re: Greengrocer fined for recycling his vegetables Posted on: Wed, 7 May 2008 07:19:38 +0000 (UTC)

In message <4821033f$0$657$5a6aecb4@news.aaisp.net.uk>, Mike
writes
>Alang wrote:
>> On Sun, 04 May 2008 06:39:18 GMT, Mike_B
>> wrote:
>>>>
>>> Quite so. An FPN, in a nutshell, is just a legalised way of the
>>>council/safety camera partnership/whoever saying "We say you did
>>>something wrong, but if you bung us £75 we wont charge you with it".
>> In other words exactly like a fine except it is being levied by a
>> council rather than a court.
>>
>It's more like a bribe than a fine.
>
Surely paying a bribe is to enable you to continue doing what you have
been doing (even if the bribe needs the occasional top-up payment)?
--
Ian