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so if someone ignores a driving ban you are going to punish them by giving them a longer driving ban?That could easily be sorted by making the default sentence for that much higher
Ban someone for several years I'd guess there's a slim chance that in that time they get stopped by the police and they'll spot that this driver is currently serving a ban. Ban someone for 2 weeks and that slim chance is now infinitesimal shirley? Of course you could use police resources (I'm sure they have oodles spare) to go round and check their car is still on the drive.
I'm all for short bans for "minor" infractions it should be a cheap easy way to seriously impact on a drivers life (personally no car for a fortnight would barely register but I'm sure a lot of people would be [b]very[/b] peeved) and make them less likely to repeat offend*. Just not sure how workable it is currently.
*hey it might even convince them that no car isn't that bad after all and consider other arrangements in future. Maybe loan the banees a boris bike or similar for the duration?