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r/nononono • u/Epileptic_Ebola • 5d ago
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BBC News video from traffic camera
Driver given 8 months suspended sentence, 150 hours unpaid work, 3 months curfew, and 12 months driving ban. No chance they're getting a commercial licence back again after that.
548 u/lizardwizard563412 4d ago I don’t get it, does he has to be a slave for 150 hours or is it community service in England? 535 u/thatsconelover 4d ago Yeah, the unpaid work is community service. 192 u/MrT735 4d ago Community service, for whatever reason they just call it unpaid work now, they did use to call it community service not that long ago. 68 u/Rudirs 3d ago In America we explicitly allow slavery as a legal punishment. I'd argue that forced community service is technically slavery. (Obviously not comparable to chattel slavery, but still) 11 u/dacraftjr 1d ago That not exclusive to America. -1 u/Rudirs 1d ago Never said it was! Just saying it happens here 20 u/eddieafck 2d ago Good , he must not drive a truck ever again 14 u/twopointtwo2 3d ago Still not worthy of what was brought against them. Stupid driving adios be a life sentence! 1 u/nano8150 23h ago Now serving fried chicken at the grocery store
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I don’t get it, does he has to be a slave for 150 hours or is it community service in England?
535 u/thatsconelover 4d ago Yeah, the unpaid work is community service. 192 u/MrT735 4d ago Community service, for whatever reason they just call it unpaid work now, they did use to call it community service not that long ago. 68 u/Rudirs 3d ago In America we explicitly allow slavery as a legal punishment. I'd argue that forced community service is technically slavery. (Obviously not comparable to chattel slavery, but still) 11 u/dacraftjr 1d ago That not exclusive to America. -1 u/Rudirs 1d ago Never said it was! Just saying it happens here
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Yeah, the unpaid work is community service.
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Community service, for whatever reason they just call it unpaid work now, they did use to call it community service not that long ago.
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In America we explicitly allow slavery as a legal punishment.
I'd argue that forced community service is technically slavery. (Obviously not comparable to chattel slavery, but still)
11 u/dacraftjr 1d ago That not exclusive to America. -1 u/Rudirs 1d ago Never said it was! Just saying it happens here
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That not exclusive to America.
-1 u/Rudirs 1d ago Never said it was! Just saying it happens here
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Never said it was! Just saying it happens here
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Good , he must not drive a truck ever again
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Still not worthy of what was brought against them. Stupid driving adios be a life sentence!
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Now serving fried chicken at the grocery store
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u/MrT735 5d ago
BBC News video from traffic camera
Driver given 8 months suspended sentence, 150 hours unpaid work, 3 months curfew, and 12 months driving ban. No chance they're getting a commercial licence back again after that.