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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

FTA: "Officers worked with the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB) last weekend to issue tickets for a range of offences including driving with no insurance, no licence, disqualification, false documentation and fraudulent number plates."

No no, there's no "antisocial driving" charge that leads to vehicles being confiscated. It was based on actual crimes.

So it’s more like police check everyone’s papers as they go about their business and it’s OK because the BBC does an article about it impacting rich foreigners.

[–] bryndos@fedia.io 4 points 1 day ago
[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

"Antisocial driving" is a terrible, meaningless term

[–] OmegaMan@lemmings.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today -5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 16 hours ago

I would assume that your answer is in the text of the article, but I'm not sure I've not read it either

[–] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah I dont know what antisocial is supposed to mean here. The police impounded all the vehicles because of a lack of insurance?

[–] Deme@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Antisocial driving is what people complained about, which got the cops to look more closely at the cars in question. This is stated in the first two paragraphs of the article.

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

vehicles were taken off the streets in an operation targeting nuisance driving

I mean I guess antisocial could mean nuisance. It’s still a rather strange term to use in a headline but I’ll consider it a regional difference in language.

[–] Deme@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I agree that it's an interesting choice of word, but I think it fits the bill.

A web search definition screen for the word "antisocial", with relevant entries highlighted.

[–] hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 16 hours ago

Antisocial means being hostile to society, not just being uncomfortable with socializing. Many people assume antisocial means being shy or introverted because the it's a reasonable conclusion from the two parts of the word, but it really means hostile to others. Especially in a medical context where Antisocial personality disorder is the proper title for Sociopathy.

[–] Technoworcester@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago

Maybe it's a UK thing but made sense to me and I understood it fully from context.

[–] flightyhobler@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

I didn't even need to open the article to understand that 😕

[–] Melonpoly@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] brotundspiele@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I guess, that in a country where public healthcare and maternity leave are considered communism or socialism, being antisocial might be seen as something positive.

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.cafe 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

This isn’t US news? It’s UK?

[–] brotundspiele@feddit.org 1 points 16 hours ago

I know that. But I'm not sure the commenter we're responding to is British.