smoochie and kate - I suppose I asked for that! But I would never, ever, compare the British police force to the Taliban (to me that is the same kind of ridiculous statement as saying Myra Hindley was only a little bit naughty) What I didn't articulate properly in my last post was the fact that people don't seem to have any respect for anyone (or their property) any more. All you have to do is walk down any town high street at 22:00 on a Friday or Saturday night to see violent behavour (be it vandalism or towards another human being). I'm in my late 20's and would never dream of doing anything like this young lady did to anybody else's property and let alone a police officer (come to think of it I wouldn't dream of hitting another person - I do like to scream expletives at people who cut me up in the car though!) no matter how inebriated I was at the time. Perhaps it's time I removed my rose tinted glasses or got into a time machine back to the 50's.......... Oh BTW kate - I never speed as I need my licence for work (circa 45K miles per year for the last 5 years and it is clean).