Diplomatic Immunity

Diplomatic immunity comes from the times when ambassadors had to be trusted to make decisions on their own but you didn’t want trusted people like that being held hostage.

Somewhat anachronistic these days but you never know when the times will change.

with the little computer devices the brown bombers sport, why cant they:

a: determine if the car has outstanding fines
b: call someone and have it towed to a compound
c: return vehicle when outstanding fines are paid

obviously you would have to have some threshold and some overheads liek an actual yard and a tow truck, but if it recovers 160k and ensures compliance its worth it.

850 fines… $160,000… $188 dollars per fine.

I take it the fines aren’t just for illegal parking. Some of them must be for some serious traffic offences.

What time range is this in? 1yr?

What is diplomatic immunity meant to achieve? I can see immunity while on the embassy grounds, immunity to work related communications, but a blanket criminal and legal immunity? Why?

From my observations of these diplomatic people over the past 30 years, they seem to live in their own little world …… but you seem to have got your message across, lol !

Hmmmmm …. an interesting example of “Pedestrian Crossing Rage”.

one of these arseholes backed into the stanley steamer one evening. i went the usual exchange of names and addresses route, but he didnt want a bar of it. i knew i was going to get nothing from the diplo plated bastard. i shant detail action taken, but lets say that he was convinced in no uncertain terms that failure to pay would result in his prestigious vehicle meeting unforeseen and regular damage.

sometimes you just have to realise that the rules you and i take for granted and which make our civilised city state function, dont apply to arseholes. at which point unique solutions are required.

Wales, Wales,
Sweet are thy hills and thy vales.

I’d put a fiver on it says that our Supreme Councillor doesn’t want to continue to trigger off futher diplomatic incidents, as some of the key offending consulates probably support whaling.

Maybe Wales is one of them, and Stanhope’s latest diatribe was misinterpreted

Well why not name and shame the nations who are not doing their bit?

Cause a diplomatic incident sure but i can’t see that worrying the ACT Government.