Thieving Cable.
- 20 January 2012 20:01148528Electrical cable.....that one got you polo wags going didn't it.
With so much theft going on at the moment does anyone know what solution the police have come up with?
Houses and hospitals having Copper cable ripped out left right and centre and left without power, the tea leafs selling it on to scrap yards.
If you sell anything to a second hand shop you need proof of ID and an address, does this apply to scrap yards? I don't know.
Would it make things any better if the buyer had a heavier fine than the seller.
what do you think?grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet. - 21 January 2012 08:32148555I think if the scrap-yard or whoever, is buying illegal/stolen copper or any metal, then the buyer and seller should be put inside after paying a very heavy fine.
At the moment, I don't see any real deterrent - for any crime, let alone stealing copper wire.
Roger
PS: Yes, Ian, I thought you were going to say Vince had been caught with his hand in the till somewhere. - 21 January 2012 09:03148557Ah yes we did refer to this a little on the smash n grab thread. The situation is dire at the moment. There is a huge demand for metals and the price has soared. The emerging economies in the BRIC countries have an insatiable thirst for metals and this has, among other things, pushed the price up to ..well not quite gold rush levels but you get the gist.
As I understand it there is a voluntary scheme for scrap yards introduced by the Police whereby the metal supplier has to supply name address details and so on, so that the metal the customer is supplying can be traced to source. This is only having a mixed success as I understand it as real names and addresses can be invented at the moment of supply. Mickey Mouse, Hollywood. etc etc
There is a new act attempting to make its way through parliament at the moment which could put this situation on a firmer footing legalwise, but it is a slow process in the House and all the metal will be gone from all our roofs before it goes through.
It is almost impossible to stop at the moment, as the Police are finding, although they are having some successes catching the perpetrators. Yesterday there was a story on the TV news as to how the sudden loss of metals from hither or tither could effect the actual progress and infrastructure of the Olympic games. Metals vanish overnight, trains stop running etc
BRIC countries = Brazil, Russia, India, China.email: dover7@msn.com - 21 January 2012 11:46148573Thought the title referred to Vince---Cable.
Watty - 21 January 2012 11:57148576Not saying that it hasn't been around for centuries but it seems to be in the limelight more lately as more of a fad thing, quote the latest thing to steal !!
Heavier fines all round !!! - 21 January 2012 12:07148579Its more prevalent now Mark because the price you get for it has soared.email: dover7@msn.com
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21 January 2012 12:33148585Here are some of the things being done to prevent/limit cable theft
http://www.nexus.org.uk/news/2011/new-weapon-fight-against-cable-theft
http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-11/metaltheftprevention.html
http://www.trl.co.uk/trl-news-hub/transport-news/latest-transport-news/new-trial-aims-to-tackle-railway-cable-theft_801259820.htm#
http://www.channel4.com/news/crackdown-on-metal-theft-launched-in-north-of-england
http://www.aviva.co.uk/risksolutions/news/2012/01/14/police-seize-1000-beer-kegs-in-metal-theft/"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
While loving someone deeply gives you courage" - Laozi - 27 January 2012 19:15149766I see on the news they have come up with a good plan for the railways.
Closed circuit Audio. Fibre optic cable that runs the length of railway equipment and acts as a listening device, anyone that tampers with it sets off alarms.
Sounds good.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet. - 27 January 2012 19:19149767i saw that a brilliant invention but it can only be a success if the authorities are fast off the blocks when they get the message.
- 28 January 2012 16:22149893spotted this earlier at the junction of
citadel road and military hill, could be another example of this type of theft. - 28 January 2012 17:52149915I still think it's Vince.
Watty
