Just wondering why...

[meriad]

I'm sitting here (as I often do) watching a programme about the UK Traffic Police, and again in this episode the police arrested a person for some offence (usually not licenced or not insured) and impounded their vehicle. Commentary at the end of the programme usually gives a summary of what happened and quite often it's a case of "xyz was given 5 points for driving without a valid insurance. He/She did not claim their car and it was crushed.... "

Why do they crush the car vs selling it to try and make a profit - some of the cars on the programmes aren't cheap and in quite good condition. It's such a waste and I really would have thought that the various forces could use the money?

[Workingman]

I guess that kind of thinking takes a bit of common sense Ria.... and that is a rarity in government circles.

Some of them are perfectly good cars with fairly recent registrations. Stupid, isn't it?

[cruiser2]

It means the owner has to go and buy(steal) another car if he wants to drive. Liked it on a recent programme which showed the driver having to walk carrying his belongings.