Re: Deadly dangers for graffiti 'taggers' - BBC News

Steve <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 16 Oct, 18:49, Charlie Hulme <i...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'd like to see a special levy on the sale of paint spray cans to help
pay for the cleanup.


That's an interesting point. Alternatively, and assuming much of the
mess arises from spray paint intended for vehicle use, how about
requiring purchasers to present a V5 document, which I believe shows
the colour of the vehicle? They would then be entitled to purchase
paint of that colour only (or that and one other to allow for two-tone
vehicles). This would cause a great deal more work for the
perpetrators.

It would also cause a great deal more work for the people who sell the
paint. And like a similar scheme for the sellers of car number
plates, it would be honoured in the breach as much as the observance.

(I know half a dozen number plate outlets that don't ask for any
evidence that the buyer of the new plate(s) owns the car.

I also wonder whether it would be feasible to put some sort of trace
substance in batches of paint, at varying concentrations, alongside
requiring photo ID for purchases . Clearly the batches would need to
be fairly large for this to be practical, so it wouldn't be possible
to trace one sample of one colour back to one can - but if three or
four colours were picked up from an outbreak and matched batches had
only been bought in a handful of transactions, it would give the
police a good head-start in where to look and whom to follow.

You're obviously the guy who buys 50 sledgehammers to crack a nut.

.

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