85900 and still around. :-)

I guess I will be in for some serious questioning next time I go to the US...

So the fact that the government mandates insurance if I want to drive my car on the road means the cost of my car insurance is actually a tax?

TBF, the guy in the Huff Po story you linked to only killed himself

That's as may be in Helsinki for video surveillance. We've become rather accustomed to that in the UK.

The line that's being crossed here (not particularly well highlighted in the summary) is that they will be making *audio* recordings of the interior of the taxi too.

Apparently

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG7IURgryjA

For non-UK readers, Sky News is part of News International's UK TV operation.

Maybe News International threw in the towel and pulled the plug on them.