British law is for the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie, although the British also say that everyone is equal before the law, but the "people" here are also divided into three, six, nine and so on, the rich can hire a famous lawyer, it is indeed possible to better protect their rights and interests, the poor can not even understand the letter of the law, want to protect it.

"I can't understand" here is not a joke, and there is no universal compulsory education in the UK, and "can't understand" is not understanding in the literal sense, which is different from whether or not it can be explained clearly.

Southern Africa is part of the Commonwealth, and the legal system is a lineage, essentially serving the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie.

It's just that compared with the UK itself, Southern Africa has an additional legal aid system, which ensures that even ordinary people can better protect their interests in front of the powerful.

Roque was the deputy attorney general, and the legal aid system was established by Roque.

Those ordinary people who were injured in this accident, if they were in Britain, most of them would not be able to receive good medical care, and there was no need to think about compensation, an imperial marshal could easily suppress this matter, and there would be no follow-up at all.

Not in Nyasaland, even if Hopkins is still the secretary of defense, he still has to fulfill his responsibilities in accordance with the existing legal procedures, not to mention the criminal responsibility, and the civil part must be resolved first, which is also conducive to reducing the responsibility of the criminal part.

Roque and Xiao Si did not stay in the hospital for too long, Xiao Si left the hospital to go to the scene of the accident to see, and Roque went with him.

A cordon has been drawn around the accident site, the damaged cars and statues have not been cleaned up, there are still eye-catching blood stains on the ground, there are almost no brake marks, the police of the accident department are busy taking pictures and collecting evidence, there are patrol officers on duty at the scene, seeing Roque and Xiao Si, the Little Rock Police Chief Shan Ruolu who is at the scene, came over immediately.

"The situation has been basically determined, Major Brett Hopkins lost control of his drunk driving and caused the accident, the vehicle and the statue have been completely damaged, the injured have been sent to the hospital for medical treatment, and the scene is still being investigated." Shan Ruolu is in his early thirties, and he is also Roque's old brother, a former Cape Town Police Force commando.

"Hurry up and clean up when you're done, and restore order as soon as possible." Roque followed Xiao Si with a word of advice, and Xiao Si was silent next to the statue that had been completely toppled.

It is indeed a bit miserable, the original statue is Cecil Rhodes in a military uniform, carrying a classic Martini Henry rifle on his shoulder, with open hands across a map of Africa drawn on the ground, the sculptor is still from Italy, the Italians can't fight wars, carving, painting, opera is the old business.

Now that the statue has been completely destroyed, the leg has been directly broken, and one arm has been broken, and the statue is presented in an embarrassed posture with his face on the ground.

Roque was a little embarrassed, and you can imagine how angry Xiao Si was.

"In the future, all statues will have to increase their pedestals, and fences will be installed around them-" Roque raised his hand and called Shan Ruolu over, this is the disadvantage of delegating power, and if you don't take care of it, it will cause serious consequences.

Shan Ruoludo is depressed, this matter belongs to the city construction, in fact, it has nothing to do with the police station.

But now there is only one official present, so Shan Ruolu will remember it first, and then convey it to the urban construction department.

"I'm going to kill Bright Hopkins—" Xiao Si's eyes were blood-red, and he didn't care that Shan Ruolu was by his side.

It was indeed a bit arrogant to say this in front of the police chief, but Shan Ruolu was not even a little embarrassed, but agreed with empathy.

"Cecil, I'll talk about that later." Roque had a headache and decided to settle Xiao Si for a while, and then reminded Hopkins to get Bright Hopkins away, and it was better to get it far away.

"Let's go, come with me for a drink, I need alcohol right now." Xiao Si was drunk and rested.

Roark would love to say that drinking hurts his body, and Bright Hopkins is not because of drinking, nor does he cause an accident after drinking.

But now is obviously not the time to emphasize this, let's calm Xiao Si first.

Hopkins didn't need to be reminded by Roque at all, Bright Hopkins' operation lasted six hours, and Hopkins didn't wait for Bright Hopkins to wake up, so he sent Bright Hopkins on a train overnight, supposedly to be sent directly to Port Edward, and then sent back to the British mainland by ship.

Strictly speaking, this is an offence in Nyasaland, and Brett Hopkins, although seriously injured, must be tried in Nyasaland for committing a crime in Nyasaland, and then he should pay compensation, serve his sentence, and wait until the end of his sentence to leave Nyasaland.

But because Hopkins was involved, everything was done on a special basis, and Shan Ruolu was not stupid, so he didn't stop Hopkins from sending people away at all, and when Bright Hopkins was sent on the train, Shan Ruolu reported the matter to Roque.

Roque finally breathed a sigh of relief after knowing the news, and he definitely wouldn't punish Shan Ruolu for this incident, and it doesn't matter if sending Bright Hopkins away is against the law, as long as Bright Hopkins doesn't die in Nyasaland, even if Bright Hopkins dies on the ship, it has nothing to do with Nyasaland.

As for how Xiao Si will deal with Bright Hopkins in the future, this has nothing to do with Roque, it is Xiao Si and Hopkins' business.

Roque is also in the mood to care about Bright Hopkins, as the popularity of automobiles is increasing, the "Traffic Act" is about to be released, this does not need to apply to the federal government, and the Nyasaland government also has legislative power, as long as it does not conflict with the British Constitution and the federal constitution.

The biggest difference between Nyasaland law and English law and federal government law is the severity of the penalties.

The laws of this era were actually similar to nothing, as long as there was no tax evasion and no murder, there was basically no death penalty, and the nobility could even replace any criminal punishment with fines.

In Nyasaland, the same is true in principle, but the punishment in Nyasaland is higher, and the crimes that only require fines in the United Kingdom are mostly to be served in Nyasaland, and the crimes that are to be served in the United Kingdom are basically the kind that can almost sit in prison.

The same is true of the Traffic Act, which is not yet available in the UK and the Federal Government of Southern Africa, and Nyasaland has six crimes punishable by up to death, including drunk driving that endangers the lives of others.

Note that it is only a danger, not a cause, which means that as long as there is such a possibility, then the death penalty can be imposed, and the standard of sentencing depends on how the court determines it.

"Is it overkill?" Anton has a different opinion.

"Why overkill?" Roque feels that it is not enough, in fact, it is not enough to play a sufficient role in vigilance, the purpose of legislation is to prevent, and with the law, it must be popularized and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and there is a long way to go in this regard.

"If the rules are so strict, I'm afraid it will cause controversy." Anton is also very helpless, there are some things that can be done but cannot be said.

There are more and more cars in the UK, but there is no formal law on cars in the UK, the main reason is that the car is still a toy for powerful families and has not yet entered ordinary homes.

Since it is just a toy for the powerful family, there is no need to pay too much attention to it, and there are always too many restrictions on the powerful.

Anton is also worried, in Nyasaland, in addition to the state government and the military police, the people who can buy cars now are rich people, to put it bluntly, they are all vested interests, these people are originally loyal supporters of Roque, if the newly released "Traffic Law" restricts cars too much, it will affect not only the popularity of cars, but also the support of Roque and the state government.

"Don't worry, it's not a restriction, it's to protect all of us, if the cop who was hit by Breitt Hopkins was Angel, would you think it was overkill?" Roque hit the nail on the head, all the magnanimity is because it is not about himself, if he really wants to hurt his own interests, or even just the possibility of harming, then everyone will get serious.

The policeman who was hit by Bright-Hopkins was not seriously injured and was discharged from the hospital after receiving only brief treatment.

But just because it's not serious doesn't mean that Bright's behavior isn't bad.

"It must be punished severely!" Sure enough, Anton's attitude immediately became resolute.

In fact, the law is really not to protect the rich, but to protect everyone, Cecil Rhodes Plaza is the commercial center of Little Rock, the square is surrounded by the headquarters of large enterprises, as well as shopping malls, hotels, museums, libraries, these commercial and cultural centers, so most of the people who can wander around Cecil Rhodes Square to feed pigeons leisurely are also some net worth, and among the injured people who were hit by Bright Hopkins are the executives of the Rand Bank,

Anton is not stupid, the laws of Nyasaland really do not have much binding force on the powerful, such as drunk driving, which has nothing to do with the real powerful, everyone has a driver when they go out, and there is more than one driver, so drunk driving has nothing to do with people.

What the law really wants to restrain is the so-called "middle class", this class is really bright on the surface, in fact, it is a standard leek, such as tax evasion, this kind of thing has little to do with ordinary people, the tax standard stipulated by Nyasaland is an annual income of more than 100 rand, this income standard is also the so-called "middle class" standard, most ordinary people have an annual income of less than 100 rand, and they do not need to pay taxes at all, and the real powerful people have a variety of legal ways to reduce tax payments, and they really have to pay taxes. And there is no escaping the middle class.

Therefore, the first time the Traffic Act was submitted was passed by the Nyasa State Legislature.