But in smaller towns I don't think the anpr etc is prevalent, and things like that are never ever in the papers in Lincolnshire. I'm not trying to justify things I just wonder if its a big deal in the backwaters
Don't kid yourself.
I started my punting career with street punts and back in the early 90's it was good, some druggie mingers but some very tasty girls too. I lost count of how many years ago but the grand total was lots and lots from RLDs all over the South East. The alternative was picking a number out of the local paper and 90% of those were shit - people think AW is bad
. Or a range of grotty parlours. SGs were the easy option.
Things have changed though. In the RLDs I frequented more prossies were junkies and in one or two things drifted more into residential areas. The locals didn't like it (don't blame them) the press gave it salacious headlines and printed exaggerated shite and local councilors with not much better to do vowed to clear the streets. Pretty hollow by the way since they were totally clueless as to what went on.
Back in the 90's we had the advent of CCTV (easy enough to avoid the static cameras) and the odd police operation which ended in a bollocking and being told to piss off and not come back, or else.
The events in Ipswich changed everything though. Back then I still had the odd street punt but not many. Authorities made far more concerted efforts. Don't think for one minute that a backwater is immune to the odd clampdown. These days if you are caught you are fucked and don't think you're careful or clever enough to avoid mobile CCTV, ANPR and covert police operations. I had a close call years ago and haven't been back since. They also don't advertise their operations in the local rag, I'd say 1 in 100 operations were making the local paper when I stopped and that was only to show that the authorities were doing something proactive after another incident.
Legal stuff aside, having punted mainly via AW for quite a while now I have no desire what so ever to return to street meat. Even the worst punt from AW is a hundred time better than a 15 minute 40 quid shag with a strung out junkie on the back seat. If you're lucky she'll go after you are done so that she can see her dealer. If you are unlucky you give her a lift back, doubling you chances of getting caught with a known street prossie.
All boils down to how much you have to lose.