Comments on: Lunatic cleared of dangerous driving when he hit a pensioner head on at 94mph on the wrong side of the road? http://www.a-g-e.co.uk/lunatic-cleared-of-dangerous-driving-when-he-hit-a-pensioner-head-on-at-94mph-on-the-wrong-side-of-the-road/ Enjoy A-G-E as time goes by Sat, 25 Dec 2010 12:19:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Jaycee Birmingham http://www.a-g-e.co.uk/lunatic-cleared-of-dangerous-driving-when-he-hit-a-pensioner-head-on-at-94mph-on-the-wrong-side-of-the-road/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Jaycee Birmingham Mon, 07 Aug 2006 14:56:17 +0000 http://www.a-g-e.co.uk/lunatic-cleared-of-dangerous-driving-when-he-hit-a-pensioner-head-on-at-94mph-on-the-wrong-side-of-the-road/#comment-116 Sounds like it, loon. File this one along with the Merseyside officer clocked doing over 150mph on the motorway given a slap on the wrist because 'he's a traffic officer and needs to know how to handle powerful cars at high speed.' By slap on the wrist, I mean no ban and a minimal fine. One law for the likes of you and I, one law for the plod. Did you hear about the guy in Fort William a few years ago who got a two year ban and a £150 quid fine for driving an unlicenced ATV for two hundred yards on a public road between two fields? Of course, the other problem is that there's no consistency between judges; there used to be a guy in Dingwall Sheriff Court who thought that every case of any form of driving offence that came up before him would get you at least a hundred pounds fine and an eighteen month ban. Can't remember his name, but he was an old codger in the Eighties so with a little bit of luck he's at the very least retired by now. Bear in mind the effect a driving ban has on people in a rural area. You need your mates to get you to work. You need mates to get you everywhere. Because if you live somewhere like I grew up, there is a regular bus service. Regular in this case meaning every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Sounds like it, loon.

File this one along with the Merseyside officer clocked doing over 150mph on the motorway given a slap on the wrist because ‘he’s a traffic officer and needs to know how to handle powerful cars at high speed.’ By slap on the wrist, I mean no ban and a minimal fine.

One law for the likes of you and I, one law for the plod.

Did you hear about the guy in Fort William a few years ago who got a two year ban and a £150 quid fine for driving an unlicenced ATV for two hundred yards on a public road between two fields?

Of course, the other problem is that there’s no consistency between judges; there used to be a guy in Dingwall Sheriff Court who thought that every case of any form of driving offence that came up before him would get you at least a hundred pounds fine and an eighteen month ban. Can’t remember his name, but he was an old codger in the Eighties so with a little bit of luck he’s at the very least retired by now. Bear in mind the effect a driving ban has on people in a rural area. You need your mates to get you to work. You need mates to get you everywhere. Because if you live somewhere like I grew up, there is a regular bus service. Regular in this case meaning every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.

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