On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 18:30:39 +0100, Trevor Barton
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[email protected]> wrote:
>JohnB <[email protected]> wrote:
>> "She then tried to run away but was restrained by police who pinned her
>> to the bonnet of their car and arrested her. The court was told how days
>> before her arrest Ambler had been thrown from a horse which had then
>> stepped on her head leaving her in need of stitches."
>
>Well, that's at least more plausible than the usual one we get in
>the papers round here: The drunk more often than not had "never
>done it before in 35 years of driving". A lot of criminals who
>go through the courts in Harrogate seem to be first-timers. Either
>they're exteeeeemly unlucky to have been caught on the first and only
>occasion, or we have a particularly inept bunch of first time criminals
>in this part of the country. Either that or they're plain liars.
>
>> "When the magistrates told Ambler she would be banned from driving for
>> twelve months, fined a total of £150 and ordered to pay £34 court costs
>> she broke down in tears."
>
><rant>
>
>Most motoring offences get on my goat far out of proportion to the
>severity in the eyes of the law not only because the punishment
>often does not fit the crime but particularly because most of them
>are so easy to avoid. Speeding, for example, is one of the easiest,
>but it seems to be one that few people can be bothered avoiding.
>Sure, I'm sure there are places where the speed limit might be
>ambiguous, perhaps because of obstructed signage or whatever, but
>in the vast majority of cases speed limits are clear and unambigous,
>but routinely ignored. Why? How is it so hard? How flipping
>difficult is it to avoid driving drunk? Again, I can imagine that
>there are "legitimate" causes (some medications, some temporary
>conditions interfering with your metabolising of alcohol, etc)
>but most of the time it's just stupid people who go to the pub, drink
>beer and get into their cars. Why just a 12 month ban?
>
></rant>
Agreed, hence my resignation from the Magistrates bench ........
The AVERAGE fine for no insurance is around £175 .......... me being
an old fart and hundreds of years old, my annual insurance is about
the same ... less if you are on income support.
A young person in his/her car can pay more than the car is worth ...
£700 / 800 / 900 for insurance ............ so simple maths say
........ I will take a chance
So the honest paying motorist gets hit by a NI ******** ..............
who is worst off???
Certainly makes one think about the 'I will take a chance' route
Now however you face the possibility of having you car crushed ......
Yeah right .......... how many to date ????? And if the car is worth
£150 ............ back to my maths .......... Simple innit !!
