ignoring motorway/road closure.

[grumpy52]

When I had to attend the crash scene on the M26 on Wednesday evening I was told to go carefully by the highways agency bods as the police were with a car that had ignored the closure and tried to proceed up the closed motorway , he was prevented from going far by a large highways wagon parked across the carriageway.
Whats the charges likely to be ? Also he was already disqualified !

[Greendubber]

grumpy52 said:

When I had to attend the crash scene on the M26 on Wednesday evening I was told to go carefully by the highways agency bods as the police were with a car that had ignored the closure and tried to proceed up the closed motorway , he was prevented from going far by a large highways wagon parked across the carriageway.
Whats the charges likely to be ? Also he was already disqualified !

Court for driving whilst disqualified.

[Aretnap]

Depending on exactly how it was signed or directed, possibly 3 points and a fine for ignoring the motorway closure. More importantly, possible jail time or at least a community order for driving while disqualified.

[GC8]

Greendubber said:

grumpy52 said:

When I had to attend the crash scene on the M26 on Wednesday evening I was told to go carefully by the highways agency bods as the police were with a car that had ignored the closure and tried to proceed up the closed motorway , he was prevented from going far by a large highways wagon parked across the carriageway.
Whats the charges likely to be ? Also he was already disqualified !

Court for driving whilst disqualified.

Seldom prison now though. Im not old but I can remember when it was pretty much a certainty.

[Tribal Chestnut]

GC8 said:

Seldom prison now though. Im not old but I can remember when it was pretty much a certainty.

Yep, need to keep plenty of spaces for those naughty speeders.

[Greendubber]

GC8 said:

Seldom prison now though. Im not old but I can remember when it was pretty much a certainty.

Yep, there's a chap that I've locked up 4 times now.... no prison yet!

[Chrisgr31]

Aretnap said:

Depending on exactly how it was signed or directed, possibly 3 points and a fine for ignoring the motorway closure. More importantly, possible jail time or at least a community order for driving while disqualified.

Wasnt there someone on here complaining they had been done for driving in a closed lane (marked by the red X)

[Phil Dicky]

Greendubber said:

GC8 said:

Seldom prison now though. Im not old but I can remember when it was pretty much a certainty.

Yep, there's a chap that I've locked up 4 times now.... no prison yet!

I once caught a guy three times in the same week whilst on nights..third time he went to Prison

[surveyor]

Chrisgr31 said:

Aretnap said:

Depending on exactly how it was signed or directed, possibly 3 points and a fine for ignoring the motorway closure. More importantly, possible jail time or at least a community order for driving while disqualified.

Wasnt there someone on here complaining they had been done for driving in a closed lane (marked by the red X)

Yes there was - and they deserved it.

[Dr Jekyll]

Phil Dicky said:

I once caught a guy three times in the same week whilst on nights..third time he went to Prison

I did read about a disqualified driver caught by police waiting for him at the end of his road. They knew when he'd be driving because he was due in court that morning on a charge of driving while disqualified.

[Aretnap]

Also easy pickings for plod waiting in the car park outside magistrates court catching people who've just been banned getting into their cars to drive home.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2440011/Bo...

[Mike_Mac]

Aretnap said:

Also easy pickings for plod waiting in the car park outside magistrates court catching people who've just been banned getting into their cars to drive home.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2440011/Bo...

I know the Papers use archive photos of locations in their reports sometimes, but the one in the article of Lakeside has got to be about 20-30 years old! A quick look at what's parked up shows an old Orion, a Fiesta and a BX! Well done Daily Mail - couldn't find anything more recent?