Did This Guy Really Drive On The Track During A Live Race?

[anonymous-user]

edo said:

He is a dick, but I am not quite sure I think he deserves to have our taxes spent on putting him in prison?

Quite. So what he did was a bit dangerous and stupid and he's a tit but jail time, really? The drug dealer who beat a friend of mine unconscious in a completely unprovoked attack got a suspended sentence. He should definitely go down for wearing that fvcking suit though.

[anonymous-user]

Sump said:

Let's not exaggerate the situation.

How on earth can you interpret what he did as anything other than endangering lives!?

[xRIEx]

JoshyS said:

Sump said:

Let's not exaggerate the situation.

How on earth can you interpret what he did as anything other than endangering lives!?

I agree, motorsport isn't risk-free at any point - racers die, marshalls die, spectators die, trackdayers die; throw an oblivious, apathetic idiot into the mix who no one else is expecting and the risk has immediately skyrocketed. There's a reason everyone going on a racetrack has a briefing before they start.

[Munter]

edo said:

He is a dick, but I am not quite sure I think he deserves to have our taxes spent on putting him in prison?

That's a general problem though. Personally I'd remove 10% of any future earnings via the tax system, or reduce his benefits by 10% until the cost of his stay(s) was paid off/he met his demise.

But according to one armed lesbian trombonist labour supporting guardian reading yoghurt weavers, that'd make me a bad person.

[andrew]

anglia news have just reported, and i played this back just to make sure, that his polo "reached speeds of up to 200 mph"

[s3fella]

Ffs what a load of bks.

[EDLT]

thetapeworm said:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29566395

I'm sure this was unintentional

[Maldini35]

andrew said:

anglia news have just reported, and i played this back just to make sure, that his polo "reached speeds of up to 200 mph"

Blimey - time to shop in the M3 and get me a Polo

[Craikeybaby]

BBC South East have tweeted that he's been sentenced to 8 months in prison.

[goldblum]

I'm sure the father of the terrified female passenger wishes it was life.

[Du1point8]

Aw the poor lamb.... he will be out in 1 with a ankle tag on...

I take it the sentence has nothing to do with the going on the track though? More likely the false imprisonment of the passengers?

[98elise]

There are far worse crimes that get so little in the way of punishment that this seems harsh.

He was a being a dick and deserved to be punished, but jail seems a waste of time and money. A ban or large fine would have been sensible.

[gregf40]

JoshyS said:

Sump said:

Let's not exaggerate the situation.

How on earth can you interpret what he did as anything other than endangering lives!?

Because all he did was drive a car round a track at a relative low speed?

[irocfan]

98elise said:

There are far worse crimes that get so little in the way of punishment that this seems harsh.

He was a being a dick and deserved to be punished, but jail seems a waste of time and money. A ban or large fine would have been sensible.

maybe - but the issue is he's the type of tt who'll laugh off anything else, 'cause rulez iz fo foolz innit bruv?

[Mark-C]

Yep, 8 months ... http://www.kentonline.co.uk/tonbridge/news/brands-...

And his Facebook page has vanished ...

[goldblum]

gregf40 said:

JoshyS said:

Sump said:

Let's not exaggerate the situation.

How on earth can you interpret what he did as anything other than endangering lives!?

Because all he did was drive a car round a track at a relative low speed?

Seriously? greg...Seriously??

[thecremeegg]

gregf40 said:

Because all he did was drive a car round a track at a relative low speed?

He may have been going slowly, the racing cars weren't....

[Steffan]

98elise said:

There are far worse crimes that get so little in the way of punishment that this seems harsh.

He was a being a dick and deserved to be punished, but jail seems a waste of time and money. A ban or large fine would have been sensible.

I think that the sentence reflects the real concern that no one repeats this criminal,act. Sadly if nothing effectively was done then other idiots might fancy the few moments of notoriety that this has produced. Regrettably there are such idiots about. I think this was an entirely proper sentence reflecting the need to ensure that such acts are not repeated. I do hope it has that effect.

[Munter]

gregf40 said:

Because all he did was drive a car round a track at a relative low speed?

Tell you what Greg. If you sit in the rear of a Polo doing 10 mph wearing just casual clothes. And we fire a race car (complete with hot engine and full of fuel) into the back of it at 90 mph. You'd be 100% confident you'd see the following day would you?

[anonymous-user]

Steffan said:

98elise said:

There are far worse crimes that get so little in the way of punishment that this seems harsh.

He was a being a dick and deserved to be punished, but jail seems a waste of time and money. A ban or large fine would have been sensible.

I think that the sentence reflects the real concern that no one repeats this criminal,act. Sadly if nothing effectively was done then other idiots might fancy the few moments of notoriety that this has produced. Regrettably there are such idiots about. I think this was an entirely proper sentence reflecting the need to ensure that such acts are not repeated. I do hope it has that effect.

I would also have banned him from driving for life.