RE: Hamilton Banned From Driving
Tuesday 18th December 2007
Lewis Hamilton is understood to have been banned from driving in France after being caught speeding on a French motorway.
Hamilton Banned From Driving
Report: Lewis Hamilton banned from driving in France after being caught speeding
The Brit driver was apparently clocked doing 120mph in a Mercedes near the northern town of Laon on Sunday.
When he was stopped it is said he got a £429 fine and police confiscated his car.
‘He was very polite and cooperative,’ Sky News quoted a police spokesman as saying.
It is believed Hamilton is now banned from driving in France for one month.
Discussion
This ones been bugging me for a while. Say, young Lewiss was getting car insurance. Does the fact that he is a race car driver put his premiums up or down? I know it is hard to draw direct comparisons with racing cars round a track, and driving on the road, but it must have some affect on the insurance, although I doubt he deals with his insurance.
Scotmove said:
This ones been bugging me for a while. Say, young Lewiss was getting car insurance. Does the fact that he is a race car driver put his premiums up or down? I know it is hard to draw direct comparisons with racing cars round a track, and driving on the road, but it must have some affect on the insurance, although I doubt he deals with his insurance.
I doubt he has to bother with mundaine details like that im sure Mercedes arranges everything for him Scotmove said:
This ones been bugging me for a while. Say, young Lewiss was getting car insurance. Does the fact that he is a race car driver put his premiums up or down? I know it is hard to draw direct comparisons with racing cars round a track, and driving on the road, but it must have some affect on the insurance, although I doubt he deals with his insurance.
Some how I doubt he has to worry about high premiums ...rgracin said:
I personally (as an Underwriter) wouldn't have a problem. Used to do Jenson Button and Nigel Mansell. In fact he would be a much better risk than many other drivers. The main worry would be passenger liability.
Slightly OT, but as an underwriter how do you assess the increased (or otherwise) risk of someone with 3 points for speeding as compared with someone with a clean licence?SM
Tomasz said:
"who do you think you are, Lewis Hamilton?
Oh."
Stirling Moss occasionally mentions on chat shows how he was once stopped for speeding by the police and he was asked 'who do you think you are, Stirling Moss ?'. He confessses to have been too nervous at the time to have responded yes.Oh."
dapprman said:
Tomasz said:
"who do you think you are, Lewis Hamilton?
Oh."
Stirling Moss occasionally mentions on chat shows how he was once stopped for speeding by the police and he was asked 'who do you think you are, Stirling Moss ?'. He confessses to have been too nervous at the time to have responded yes.Oh."
SS7
Off thread...but I, also as an Underwriter, thought that the occupation classification, statistically, most likely to be involved in an RTA was that of Professional Racing Driver. Seconded only by "Professional Sports Person" in general terms.
I've not done motor for a few years so I guess that might have changed, but the theory was that they took far too many risks in cars which were not always as precise in their handling, stopping etc as that of their works rides...they tended to chuck them off the roads rather than into people, so I would tend not to want to insure them (or at least have their eyes out), in view of the self-inflicted damage to some very expensive cars...
Back on thread, so what?
I've not done motor for a few years so I guess that might have changed, but the theory was that they took far too many risks in cars which were not always as precise in their handling, stopping etc as that of their works rides...they tended to chuck them off the roads rather than into people, so I would tend not to want to insure them (or at least have their eyes out), in view of the self-inflicted damage to some very expensive cars...
Back on thread, so what?
shoestring7 said:
His Sister, Pat (also a successful rally driver) was once stopped : "Who do you think you are, Stirling Moss's sister?".
I heard a similar story of when Damon Hill was stopped for speeding. The Officer said to him 'Who do you think you are, Nigel Mansell?' 'No,' replied Damon 'I'm Damon Hill.'Jimfeath said:
Off thread...but I, also as an Underwriter, thought that the occupation classification, statistically, most likely to be involved in an RTA was that of Professional Racing Driver. Seconded only by "Professional Sports Person" in general terms.
I've not done motor for a few years so I guess that might have changed, but the theory was that they took far too many risks in cars which were not always as precise in their handling, stopping etc as that of their works rides...they tended to chuck them off the roads rather than into people, so I would tend not to want to insure them (or at least have their eyes out), in view of the self-inflicted damage to some very expensive cars...
Back on thread, so what?
Don't disagree, and this would apply to your general computer driven private car quotes. However, I was being more 'pinnacle of motorsport' specific. F1 drivers tend to have a lot of vehicles at their disposal which are manufacturer owned and insured via their large fleet policies. Some drivers do have their own weekend toys (bought with their hard earned!). Mileage is therefore very low, and if I'm going to insure someone on a Ferrari etc I would prefer it to be an F1 driver than a company director with little performance driving experience.I've not done motor for a few years so I guess that might have changed, but the theory was that they took far too many risks in cars which were not always as precise in their handling, stopping etc as that of their works rides...they tended to chuck them off the roads rather than into people, so I would tend not to want to insure them (or at least have their eyes out), in view of the self-inflicted damage to some very expensive cars...
Back on thread, so what?
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