Ouch! 180mph = dangerous driving and 30 months clink
Discussion
It really is a curiosity of the sentencing system that two people can do similar things (with different consequences) and be punished differently.
This case: Biker going quickly but no accident or injury. - 14 months custodial for dangerous driving.
Prostitute road rage whilst on a suspended sentence for blackmail: Rams a biker, deliberately, causing injury. - 12 months suspended.
Biker obviously a silly, silly boy and deserves what he got for perverting the course of justice and the knife, but how can it be justified that riding at speed (admittedly extremely excessive) and not causing an accident, is worse than deliberately ramming someone?
EDIT: I suppose I should clarify. I think the woman should have has a custodial sentence too. Not just for the driving, but breaching a suspended sentence.
This case: Biker going quickly but no accident or injury. - 14 months custodial for dangerous driving.
Prostitute road rage whilst on a suspended sentence for blackmail: Rams a biker, deliberately, causing injury. - 12 months suspended.
Biker obviously a silly, silly boy and deserves what he got for perverting the course of justice and the knife, but how can it be justified that riding at speed (admittedly extremely excessive) and not causing an accident, is worse than deliberately ramming someone?
EDIT: I suppose I should clarify. I think the woman should have has a custodial sentence too. Not just for the driving, but breaching a suspended sentence.
Edited by xxChrisxx on Monday 20th March 12:15
xxChrisxx said:
It really is a curiosity of the sentencing system that two people can do similar things (with different consequences) and be punished differently.
This case: Biker going quickly but no accident or injury. - 14 months custodial for dangerous driving.
Prostitute road rage whilst on a suspended sentence for blackmail: Rams a biker, deliberately, causing injury. - 12 months suspended.
Biker obviously a silly, silly boy and deserves what he got for perverting the course of justice and the knife, but how can it be justified that riding at speed (admittedly extremely excessive) and not causing an accident, is worse than deliberately ramming someone?
EDIT: I suppose I should clarify. I think the woman should have has a custodial sentence too. Not just for the driving, but breaching a suspended sentence.
They are both examples of dangerous driving. One was considered more worthy of a custodial sentence than the other.This case: Biker going quickly but no accident or injury. - 14 months custodial for dangerous driving.
Prostitute road rage whilst on a suspended sentence for blackmail: Rams a biker, deliberately, causing injury. - 12 months suspended.
Biker obviously a silly, silly boy and deserves what he got for perverting the course of justice and the knife, but how can it be justified that riding at speed (admittedly extremely excessive) and not causing an accident, is worse than deliberately ramming someone?
EDIT: I suppose I should clarify. I think the woman should have has a custodial sentence too. Not just for the driving, but breaching a suspended sentence.
Edited by xxChrisxx on Monday 20th March 12:15
A collision or injury doesn't have to occur to make the driving dangerous. Wen you think about the word danger it means that there is a potential for something bad to happen. When something bad does occur the danger is over, hence dangerous driving can be charged when no damage or injury has occurred.
4040vision said:
xxChrisxx said:
It really is a curiosity of the sentencing system that two people can do similar things (with different consequences) and be punished differently.
This case: Biker going quickly but no accident or injury. - 14 months custodial for dangerous driving.
Prostitute road rage whilst on a suspended sentence for blackmail: Rams a biker, deliberately, causing injury. - 12 months suspended.
Biker obviously a silly, silly boy and deserves what he got for perverting the course of justice and the knife, but how can it be justified that riding at speed (admittedly extremely excessive) and not causing an accident, is worse than deliberately ramming someone?
EDIT: I suppose I should clarify. I think the woman should have has a custodial sentence too. Not just for the driving, but breaching a suspended sentence.
They are both examples of dangerous driving. One was considered more worthy of a custodial sentence than the other.This case: Biker going quickly but no accident or injury. - 14 months custodial for dangerous driving.
Prostitute road rage whilst on a suspended sentence for blackmail: Rams a biker, deliberately, causing injury. - 12 months suspended.
Biker obviously a silly, silly boy and deserves what he got for perverting the course of justice and the knife, but how can it be justified that riding at speed (admittedly extremely excessive) and not causing an accident, is worse than deliberately ramming someone?
EDIT: I suppose I should clarify. I think the woman should have has a custodial sentence too. Not just for the driving, but breaching a suspended sentence.
Edited by xxChrisxx on Monday 20th March 12:15
A collision or injury doesn't have to occur to make the driving dangerous. Wen you think about the word danger it means that there is a potential for something bad to happen. When something bad does occur the danger is over, hence dangerous driving can be charged when no damage or injury has occurred.
xjay1337 said:
4040vision said:
xxChrisxx said:
It really is a curiosity of the sentencing system that two people can do similar things (with different consequences) and be punished differently.
This case: Biker going quickly but no accident or injury. - 14 months custodial for dangerous driving.
Prostitute road rage whilst on a suspended sentence for blackmail: Rams a biker, deliberately, causing injury. - 12 months suspended.
Biker obviously a silly, silly boy and deserves what he got for perverting the course of justice and the knife, but how can it be justified that riding at speed (admittedly extremely excessive) and not causing an accident, is worse than deliberately ramming someone?
EDIT: I suppose I should clarify. I think the woman should have has a custodial sentence too. Not just for the driving, but breaching a suspended sentence.
They are both examples of dangerous driving. One was considered more worthy of a custodial sentence than the other.This case: Biker going quickly but no accident or injury. - 14 months custodial for dangerous driving.
Prostitute road rage whilst on a suspended sentence for blackmail: Rams a biker, deliberately, causing injury. - 12 months suspended.
Biker obviously a silly, silly boy and deserves what he got for perverting the course of justice and the knife, but how can it be justified that riding at speed (admittedly extremely excessive) and not causing an accident, is worse than deliberately ramming someone?
EDIT: I suppose I should clarify. I think the woman should have has a custodial sentence too. Not just for the driving, but breaching a suspended sentence.
Edited by xxChrisxx on Monday 20th March 12:15
A collision or injury doesn't have to occur to make the driving dangerous. Wen you think about the word danger it means that there is a potential for something bad to happen. When something bad does occur the danger is over, hence dangerous driving can be charged when no damage or injury has occurred.
Don't talk bollix.
xjay1337 said:
4040vision said:
xxChrisxx said:
It really is a curiosity of the sentencing system that two people can do similar things (with different consequences) and be punished differently.
This case: Biker going quickly but no accident or injury. - 14 months custodial for dangerous driving.
Prostitute road rage whilst on a suspended sentence for blackmail: Rams a biker, deliberately, causing injury. - 12 months suspended.
Biker obviously a silly, silly boy and deserves what he got for perverting the course of justice and the knife, but how can it be justified that riding at speed (admittedly extremely excessive) and not causing an accident, is worse than deliberately ramming someone?
EDIT: I suppose I should clarify. I think the woman should have has a custodial sentence too. Not just for the driving, but breaching a suspended sentence.
They are both examples of dangerous driving. One was considered more worthy of a custodial sentence than the other.This case: Biker going quickly but no accident or injury. - 14 months custodial for dangerous driving.
Prostitute road rage whilst on a suspended sentence for blackmail: Rams a biker, deliberately, causing injury. - 12 months suspended.
Biker obviously a silly, silly boy and deserves what he got for perverting the course of justice and the knife, but how can it be justified that riding at speed (admittedly extremely excessive) and not causing an accident, is worse than deliberately ramming someone?
EDIT: I suppose I should clarify. I think the woman should have has a custodial sentence too. Not just for the driving, but breaching a suspended sentence.
Edited by xxChrisxx on Monday 20th March 12:15
A collision or injury doesn't have to occur to make the driving dangerous. Wen you think about the word danger it means that there is a potential for something bad to happen. When something bad does occur the danger is over, hence dangerous driving can be charged when no damage or injury has occurred.
ashleyman said:
Am I reading this correctly that an OFF DUTY Police officer initiated a pursuit?
An unlikely story but this happened to me years ago. Gesturing (was speeding slightly) aggressively, I took him for a road warrior and drove past, he then caught up and stuck to my rear bumper, driving very aggressively. I took him for a nutter and tried to get away, eventually stopped in traffic in time for a marked car to catch up and all to become clear. He was in his own car and aside from taking my details it was left at the roadside. That was about 15 years ago, now a bit older and wiser I would have taken it further, he was a total maniac.sim16v said:
Had to laugh when they switched the lights off and were following some member of the public at 110mph!
Not to mention when Audi man looked in his rearview mirror, realised he was being followed by a policecar whist doing over 100mph and hit the brakes... Assuming they didn't pull him after the video cuts he is a lucky guy!!!!Gassing Station | Speed, Plod & the Law | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff