One rule for them and one for......

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Opps. Did'nt notice the other thread......

EDP said:

A speeding peer who was caught driving 113mph along the A47 has escaped a driving ban because of his charity work - enraging road safety campaigners. The decision by magistrates to let off Lord Greville Howard, 63, who owns Castle Rising, near King's Lynn, has caused double dismay as the six penalty points he received gave him the 12 point total which can also result in an automatic ban. Road safety campaigners reacted angrily to King's Lynn Magistrates' decision to fine the businessman £470 and impose six penalty points for the offence which happened in February. Speeding at over 100mph can result in an automatic ban and because the six points he was handed down brought his total to 12 points that also could have led to a ban. But magistrates said a ban would result in exceptional hardship for others because of his charity work and that his public service would suffer gravely if he could not drive. The decision has been met with anger by a number of groups, who felt the Lord was given an easy ride. Kevin Clinton head of road safety at ROSPA, said last night: "Anyone exceeding 100mph and getting 12 penalty points should lose their license no matter who they are. "Courts need to be consistent. Every time someone is seen to be getting away with this its sends out the wrong message to every driver on the road." A spokesman for the Institute of Advanced Motorists, said: "It is usually that if a driver is caught doing over 100mph it is an automatic ban. "And it is not something | have come across before where someone doing that speed has not got a ban. I was surprised." A source at the Institute added: "When our president the Duke of Gloucester was banned from driving, he resigned immediately, and he did not plead exceptional circumstances, and also does a lot of charity work." Lord Howard is related to the Duke of Norfolk and he belongs to one of Britain's grandest aristocratic families, which owns Castle Howard in North Yorkshire. He is the son of the late Col Henry Redvers Greville Howard and was educated at Eton. He owns Castle Rising after the castle which was under the guardianship of the State for 40 years was handed back to him. The day to day running of the Castle was returned back to Lord Howard a landowner whose family connections with the site date back to the year 1140. He became a Lord after he was ennobled by friend Iain Duncan Smith and he was a private secretary to Enoch Powell. Among those angered by the magistrates decision was Bridget Wall whose son Adam, 24, died two years ago from head injuries caused in a collision with a van that pulled out of a junction in front of him as he rode his motorcycle along the A47 at Walsoken. The van driver who was involved in the collision with her son appeared in court where he admitted driving without due care and attention and was fined 180 and given six penalty points. Mrs Wall of Downham Market is a member of RoadPeace, which is a national charity dedicated to supporting bereaved and injured road crash victims. She said last night: "I think it is just disgusting and beyond comprehension. It's a slap in the face to everyone that he has not been banned. "It makes me very cross and I just can't understand why he has got away with it. I think it sends out a bad message to the young people. This is anti-social behaviour to the highest limit." A spokesman for the National Playing Field Association said it would be inappropriate to comment on the court case, as he had not attended the hearing. But he said that Lord Howard had been a chairman for the Association for some time, and added: "He has done a lot of work for us and he's a good chairman, I cannot comment on the decision of the court as I was not there."

EDP


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>>> Edited by c c on Friday 15th April 20:31

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"Among those angered by the magistrates decision was Bridget Wall whose son Adam, 24, died two years ago from head injuries caused in a collision with a van that pulled out of a junction in front of him as he rode his motorcycle along the A47 at Walsoken. "

As a biker, this is unforgivable.

Nowt to do with speeding tho.