Highway code punishment table

[bobthebench]

CPS now look at anything over 100 as careless/reckless/dangerous because it attrracts higher penalty.

Capability of the car makes no difference, the driver slightly i.e. Russ Swift type antics, speed is all. At 140 expect porridge.

[james_j]

bobthebench said:

CPS now look at anything over 100 as careless/reckless/dangerous because it attrracts higher penalty. Capability of the car makes no difference, the driver slightly i.e. Russ Swift type antics, speed is all. At 140 expect porridge.

So, say flat out on a 15 year old 950 fiesta, drum brakes all round at 90 mph - same fine etc as doing it in a car capable of 180?

I suppose you couldn't expect sense from officialdom who blindly think that speed cameras (or any form of blanket speed control) will save lives. Anyone who disagrees - read the facts, don't assume slower means safer.

[streaky]

bobthebench said:

CPS now look at anything over 100 as careless/reckless/dangerous because it attrracts higher penalty.

So when can we expect to see ABH raised to attempted murder, or shop-lifting to robbery with violence ... because it carries a higher penalty? - Streaky

[granville]

bobthebench said:

At 140 expect porridge.

What, genuinely?

Even on an empty m-way with no other traffic, where the 'infraction' is momentary, say?

[Dwight VanDriver]

derestrictor said:

bobthebench said: At 140 expect porridge. What, genuinely? Even on an empty m-way with no other traffic, where the 'infraction' is momentary, say?

From CPS Driving Offences Charging Standard they quote
an example of driving which may support an allegation of dangerous driving:

... speed which is highly inappropriate for the prevailing road or traffic conditions....

An empty Mway and no other traffic may give a brief something to work on?

DVD

[john_p]

streaky said:

So when can we expect to see ABH raised to attempted murder, or shop-lifting to robbery with violence ... because it carries a higher penalty? - Streaky

Nice one Streaky.

So you can go to prison for doing 140mph on a deserted motorway, but you'd only get a fine of £50 for stamping on someone's head (ref. recent BBC program about Cardiff).

What a f****d up country we live in. All responsible should be ashamed of themselves.

I wonder what's so different about Germany, where 140mph can be perfectly safe and perfectly legal.