18-month driving ban for Bristol woman who has just one year

[RemaL]

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/month-ban-...

FFS she was driving while under the influence

I can't understand why she felt she should not have been kept in a cell for 12 hours. even said herself they knew about her cancer so I would hope would be careful about looking after the women in the cells

[quote]The 58-year-old was twice the legal limit when she collided with a parked car while on the way to buy cat food from Tesco on Wells Road, on March 15 this year
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Utter rubbish in the local papers at the moment

Edited by RemaL on Friday 10th April 17:29

[Marcellus]

discussed elsewhere but she's not going to die in 12 months ffs

[Silent1]

I couldn't give a toss, she drunk drove therefore she can suffer the consequences.

[Swilly]

Silent1 said:

I couldn't give a toss, she drunk drove therefore she can suffer the consequences.

... reading the report I would have thought she'd be suffering enough for you already.

what with the cancer, the chemo, the thought of her own impending death etc

[ipwn]

So if someone is dying they are excused from the law ?

Law is law.....exceptions don't exist !

[deevlash]

Swilly said:

Silent1 said:

I couldn't give a toss, she drunk drove therefore she can suffer the consequences.

... reading the report I would have thought she'd be suffering enough for you already.

what with the cancer, the chemo, the thought of her own impending death etc

what about the person she risked mowing down and ending their life because of her being pished.

[Swilly]

ipwn said:

So if someone is dying they are excused from the law ?

Law is law.....exceptions don't exist !

The Law serves us, we don't serve the Law... surely !?

Exceptions do exist because we are human and have the power to make them...

[peterguk V6 KWK]

Swilly said:

what with the cancer, the chemo, the thought of her own impending death etc

Don't see any of the above have anything to do with driving ban...

[Swilly]

deevlash said:

Swilly said:

Silent1 said:

I couldn't give a toss, she drunk drove therefore she can suffer the consequences.

... reading the report I would have thought she'd be suffering enough for you already.

what with the cancer, the chemo, the thought of her own impending death etc

what about the person she risked mowing down and ending their life because of her being pished.

Yes they and others need consideration too, of course. But giving her (or anyone) a ban isnt necessarily going to automatically stop them from getting in a car again is it and so doesnt protect the others who would be at risk !?

She is in a special situation, which requires special consideration, smart thinking i'd say, rather than a rather meaningless application of the law.

I'd imagine faced with one's impending death, one's vlaue system etc may change somewhat. The threat of legal sanction may not be of much consequence to such a person. Like i said smarter thinking needed.

Hey, could always lock her up for 12 months eh !!

[crofty1984]

"Mrs Bickeringstinston was pronounced dead on arrival avter being mown down by a drunk driver. It was then found out the driver was very poorly, so her condition has been upgraded to: Alive!"

[Swilly]

crofty1984 said:

"Mrs Bickeringstinston was pronounced dead on arrival avter being mown down by a drunk driver. It was then found out the driver was very poorly, so her condition has been upgraded to: Alive!"

"Mrs Bickeringstinston, terminal cancer sufferer, was today found guilty of mowing down a pedestrian whilst 5x over the drink/drive limit, following an earlier incident in which she was banned from driving for 18months. The judge commented that it was quite ridiculous and symptomatic of todays daft and dopey society that no measures were taken after the first incident to try to address Mrs Bickerwhatever's mental state in the face of her impending death as a result of cancer. The judge also commented that a life may have been saved if this had been the case"

[bazking69]

No sympathy for drink drivers. Whatever their circumstances, they still have to abide by the law.

[Baby Huey]

ipwn said:

So if someone is dying they are excused from the law ?

Law is law.....exceptions don't exist !

Unless you are a policeman, obviously.

[andy_s]

Darwin obviously working but very slowly.

[R5GTTGAZ]

Worked in finance for a sports company? Is that a posh way of saying she was behind the till at the local JJBs?

[Jonny671]

Swilly said:

Silent1 said:

I couldn't give a toss, she drunk drove therefore she can suffer the consequences.

... reading the report I would have thought she'd be suffering enough for you already.

what with the cancer, the chemo, the thought of her own impending death etc

I 100% disagree with that.

She knows she only has a year left to live, why drink drive etc.

Make the most of it.. Should she go rob a bank, because shes only got 12 months left.. It doesn't matter, yeah?

[Silent1]

Swilly said:

Silent1 said:

I couldn't give a toss, she drunk drove therefore she can suffer the consequences.

... reading the report I would have thought she'd be suffering enough for you already.

what with the cancer, the chemo, the thought of her own impending death etc

Don't be a tit.

Whether she has cancer/aids/mood swings/pmt does not exclude her from the law, she got drunk in the morning and then didn't realise she was so drunk she couldn't contol her car and crashed, drink driving is an absolute there is no subjectiveness to it.

What if she had killed someone, should we excuse her from prison, y'know 'cos it's not like she's got a decent life is it.

[supersingle]

Metastatic small-cell lung cancer?

I give her 3 months.

Still a silly thing to do though.

[Swilly]

Silent1 said:

Swilly said:

Silent1 said:

I couldn't give a toss, she drunk drove therefore she can suffer the consequences.

... reading the report I would have thought she'd be suffering enough for you already.

what with the cancer, the chemo, the thought of her own impending death etc

Don't be a tit.

Whether she has cancer/aids/mood swings/pmt does not exclude her from the law, she got drunk in the morning and then didn't realise she was so drunk she couldn't contol her car and crashed, drink driving is an absolute there is no subjectiveness to it.

What if she had killed someone, should we excuse her from prison, y'know 'cos it's not like she's got a decent life is it.

It's a free country, i am free to be a tit, as are you... fortunately !!

My point here is that the unthinking, judgement-by-numbers that is in the majority on this thread achieves nothing.

I think the same about the sentences handed out to teenagers with no driving licence and below the legal driving age... who get banned... banned from doing something they shouldn't be doing anyway... WTF how pointless.

I don't know what it's like to have to face my early death within a calculated time-scale... what does that do to one's perspective !? To one's priorities !?

This isn't in defence of her actions its in reaction to her situation...

[Dick_Phallus]

Swilly said:

Silent1 said:

Swilly said:

Silent1 said:

I couldn't give a toss, she drunk drove therefore she can suffer the consequences.

... reading the report I would have thought she'd be suffering enough for you already.

what with the cancer, the chemo, the thought of her own impending death etc

Don't be a tit.

Whether she has cancer/aids/mood swings/pmt does not exclude her from the law, she got drunk in the morning and then didn't realise she was so drunk she couldn't contol her car and crashed, drink driving is an absolute there is no subjectiveness to it.

What if she had killed someone, should we excuse her from prison, y'know 'cos it's not like she's got a decent life is it.

It's a free country, i am free to be a tit, as are you... fortunately !!

My point here is that the unthinking, judgement-by-numbers that is in the majority on this thread achieves nothing.

I think the same about the sentences handed out to teenagers with no driving licence and below the legal driving age... who get banned... banned from doing something they shouldn't be doing anyway... WTF how pointless.

I don't know what it's like to have to face my early death within a calculated time-scale... what does that do to one's perspective !? To one's priorities !?

This isn't in defence of her actions its in reaction to her situation...

With regards to teenagers who have no license getting banned - I always thought that this was because if you caught them driving again there is the sentencing option of a prison term for driving whilst disqualified?

Anyway as for you main point, I almost see where you're coming from. However I don't see what you're proposing? Are you suggesting that she should be allowed to drink drive because she has cancer? Or that there is some sort of counselling she could receive which would stop her driving whilst drunk which should be available to her on chemo?