108 in a 30 limit
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Shall we have a sweep to see how long he’ll be going down for ?
https://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/crime/see-mome...
https://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/crime/see-mome...
If I’ve read it correctly, it says he faces up to 3 months for dangerous driving.
I thought that offence potentially carried more then that ?
Edit.... https://youtu.be/IAtI963qY8U
He does look a bit of a liability.
I presume the silver C3 driver, sees it approaching in the distance, and thinks “I’d best stay still, and hope for the best”
I thought that offence potentially carried more then that ?
Edit.... https://youtu.be/IAtI963qY8U
He does look a bit of a liability.
I presume the silver C3 driver, sees it approaching in the distance, and thinks “I’d best stay still, and hope for the best”
Edited by RUSSELLM on Saturday 3rd October 07:46
Think it's up to 2 years for the offence, however that's beyond the powers of magistrates- would need crown court for that length of sentence.
Assuming guilty plea at earliest opportunity, 30% discount, would have a maximum of 16 and a half months. To receive maximum sentence it would have to be at the top end scale of seriousness, which it isn't.
Previously of good character.
Could be anything but I bet well below an instant 12 month chokey. Perhaps something suspended?
Assuming guilty plea at earliest opportunity, 30% discount, would have a maximum of 16 and a half months. To receive maximum sentence it would have to be at the top end scale of seriousness, which it isn't.
Previously of good character.
Could be anything but I bet well below an instant 12 month chokey. Perhaps something suspended?
RonaldMcDonaldAteMyCat said:
Think it's up to 2 years for the offence, however that's beyond the powers of magistrates- would need crown court for that length of sentence.
Assuming guilty plea at earliest opportunity, 30% discount, would have a maximum of 16 and a half months. To receive maximum sentence it would have to be at the top end scale of seriousness, which it isn't.
Previously of good character.
Could be anything but I bet well below an instant 12 month chokey. Perhaps something suspended?
What is top end seriousness?Assuming guilty plea at earliest opportunity, 30% discount, would have a maximum of 16 and a half months. To receive maximum sentence it would have to be at the top end scale of seriousness, which it isn't.
Previously of good character.
Could be anything but I bet well below an instant 12 month chokey. Perhaps something suspended?
This seems worse to me than say, the guy filming himself doing insane speed on the motorway recently
Teddy Lop said:
What is top end seriousness?
This seems worse to me than say, the guy filming himself doing insane speed on the motorway recently
Someone evading the police at high speed, crashing into things all over the place whilst high on drugs and carrying young, unrestrained children in the back in an unroadworthy car narrowly missing the primary school children as they leave school, eventually smashing headlong into the local drop-in centre for disabled children, destroying their entire fleet of wheelchairs and some diagnostic equipment it took them 5 years of fundraising to buy, all whilst uninsured. Then sitting no remorse tells everybody to fk off and in court says he'd do it again tomorrow.This seems worse to me than say, the guy filming himself doing insane speed on the motorway recently
Something like that.
RonaldMcDonaldAteMyCat said:
Someone evading the police at high speed, crashing into things all over the place whilst high on drugs and carrying young, unrestrained children in the back in an unroadworthy car narrowly missing the primary school children as they leave school, eventually smashing headlong into the local drop-in centre for disabled children, destroying their entire fleet of wheelchairs and some diagnostic equipment it took them 5 years of fundraising to buy, all whilst uninsured. Then sitting no remorse tells everybody to fk off and in court says he'd do it again tomorrow.
Something like that.
And then gets 100 hours of community service and fined £100 for driving while uninsured.Something like that.
RUSSELLM said:
If I’ve read it correctly, it says he faces up to 3 months for dangerous driving.
I thought that offence potentially carried more then that?
6 months in a magistrates’ court. If sent to the crown court then 2 years. I thought that offence potentially carried more then that?
The article quoted the prosecutor - who apparently said this may be determined to be a middle category case with a Starting Point of 3 months. The prosecutor wasn’t setting out the maximum and, unfortunately, the reporter misunderstood what was actually said.
CoolHands said:
Why would someone of previously good character drive like that? I have ridden motorbikes at silly speeds in the past but still only where (you at least think you can) see potential hazards. Going in the wrong side near past that crossing etc is mentalness esp at that speed
“Previously good character” just means never caught.agtlaw, on the facts as reported, would you care to hazard an educated guess as to the likely outcome?
I assume (1) that the oaf pleads guilty, and (2) that the only mitigation offerable is "moment of madness, good character, very sorry".
27 year old in a hotbox Merc - I bet that in fact he had been doing crazy stuff like this for a while, but suspicions as to that will not, of course, factor in to the sentencing.
ISTR within the last few weeks reading a poster here arguing (seriously) that there should be no speed limits anywhere. I wonder what that poster would think about this incident.
I assume (1) that the oaf pleads guilty, and (2) that the only mitigation offerable is "moment of madness, good character, very sorry".
27 year old in a hotbox Merc - I bet that in fact he had been doing crazy stuff like this for a while, but suspicions as to that will not, of course, factor in to the sentencing.
ISTR within the last few weeks reading a poster here arguing (seriously) that there should be no speed limits anywhere. I wonder what that poster would think about this incident.
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