98 yr old duke crashes range rover

[jonny142]

I wonder why his close protection police hadn't not raised that point.. Perhaps they did ? , gardening leave can be lonely mind.. Mmmm ...?

[RATATTAK]

Duke has handed in his licence

[sparkythecat]

You've just got to love Viz

[talksthetorque]

Only people of a certain age will think of Noel Edmonds when they see that.

[macushla]

talksthetorque said:

Only people of a certain age will think of Noel Edmonds when they see that.

First thing I thought of

[Captain Smerc]

sparkythecat said:

You've just got to love Viz

Viz rules

[anonymous-user]

sparkythecat said:

You've just got to love Viz

Brilliant

[princeperch]

I suspect the powers that be said to him rather discretely, hand in your licence and it'll make any decision to NFA the rather unfortunate prang you had the other day quite a bit easier ...

Edited by princeperch on Sunday 10th February 19:07

[macushla]

princeperch said:

I suspect the powers that be said to him rather discretely, hand in your licence and it'll make any decision to NFA the rather unfortunate prang you had the other day quite a bit easier ...

Edited by princeperch on Sunday 10th February 19:07

Like they do on a daily basis with other elderly drivers.

[turbobloke]

CPS say NFA after voluntary handover of DoE's driving licence. Not unexpected!

[anonymous-user]

How long has 'not in the public interest' been a reason not to prosecute driving without due care?

I would have thought that might apply to many, many cases?

Maybe 'nothing to do with the public' would have been a more honest reason...........

[ElectricSoup]

They are your betters and are above the law, move along, nothing to see here, back to your turnip fields.

[DickyC]

The report I heard said the likely outcome of a prosecution was to have his licence taken away. If he's handed it in already there's no real point in pursuing it.

[jamei303]

REALIST123 said:

How long has 'not in the public interest' been a reason not to prosecute driving without due care?

I would have thought that might apply to many, many cases?

Maybe 'nothing to do with the public' would have been a more honest reason...........

The public interest test is detailed in sections 4.9 to 4.14 of the The Code for Crown Prosecutors

In this case, the Duke surrendering his licence seems to have satisfied the prosecutor that "the public interest can be properly served by offering the offender the opportunity to have the matter dealt with by an out-of-court disposal rather than bringing a prosecution."

[ElectricSoup]

That's cool, so long as we're all allowed to choose our own punishment to avoid prosecution. Excellent idea.

[jamei303]

ElectricSoup said:

That's cool, so long as we're all allowed to choose our own punishment to avoid prosecution. Excellent idea.

No one mentioned choosing your own punishment, but I'm sure if you're ever pulled for doing 80 on a motorway and the cop gives you a few words of advice and sends you on your way, you will no doubt refuse and insist on a full court hearing.

[sugerbear]

I can remember this point being bought up at on my driving improvement course some years ago (old duffers crashing and giving up their licence and it's quite normal for a regular member of the public to give up their driving licence after an incident and the police wont then prosecute if it's isn't in the public interest.

He is being treated exactly like any other member of society.

His insurance will sort out the other drivers (who no doubt all have terrible whiplash related injuries that will spoil their enjoyment of life for ever more).

No one was killed or badly injured.

Nothing to see here.

[ElectricSoup]

jamei303 said:

ElectricSoup said:

That's cool, so long as we're all allowed to choose our own punishment to avoid prosecution. Excellent idea.

No one mentioned choosing your own punishment, but I'm sure if you're ever pulled for doing 80 on a motorway and the cop gives you a few words of advice and sends you on your way, you will no doubt refuse and insist on a full court hearing.

You cannot equate moderate speeding with driving without due care and attention. The driver in question here hit another vehicle and endangered three people's lives. I very much doubt I, or you, would be given the opportunity to avoid prosecution in this specific set of circumstances.

[jamei303]

ElectricSoup said:

You cannot equate moderate speeding with driving without due care and attention. The driver in question here hit another vehicle and endangered three people's lives. I very much doubt I, or you, would be given the opportunity to avoid prosecution in this specific set of circumstances.

If we were elderly and volunteered to surrender our licence we would, it is a common practice. If the driver is effectively banning themselves, what else would the prosecution hope to achieve?

[ikarl]

ElectricSoup said:

jamei303 said:

ElectricSoup said:

That's cool, so long as we're all allowed to choose our own punishment to avoid prosecution. Excellent idea.

No one mentioned choosing your own punishment, but I'm sure if you're ever pulled for doing 80 on a motorway and the cop gives you a few words of advice and sends you on your way, you will no doubt refuse and insist on a full court hearing.

You cannot equate moderate speeding with driving without due care and attention. The driver in question here hit another vehicle and endangered three people's lives. I very much doubt I, or you, would be given the opportunity to avoid prosecution in this specific set of circumstances.

You seem quite certain he was driving without due care and attention - I haven't seen the Police say such. Just that there will be no further action.

Not all accidents are a case of DWDCA.