98 yr old duke crashes range rover
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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.https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/15704469.pensi...
I was told there was an interesting piece in the Telegraph. (Shame about the paywall)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2019/02/1...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2019/02/1...
Edited by henrycrun on Friday 15th February 22:50
rambo19 said:
TBH, I cannot see what the problem is.
Happens everyday with old duffers having crashes and giving up driving.
Same thing happened to my grandad.
Happens every day with young duffers as well, you don't need to be old to be stupid. As demonstrated by JCB driver who turned 90 degrees last week from lane 1 to 2 which I was in cruising at 70, so he could drive through a gap in the barrier on the dual carriageway onto the other side.Happens everyday with old duffers having crashes and giving up driving.
Same thing happened to my grandad.
Had I been driving much faster and not paying as much attention as I was, I may not be here pounding the keys.
Bad driving affects all age groups.
it does seem standard, an 80+year old plowed into the back of my car stopped at a set of red lights in a 30 hard enough to write off my car and the car in front and damage 2 further cars in front.
My mate who was in the car suffered a broken neck and was off work over a year and had no job to go back to because he was off so long.
the old guy who was shouting asking why I stopped in the middle of the road promised to surrender his licence so nfa. When I saw him behind the wheel a month later I reported it to the officer who told me NFA I was told he considered the matter closed and wouldn't be following it up. Great reinforcement of a belief to an 18 year old who was getting pulled regularly for the crime of being young in a hot hatch. Even when absolutely positively doing nothing wrong whatsoever at all everything fully legal, slow quiet, sensible, blue lights, is this your car, where are you going, why are you out at this time of night, whats in the boot? dont let me catch you round here again etc.
My mate who was in the car suffered a broken neck and was off work over a year and had no job to go back to because he was off so long.
the old guy who was shouting asking why I stopped in the middle of the road promised to surrender his licence so nfa. When I saw him behind the wheel a month later I reported it to the officer who told me NFA I was told he considered the matter closed and wouldn't be following it up. Great reinforcement of a belief to an 18 year old who was getting pulled regularly for the crime of being young in a hot hatch. Even when absolutely positively doing nothing wrong whatsoever at all everything fully legal, slow quiet, sensible, blue lights, is this your car, where are you going, why are you out at this time of night, whats in the boot? dont let me catch you round here again etc.
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/crime/emma-fairweathe...
"Woman hurt in crash with Prince Philip could lose licence"
I'll just leave this amusing little update here for your perusal.
Of course, it probably won't happen/makes a good headline etc etc.
But I know Ms Fairweather didn't receive a great deal of sympathy for her whining appearances on Tv and tales to the papers, so I find it an amusing little aside.
"Woman hurt in crash with Prince Philip could lose licence"
I'll just leave this amusing little update here for your perusal.
Of course, it probably won't happen/makes a good headline etc etc.
But I know Ms Fairweather didn't receive a great deal of sympathy for her whining appearances on Tv and tales to the papers, so I find it an amusing little aside.
andy118run said:
But I know Ms Fairweather didn't receive a great deal of sympathy for her whining appearances on Tv and tales to the papers
As opposed to the driver who despite also being quite badly hurt, having had her car written off and all this with her baby on board has neither asked for nor received any special treatment and continues to keep dignified silence.Rewe said:
andy118run said:
But I know Ms Fairweather didn't receive a great deal of sympathy for her whining appearances on Tv and tales to the papers
As opposed to the driver who despite also being quite badly hurt, having had her car written off and all this with her baby on board has neither asked for nor received any special treatment and continues to keep dignified silence.?
andy118run said:
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/crime/emma-fairweathe...
"Woman hurt in crash with Prince Philip could lose licence"
It it's the same original offence she surely can't get points for both occasions of failing to identify, can she? That would be bonkers."Woman hurt in crash with Prince Philip could lose licence"
The dates look like it was two separate incidents. While she has probably contributed to why she now has two "failing to furnish" notices by not updating her Golf's V5C, if she only became aware of these charges in the last 21 days she should do statutory declarations to say that this is the first that she is aware of the charges. These two charges are then "reset" to the original speeding charges (or red light, or whatever else they may be) and she can plead to them.
Depending on what the original charges were (speed v limit, dangerous driving, etc.) the new result could be £200 and 6 points or a whole lot more.
Depending on what the original charges were (speed v limit, dangerous driving, etc.) the new result could be £200 and 6 points or a whole lot more.
Mort7 said:
A special kind of stupid?The Mirror said:
A court official said Ms Fairweather entered guilty pleas to the four offences in writing
Why plead guilty to the FOUR offences - pleading guilty to the FtF would be enough - by definition, they have no information as to who the driver was.A sensible person might offer to plead guilty for the two speeding offences if they were to drop the two FtF.
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