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

[Swilly]

Dick_Phallus said:

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?

Counselling or maybe just some kind of help (wouldnt be too expensive-not like its long term) but i recognise i'm no expert in this area... just that a bit smarter thinking is needed rather than the intellect-free law-is-the-law thinking.

[Mr POD]

peterguk V6 KWK said:

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...

They should have given her a shorter ban? A life ban perhaps ?

[Jonny671]

I thought the banning of Teenages who haven't got a licence starts when they actually get one? So even if they pass the test, its another year/two before they can actually get on the road.

[Flanders.]

I fail to see why she should get treated any different from me or you.

[Swilly]

Flanders. said:

I fail to see why she should get treated any different from me or you.

At least you admit it... some hope there yet

[drivin_me_nuts]

intersting decision by the law.

Of course, she could just get back into the car and drive. What are they going to do?

It would be an interesting decision if they decided to send a dying woman to prison. Definately not condoning her actions - law's law and all that. But what does she have to lose?

[Dick_Phallus]

drivin_me_nuts said:

intersting decision by the law.

Of course, she could just get back into the car and drive. What are they going to do?

It would be an interesting decision if they decided to send a dying woman to prison. Definately not condoning her actions - law's law and all that. But what does she have to lose?

What does she have to lose by committing any crime? You just hope her sense of decency and dignity would stop her from doing that. That doesn't seem to be the case though.

[RemaL]

Dick_Phallus said:

drivin_me_nuts said:

intersting decision by the law.

Of course, she could just get back into the car and drive. What are they going to do?

It would be an interesting decision if they decided to send a dying woman to prison. Definately not condoning her actions - law's law and all that. But what does she have to lose?

What does she have to lose by committing any crime? You just hope her sense of decency and dignity would stop her from doing that. That doesn't seem to be the case though.

my grandfather who was more of a father to me has cancer and passed away March 08. I asked him a smilier thing as to why no get point on your licence when they gave him the " you got 6-18moths to live". he said the same thing, I never did it before so having a death sentence does not mean I should do it now

[okgo]

Why change the law? Too much hassle, same law for everyone, less paper work, less time wasted by all. Break the law whether you have 2 days or 12 months to live. Face same punishment. I would fully expect this to happen. So should she. I may not have been given a timelimit on my life, so can't comment on how that feels, but it really is irrelevant.