Justice or What?
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How come 98mph ended up in court? My mother was caught doing 98.5mph on a motorway and got 3 points + £60 fine.
Maybe Trafpol officers could voice their opinions about this sort of thing, after all they are the trained experts dealing with the motoring offences day to day and therefore must have a better clue on appropriate sentancing.
>> Edited by knowley on Thursday 5th February 18:55
Maybe Trafpol officers could voice their opinions about this sort of thing, after all they are the trained experts dealing with the motoring offences day to day and therefore must have a better clue on appropriate sentancing.
>> Edited by knowley on Thursday 5th February 18:55
tonyrec said:
I cant keep everyone in suspense but here goes,
The man with No Licence or Insurance = £275 incl costs + Disqualification for 56 days
The chap who was Speeding at 28mph over the limit = £325 inc costs and 5 points
Very very strange to me !
We talk about this kind of injustice but does anyone know how we can attempt to put things right?
This sort of thing makes me
I dont know how he ended up in Court. Most probably the Trafpol didnt give him the option of an FPN(E) and stuffed him in the book instead.
In reality though, youre not going to get a Trafpol voicing his opinion about fines and sentancing, thats purely down to the Courts to decide.
Almost all Police Officers feel that their own job is done when a person gets to Court, whatever happens inside the Court is out of our hands and if the Courts are misplaced then theres not a lot we can do about it.....sadly
In reality though, youre not going to get a Trafpol voicing his opinion about fines and sentancing, thats purely down to the Courts to decide.
Almost all Police Officers feel that their own job is done when a person gets to Court, whatever happens inside the Court is out of our hands and if the Courts are misplaced then theres not a lot we can do about it.....sadly
knowley said:
How come 98mph ended up in court? My mother was caught doing 98.5mph on a motorway and got 3 points + £60 fine.
I have given people an FPNE for doing over 100mph..thats down to my discretion and obviously how the people react and obviously the circumstances (weather/amount of Traffic etc).
I have however, known certain CJU's revert the ticket to process because the speed involved is over the ACPO guidelines.
If this ever happened to one of my cases that ive dealt with in what i feel was an appropriate manner then i would have the serious arse.
There was a piece on the radio tonight about an illegal immigrant who ran over a 9 year old in Worthing I think, and buggered off. Can't remember all the details but IIRC he was done for driving without a licence, failing to stop, failing to report, no tax or insurance, and having a false passport. He got 2 years. I was incensed.
Best of all is that putting him in choky for 2 years gives him what he wanted - at least 2 years in the UK!!
Best of all is that putting him in choky for 2 years gives him what he wanted - at least 2 years in the UK!!
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