10mph - banned

[pammy]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/7171154.stm

Clearly dangerous driving so slowly on a motorway - but a tough one

 

[SilverSaloon]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/7171154.stm

Clearly dangerous driving so slowly on a motorway - but a tough one

Should of been banned for atleast a year and told to take her test again!

 

[Spin_bowler]

That's a sad story, she clearly needs the car for mobility but isn't equipped to deal with using it properly.

Mind you, on the positive side, if she took my route to the office on the M25 she'd never have to go over 10MPH anyway. Problem solved, I might hire her as a chauffeur.

 

[maddog]

If you want a laugh , BRAKE the road safety charity made the following statement

"This case sends out a very strange message to drivers. Mrs Cole was not breaking the speed limit or endangering anyone with her actions, yet she received a seven day ban, when we commonly see drivers caught travelling at 80 or 90mph get away with a fine and three points. While it is not common to encounter someone travelling at 10mph on a motorway, a competent driver should always be looking well ahead and predicting when they need to overtake a slower vehicle"

 

[television]

She was straddling lanes at the same speed and even on and off the hard shoulder, People do not drive at a speed where they can stop, it often takes vital seconds to realize that the car in front has almost stopped, look at the amount of cars that crash into cars on the hard shoulder

 

[stevesey]

"I don't know any other way to get to it so I went that way," she added (refering to why she was on the M32 to get from her home to Staples).

Hm, as a local and given where she lives it's not difficult to avoid the M32, but even if she did get on the M32 it's only about 800yards from the end of the slip road to the point where the motorway turns back into A road.

P.S It's the end of an Urban (2 lane) Mototway in the middle of Bristol

 

[masqueraid]

Although 10 MPH is not ideal for motorway travel, it was her erratic driving that seems to have led to the ban. Suspect if she was doing 10 mph on the hard shoulder with hazards she may have had a more sympathetic response from Traffic. Straddling the lanes and braking suddenly did not help her case.

 

[television]

I may appear to be hard, but honestly what is a driver that bad doing on our roads, she would find life cheaper going by Taxi, and making it far safer for the rest of us

 

[edthedead]

Driving at 10mph in lane one of a motorway is not far off being stationary (and arguably even more dangerous) - quite right that she has to retake her test.

 

[Satch]

If you want a laugh , BRAKE the road safety charity made the following statement

"This case sends out a very strange message to drivers. Mrs Cole was not breaking the speed limit or endangering anyone with her actions, yet she received a seven day ban, when we commonly see drivers caught travelling at 80 or 90mph get away with a fine and three points. While it is not common to encounter someone travelling at 10mph on a motorway, a competent driver should always be looking well ahead and predicting when they need to overtake a slower vehicle"

Not endangering anyone with her actions??? Cobblers.

"......repeatedly braked as she straddled the hard shoulder of the M32. " should tell it all to anyone with half a brain.

Hopefully she will never pass the driving test she has been ordered to retake.

No sympathy at all: she is a hazard to other road users.

 

[edgersoldchap]

I have sympathy for her because of her condition but she should not be on the road if she is so totally clueless and unaware of the danger to others that she obviously is. I don't think she will have much chance of passing her test again so it's somewhat academic, now. Thank goodness she didn't cause a bad accident - you expect other cars to be doing 80 or 90 on the motorway but not 10!

 

[Swiss Toni]

Just another example of this governments hell-bent attitude to tax the motorist to death.

Tough on crime? Pah!

Targeting the easy pickings if you ask me, didn't catch any burglars that day did they huh?

Sorry, I just wanted to be the first to say it for once.

 

[television]

Just another example of this governments hell-bent attitude to tax the motorist to death.

Tough on crime? Pah!

Targeting the easy pickings if you ask me, didn't catch any burglars that day did they huh?

Sorry, I just wanted to be the first to say it for once.

She would be better off going by Taxi, and so would we if she did

 

[crockers]

I feel sorry for her ..........but

She is medically unfit to hold a driving license....... so until she can prove she is fit enough she shouldnt be allowed to hold one..


I feel sorry for people who lose their sight , suffer epilepsy or any other illness that nececcitates their licenses being revoked....

But she is being treated for her fears -- untils she has overcome them she isnt fit to drive....sorry

 

[television]

I feel sorry for her ..........but

She is medically unfit to hold a driving license....... so until she can prove she is fit enough she shouldnt be allowed to hold one..


I feel sorry for people who lose their sight , suffer epilepsy or any other illness that nececcitates their licenses being revoked....

But she is being treated for her fears -- untils she has overcome them she isnt fit to drive....sorry

I just hope that when the day comes that I will give up gracefully, and I hope that day comes while the SL is in one piece.

Nothing is forever, my main reason for being here is to try and keep my brain alive, I will ignore the friendship, meets and laughs

 

[kingsize]

A few whiskies before setting off would soon calm her nerves........

 

[oldcro]

Why don't all MB club members in the Bristol area give the poor lady their names and phone numbers. Then they could volunteer to drive her about as needed. Would give members a chance to help someone in need, an excuse to go for a drive and feel good for doing someone a good turn.

Now isn't that better than shouting 'Ban her or get her off the road' and knowing you are also making the roads safer for all motorists.

 

[television]

Why don't all MB club members in the Bristol area give the poor lady their names and phone numbers. Then they could volunteer to drive her about as needed. Would give members a chance to help someone in need, an excuse to go for a drive and feel good for doing someone a good turn.

Now isn't that better than shouting 'Ban her or get her off the road' and knowing you are also making the roads safer for all motorists.

My point is that she is not that short of money as she runs a car, that money could be used on taxis several days a week to where she needs to go, I shall have to do that one day

 

[Spin_bowler]

My point is that she is not that short of money as she runs a car, that money could be used on taxis several days a week to where she needs to go, I shall have to do that one day

That's quite true and all very well when looking from the outside in.

The fact is that the privilege (not entitlement) to drive is not regulated tightly enough and those who are losing their ability to execute this privilege are often the last to realise that they should be spending their hard-earned on taxis rather than their own car. I hope when the time comes you and I are able to make that objective decision for ourselves rather than an anxious relative or worse still, the courts, after a serious accident, making it for us.

Fact of the matter is this woman should not have been driving but she was doing nothing illegal and there will be nothing to stop her driving again in six days' time.

The system is at fault and change is required.

 

[MBManInKen]

she was doing nothing illegal

Wrong, driving at that speed on a motorway is illegal, it's classified as driving without due consideration.

and there will be nothing to stop her driving again in six days' time.

She was ordered to retake the test.

The system is at fault and change is required.

So, where did the system fail? It seems to me that the system has worked and removed her from the roads.