Go Figure!

[imadoofus]

Licence ban for 31-point driver

A driver who escaped a ban despite racking up 31 penalty points has finally had his licence taken away.
Earlier this year, Fleet News reported how Jeffrey Englander, from Greater Manchester, convinced magistrates to let him stay behind the wheel, because a ban would cause him and his family 'exceptional hardship'.
He had racked up the points by speeding and failing to provide police with insurance documents.
But soon after celebrating when the Salford court let him off, Englander was back in the dock over an offence from January 2003.
Englander had been convicted in his absence of driving without a licence or insurance when he failed to appear at court.
He claimed at the latest hearing that he had been unaware of the 2003 case and could not be convicted because he had not had a chance to argue his case.
After six weeks of legal argument, he was given another 6 points and banned for six months. He was also fined £300 and ordered to pay £150 court costs, reported the Manchester Evening News.
However, after serving his ban, Englander will have a clean licence.

Hope for us all?

PJ

 

[GRAV888]

I can beat that.
When I was 19 and an MOT tester, I had 33 points and still had my licence.
I still have it somewhere. DVLA actually stuck another part over the endorsment part and stamped it to make it look proper.
Before anyone says anything, no, I am not proud of it and we were all young once.

 

[imadoofus]

Blimey!

 

[Carrotchomper]

Unbelievable!

I do work for the darkside. Several months ago I was out in a fully marked ML. Coming off a motorway roundabout a chap looked straight at us and then turned off the roundabout in front of us. Having followed for a bit we surmised that he was really tanking it (Despite having pulled out in front of a HUGE and VERY OBVIOUS police vehicle.)

VASCAR came in at about 108mph, and whatever anyone wants to say, he was doing far over this at points- This was a GENEROUS (to him) average.

Stopped him and he came out with a spurious sob story. Licence produced with about 8-9 points on it.

Court case- Result- Not disqualified 'cos he needed car for job. Surely the 3 previous convictions should have been a good reminder to drive slowly?!??

Don't get me wrong, I'm not a speed Nazi, but hey, blatant stupidity needs punishing- Surely?

 

[Doodle]

For speeding while in the vicinity of a blatantly obvious police vehicle, he deserves everything he gets. It does make you wonder about their thought processes, but when you see it first hand, it makes you laugh.

Late last year, I'm approaching the bottom of the A34, where the speed limit drops to 60 and then 50. There's a stack of cars in front of me, and some ignorant rep in a Golf TDI wedged so far up my bootlid I swear I'm towing him. Spot a police car in front on the inside, decide discretion is the better part of valour and tuck in behind it, as do the cars in front of me. Golf boy?

Oh no, he's been so intent on trying to drive through us all for the last 4 miles, he goes steaming off at 85 into the 60 limit, shortly followed by the traffic car in front, and is promptly pulled over. I had to pull over myself...I was laughing so hard I thought I'd crash

 

[Brian WH]

Oh no, he's been so intent on trying to drive through us all for the last 4 miles, he goes steaming off at 85 into the 60 limit, shortly followed by the traffic car in front, and is promptly pulled over. I had to pull over myself...I was laughing so hard I thought I'd crash

Serves him right, we need more pulling of these Idiots.

 

[DieselE]

For speeding while in the vicinity of a blatantly obvious police vehicle, he deserves everything he gets. It does make you wonder about their thought processes, but when you see it first hand, it makes you laugh.

Late last year, I'm approaching the bottom of the A34, where the speed limit drops to 60 and then 50. There's a stack of cars in front of me, and some ignorant rep in a Golf TDI wedged so far up my bootlid I swear I'm towing him. Spot a police car in front on the inside, decide discretion is the better part of valour and tuck in behind it, as do the cars in front of me. Golf boy?

Oh no, he's been so intent on trying to drive through us all for the last 4 miles, he goes steaming off at 85 into the 60 limit, shortly followed by the traffic car in front, and is promptly pulled over. I had to pull over myself...I was laughing so hard I thought I'd crash

So the old saying "There's never a policeman when you need one" has at least one exception.