http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Drunk driver who killed ski champ is jailed" en Sun, 31 May 2026 23:11:30 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6974#post-73383 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:35:09 +0000 holisticglint 73383@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>According to the interwebs...</p> <p>One the 1st offense - 1 year license suspension and 2 days minimum up to 1 year in prison</p> <p>3rd offense is life time ban </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6974#post-73382 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:30:23 +0000 Claggy Cog 73382@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@chdot, they could probably ban someone for life but whether or not they ever stuck to it would be a matter for speculation and as many drink/drivers who have been banned for short periods have been caught re-offending days, weeks or months, later then I would say no. DVLA do not seem to keep a record of such things or perhaps it is a case of not being reported to them. When this lad gets out and returns to the UK where he is from then will this life ban count, probably not, and I would think enforcement in the States would be just as difficult as it is here, particularly legislating across state to state. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6974#post-73381 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:29:43 +0000 SRD 73381@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I had the same thought. (Especially given the bike lacked reflectors &amp; lights.) Wonder what the sentence there would be for just driving with that level of alcohol in blood? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6974#post-73380 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:26:13 +0000 chdot 73380@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"wonder if they would have got the same here"</p> <p>Not sure driving ban for life is possible here(?) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6974#post-73378 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:19:39 +0000 holisticglint 73378@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sentence seems about right - wonder if they would have got the same here, or if he wasn't drunk ? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6974#post-73350 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:10:03 +0000 chdot 73350@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Judge Ilisa Rooke-Ley banned Comtpon from driving for life as well as jailing him for three years.<br /> "</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/edinburgh/drunk-driver-who-killed-ski-champ-is-jailed-1-2340074" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/edinburgh/drunk-driver-who-killed-ski-champ-is-jailed-1-2340074</a></p> <p>Man from Edinburgh - death and sentence in America. </p>