Man doing 100mph not deliberately speeding, says judge
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Todays example of rubbishly lenient judiciary
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Posted 1 year ago #
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Surely if it isn't deliberate that would make it careless driving.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Yes but There Was A Reason
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I don't fully understand this sentence:
'District Judge Magill said in "normal circumstances" he would give Moron a £65 fine and three penalty points, but added: "That can’t happen here.""You have a clear record and there was a reason why you were rushing. It’s not an excuse but at least there was a reason behind what you were doing," he said.'
It reads like the circumstances made the sentence harsher not more lenient? Also not going to make any comments along the lines of nominal determinism.
Posted 1 year ago # -
A complete word-salad from the Judge.
There's no way "being late for your mother" is an excuse for speeding. He would have been very late had he got in a crash, possibly never seeing his mother again... or other people never seeing their mothers again... go figure
Posted 1 year ago # -
At 100mph he would mostly likely have became 'the late Mr Moron' ;-)
Posted 1 year ago # -
Mr Moron meets Mr Magoo or Mr Smombie. What could go wrong?
Posted 1 year ago # -
Just to note that although the judge said he would have "normally" let him off lightly, presumably because of the speed in this case he gave him almost double the points and ten times higher fine. The sentencing remarks do seem mangled though.
Posted 1 year ago # -
https://road.cc/content/news/15-year-sentence-drug-dealer-who-killed-cyclist-310241
As a counterpoint, here is an example of someone actually getting the full 14 years for death by dangerous driving.
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As a counterpoint, here is an example of someone actually getting the full 14 years for death by dangerous driving.
Wonder what they did to deserve that...
Posted 1 year ago # -
Killed a Mason?
Posted 1 year ago #
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