Re: Aquaplaning plod set free
- From: AlanG <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:04:03 +0100
On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:18:36 +0100, Alex Heney <me8@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:48:51 +0100, AlanG <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:06:41 +0100, Stuart B
<xpozure4u@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:48:19 +0100, "Dave Baker" <Null@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:
The aquaplaning plod who crashed his police car at over 110 mph in
torrential rain has been set free from jail by an appeal court.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/8124961.stm
His barrister argued that he was not an ordinary motorist but a highly
trained specialist driver although how that makes him less liable for
crashing when he was not on a shout is beyond me. IMO it makes him more
liable. His jail sentence for dangerous driving was overturned and replaced
by a conviction for careless driving and a 3 month ban.
Complete fix if you ask me. It makes a mockery of the justice system.
That's bollocks ..So if a Racing Touring Car driver did the same could
he make the same reasoning cos he is probably a better driver than the
Plod ?
The Stirling Moss defence. But AIRI he wasn't speeding in bad weather
when the police prosecuted him for dangerous driving and the bench
accepted a lesser plea because of his skills.
To be fair, "the bench" didn't.
It was the appeal court which (wrongly IMV) overruled the bench.
I was going on memory from about 40 years ago.
IIRC he actually left the road and flew. Yes he should have been done
for DD
.
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