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The other side of speed enforcement
« on: 05 January 2008, 00:04:15 »
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Re: The other side of speed enforcement
« Reply #1 on: 05 January 2008, 00:21:57 »
Madness.

i know the woman is not well but if she has that little confidence driving she should not be on the road.......

a sign on the back of the car is no excuse
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Re: The other side of speed enforcement
« Reply #2 on: 05 January 2008, 00:30:31 »
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Madness.

i know the woman is not well but if she has that little confidence driving she should not be on the road.......

a sign on the back of the car is no excuse

My thoughts exactly. She has my deepest sympathy. Unfortunately, if she can't muster more than 10 MPH on a motorway, and thinks a sign in the back of the car will make any difference, she hasn't got a sufficient grasp on what driving, or at least motorways, are about.  :(

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Re: The other side of speed enforcement
« Reply #3 on: 05 January 2008, 00:36:26 »
Arrested, charged, and convicted... surely cautioning her should have been enough?
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Re: The other side of speed enforcement
« Reply #4 on: 05 January 2008, 00:43:11 »
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Arrested, charged, and convicted... surely cautioning her should have been enough?

possibly a bit of overkill going on there........

knowing that stretch of motorway well it does get very busy, the risk of accident would have been very high.....

drag her off the motorway and read her the riot act possibly.........
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Re: The other side of speed enforcement
« Reply #5 on: 05 January 2008, 00:44:39 »
While I feel sorry for her she should not be anywhere near a motorway especially as she has  the notice saying she doesn't do speed. We have friends who have MS who live in Surrey & do not come to see us as they know their limitations & are not confident enough to drive at speed or over long distances, but they understand the issues with MS so whats her excuse. She should have known better
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Re: The other side of speed enforcement
« Reply #6 on: 05 January 2008, 00:46:02 »
I guess they were so worried by her lack of confidence that they decided a re-test was required - and conviction and a ban was the only mechanism open to them?

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Re: The other side of speed enforcement
« Reply #7 on: 05 January 2008, 00:51:09 »

OK she should not have been driving but the fact she has MS may not necessarily be relevant, depends on the severity and it’s overall affect on the individual.
Thing that bugs me is the hoddies waiting down the road to mug her will be excused because they are ‘disadvantaged’ in some way.
Sorry, newbie with bet subject, just do not get me going.
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Re: The other side of speed enforcement
« Reply #8 on: 05 January 2008, 01:13:45 »
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OK she should not have been driving but the fact she has MS may not necessarily be relevant, depends on the severity and it’s overall affect on the individual.
Thing that bugs me is the hoddies waiting down the road to mug her will be excused because they are ‘disadvantaged’ in some way.
Sorry, newbie with bet subject, just do not get me going.

its an open forum and your opinion is as valid as anyone elses
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Re: The other side of speed enforcement
« Reply #9 on: 05 January 2008, 01:23:35 »
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OK she should not have been driving but the fact she has MS may not necessarily be relevant, depends on the severity and it’s overall affect on the individual.
Thing that bugs me is the hoddies waiting down the road to mug her will be excused because they are ‘disadvantaged’ in some way.
Sorry, newbie with bet subject, just do not get me going.

its an open forum and your opinion is as valid as anyone elses

More valid than some eh?  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: The other side of speed enforcement
« Reply #10 on: 05 January 2008, 08:41:09 »
Once again, I sympathise with her illness, should she really be on a motorway? The road?

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Re: The other side of speed enforcement
« Reply #11 on: 05 January 2008, 08:55:39 »
IMHO she should not be driving at all.

Taxis would be more suitable!
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Re: The other side of speed enforcement
« Reply #12 on: 05 January 2008, 09:51:30 »
MS is the type of illness that affects motor functions and nerve related things.....not reaction times and in my view she is using it as an excuse.

If she doesn't like motorways then dont use them, endangering hers and other peoples lives is a serious offence.

She got everything she deserved, if she can see, press the accelerator and brake, turn the steering wheel, open and close the door then she is quite capable of doing 55 mph on the motorway.....I bet she doesn't do 10 mph on the A and B roads.....if she does she should get an 8 mph electric cart!

Note, the above is written by somebody who's own mother has MS.

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Re: The other side of speed enforcement
« Reply #13 on: 05 January 2008, 09:56:34 »
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Arrested, charged, and convicted... surely cautioning her should have been enough?

I dont agree there MJ......even if they just bannned her for 2 weeks......what would happened if she went and did the same the same thing again........and there were fatalities 2nd time around.. :question
At least the magistrate is making sure her driving is upto suitable standard before she goes on the road again.
I would think that she gave the magistrate little or no confidence that this was just a one of incident that would never happen again.
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Re: The other side of speed enforcement
« Reply #14 on: 05 January 2008, 13:02:57 »
how useful is a sign in a car doing 10mph for someone travelling at 60+ passing her???

i have no sympathy at all for her if i'm honest mainly because I am a b*st*rd believe she could have gone to a different shop for the ink cartridge!

if she'd been in such a panic as she said, she could have just stopped on the hard shoulder and waited for assistance, surely she's old enough to have a bit of common sense!! they're right to make her re-take her test, everyone who does something so dangerous should be ordered to retake their test
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