Friday, August 09, 2002 :
Motoring "criminal" law sucks
Just saw a programme about the world's (or UK's anyway) worst drivers. I was annoyed that a muppet coach driver's penalty for driving his coach through 5 people's back gardens before ploughing through a retired couple's bedroom narrowly avoiding killing the aforementioned retired couple whilst either (a) asleep at the wheel and lying in court or (b) not asleep but unable to go around corners in his coach whilst awake was to be fined £60 and get 4 points on his license. I, on the other hand, was fined £260 and got 7 points for driving perfectly safely along a stretch of dual carriageway in London. Twice. Admittedly I was going slightly faster than I was legally entitled to do but I was helping reduce the justification for Ken's ridiculous central London congestion charge by increasing the average speed of traffic in the city centre... Anyway suffice to say I now prioritise looking out for speed cameras rather than attempting to drive safely - it's cheaper...
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