Speeding fines & sentences

[B.G. Finlay IT Services]

http://news.scotsman.com/inverness.cfm?id=17592005

Same day, same court;
Off duty policeman caught at 136mph in his Subaru ... fined #500 and
banned for a year. Bloke on a bike caught at 145mph ... fined #5000
and banned for 2 years!

Blair.
'97 CBR600

[Bear]

In article <cs0t8j$t0m$1@dux.dundee.ac.uk>, B.G. Finlay IT Services
says...
>
> http://news.scotsman.com/inverness.cfm?id=17592005
>
> Same day, same court;
> Off duty policeman caught at 136mph in his Subaru ... fined #500 and
> banned for a year. Bloke on a bike caught at 145mph ... fined #5000
> and banned for 2 years!

From the moment he overtook at 9 mph more, his fate was sealed.
--
Bear
"Don't believe the hype"
Today's music: Miles Davis "Kind Of Blue"

[GasMan]

B.G. Finlay IT Services wrote:
> http://news.scotsman.com/inverness.cfm?id=17592005
>
> Same day, same court;
> Off duty policeman caught at 136mph in his Subaru ... fined #500 and
> banned for a year. Bloke on a bike caught at 145mph ... fined #5000
> and banned for 2 years!
>

So £340 (inc costs) and 6 points is not toooooo bad for 101.5 in a 70
and no trip to court(1)


1. This part was a result as I did not have to listen to some
sanctimonious prat saying "If your licence is so important to you then
you should be more careful!" Despite driving/riding 35,00 miles per year
for 14 years without a conviction.


--
GasMan
ZRX1200s

[Nidge]

Gas man sed:

snip

>Despite driving/riding 35,00 miles per year
>for 14 years without a conviction


Maybe the wannabe arresting officers always thought 'Aw, after that smash,
what's the point'? ;-)

Nidge
at work)

[Mick Whittingham]

In article <MPG.1c4e13ee2ade05b1989a96@News.individual.net>, Bear
<bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> writes
>In article <cs0t8j$t0m$1@dux.dundee.ac.uk>, B.G. Finlay IT Services
>says...
>>
>> http://news.scotsman.com/inverness.cfm?id=17592005
>>
>> Same day, same court;
>> Off duty policeman caught at 136mph in his Subaru ... fined #500 and
>> banned for a year. Bloke on a bike caught at 145mph ... fined #5000
>> and banned for 2 years!
>
>From the moment he overtook at 9 mph more, his fate was sealed.


I could get better.
From today's news you only get a suspended sentence for trying to steal
a whole country[1] so speeding at 145mph should make you eligible for a
Mediterranean Cruse.


[1]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/equatorialguinea/story/0,15013,1389422,00.html
--
Mick Whittingham
'and I will make it a felony to drink small beer.'
William Shakespeare, Henry VI part 2.

[Andy Bonwick]

On 11 Jan 2005 16:01:23 -0000, bgfinlay@dux.dundee.ac.uk (B.G.
Finlay IT Services) wrote:

>
> http://news.scotsman.com/inverness.cfm?id=17592005
>
> Same day, same court;
>Off duty policeman caught at 136mph in his Subaru ... fined #500 and
>banned for a year. Bloke on a bike caught at 145mph ... fined #5000
>and banned for 2 years!
>
Perk of the job etc.

I get to 'aquire' engineering **** for worthy causes, he get's
preferential treatment when he gets done for speeding. Personally
I'd say that the downsides of being plod far outweigh the one or two
plus points.
--
Andy Bonwick
ZX9RE1
BOTAFOT#22,BONY#22,MRO#22,IBW#12,UKRMFBC#6,UKRMRM# 4
BOB#7,BOTAFOF#4398723498723.3,Mirtth#30,FTB#2