RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted November 21, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 21, 2018 I've just seen this on Facebook. At least someone got prosecuted for utter stupidity. https://northyorkshire.police.uk/news/shane-hughes-jailed/?fbclid=IwAR30yOEB2jm27ZgAmQLhhr96pVTeWeNlUJNDD9A6cjFn9oiSt9ESyA_zUP4 Jamie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arun Sharma Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 (edited) Only banned for 6years and 11 months _ The question arises, "What do you actually have to do to get banned from driving for life?" Edited November 21, 2018 by ted675 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Endacott Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Only banned for 6years and 11 months _ The question arises, "What do you actually have to do to get banned from driving for life?" Die. Geoff Endacott 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted November 21, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 21, 2018 It’s my biggest fear/worry while out driving, I always blow the horn at the rear of a train going the other way if there is a crossing in view I’m like nidge, hand over the horn when passing a stationary train in a platform, just in case I still remember a close call when arriving at Bletchley on an 8-car 310 down stopper. Some guy near the front decided it was too far to walk back to the footbridge, so opened the door and jumped out having to break into a run immediately. He did a big U-turn on the down platform and how he didn't get dragged into the 86 hauled up express on the other platform face I will never know. It was all the driver could do to blast on the horns at 100mph..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 (edited) Only banned for 6years and 11 months _ The question arises, "What do you actually have to do to get banned from driving for life?" More to the point they don't take any notice of the bans anyhow... How many times have you read about someone who's already banned being caught again and having another ban added to the other one... Should be treated the same as gun or knife crime, if you are caught driving whilst banned it should be automatic jail sentence, as recent incidents have proved a vehicle is much more dangerous than a knife and can be as dangerous as a gun, it's about time it was treated that way... Edited November 22, 2018 by Hobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted November 22, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 22, 2018 Agree. A car is a dangerous, potentially lethal, machine. [hobby horse mode]What grates me are those who call a car a lethal weapon. It's not a weapon, it's a machine. It could be used as a weapon but that is not its purpose. [/hobby horse mode] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 That was lucky I nearly used that phrase but as in "it can be a lethal weapon"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 Only banned for 6years and 11 months _ The question arises, "What do you actually have to do to get banned from driving for life?" C'mon - you know what they call a 'life sentence' nowadays is about the length of a hamster's life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted November 22, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 22, 2018 The simple answer is that there are a huge number of disqualified drivers around, as well as many that have never had a licence. There are now so few Road Traffic Officers who used to specialise in looking for people like that. This the chances of getting caught are very low. I won't go into the causes of this state of affairs as I would be expelled from the site. Jamie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 That doesn't answer why we should be lenient on those that are caught though. The punishment doesn't fit the crime in my view as its clearly not a deterrent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted November 22, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 22, 2018 (edited) That doesn't answer why we should be lenient on those that are caught though. The punishment doesn't fit the crime in my view as its clearly not a deterrent. The same reason why there are less RTOs I suspect. Namely MONEY (prison etc is expensive). https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06sfh1h Edited November 22, 2018 by phil-b259 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 The general standard of driving is on a downward scale ,everyone is in such a hurry overtaking is the most important thing and as has been said hardly any police on the roads . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERGE Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 (edited) Maybe we should run faster trains over our level crossings?.. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46293151 Edited November 22, 2018 by LNERGE 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 Maybe we should run faster trains over our level crossings?.. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46293151 Seems a very strange advertising slogan - is French humour really that different to ours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Endacott Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 - is French humour really that different to ours? Oui. Geoff Endacott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken.W Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 When having a cab-ride from St-Lazare to Le Havre, I noticed the driver sounded his horn when approaching any station where there was already a train on the other platform. It used to be in the rule book that we did this, it's been removed now That's right, it used to be the Rule, till those that decided they liked the convenience of living near a station started whinging about train noise! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 Seems a very strange advertising slogan - is French humour really that different to ours? They don't have any Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 They don't have any Oh, I don't know. Look who they elected as President... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 They don't have any As an avid watcher of subtitled French comedies, I can assure you that they have. It tends rather towards the black end of the spectrum, though, which probably explains the posters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted November 23, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 23, 2018 Oh, I don't know. Look who they elected as President... I thought you were refering to another president there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 I thought you were refering to another president there. If you're referring to who I think you are - 'course you are - he's not made me laugh once ................... cringe, yes ! - often ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 The general standard of driving is on a downward scale ,everyone is in such a hurry overtaking is the most important thing and as has been said hardly any police on the roads . I'm not totally convinced about that, I can remember my Dad moaning about other drivers back in the 60s and saw plenty of bad driving when I started in the 70s (I was probably one of them!)... What I do think is that roads have become far busier and thus we see more of it,,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 I'm not totally convinced about that, I can remember my Dad moaning about other drivers back in the 60s and saw plenty of bad driving when I started in the 70s (I was probably one of them!)... What I do think is that roads have become far busier and thus we see more of it,,, Ah - but bad driving with 1960's/70's power to weight ratio wasn't in the same league as bad driving with today's monsters ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Ah - but bad driving with 1960's/70's power to weight ratio wasn't in the same league as bad driving with today's monsters ! Ah yes, any idiot can drive a fast car fast. What takes skill is driving a slow car fast! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS2968 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Ah yes, any idiot can drive a fast car fast. What takes skill is driving a slow car fast! That's a variation on James Hunt's reply when asked why, with his money he didn't have a Ferrari instead of an Austin A35 van! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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