One law for the rich etc
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So you wouldn't think twice? really? Even though you now know, as this case proved, that you're risking jail and you're asking your wife, girlfriend or someone else to risk jail just because you want to avoid 3 points on your licence? BTW you don't lose your licence or job for 3 points, if you've been caught enough times to lose your licence maybe you should re-think your driving habits.
Yes, that right. I would not think twice.
There was a time that I had 9 points. I did not choose to swap points, it was time become office based, get out of the car and have a easy life.
At the time, I was driving 90'000 mile per year. All points picked up on motorways over a 30 month period.
I drove over 360'000 miles in that job both in the UK and across Europe. Not a single accident, not even a small bump. My driving was absolutely fine.
Points were an occupational hazard for all of us.
Like I have already stated, back people into a corner and not everyone will accept what's thrown at them.
It won't be long before we can't pass wind without a penalty and some sort of points.
I hope Chris Hulme, takes a nice vacation asap and then gets on with his life.
Whatever. You're not the only person who has had to drive long miles for work. I know you're probably just 'keyboard' talking and I hope you never find yourself in the situation where you're asking you wife to risk jail because you can't drive at the speed limit.
Worth looking at driving ban insurance which gives you a chauffeur in the event of a totting up ban if points accumulated are significant. Staggered how many people don't know it's available. Makes a lot more sense than point swapping.
Used to drive very significant mileage before car went. Can say I've never had a single point on my licence - albeit getting pulled over on the motorway once and ticked off with a warning for doing 99mph was perhaps a very lucky break. Those blasted unmarked 4x4 jobbies !! The more you drive the more you risk especially work-related and with deadlines and commitments.
Used to drive very significant mileage before car went. Can say I've never had a single point on my licence - albeit getting pulled over on the motorway once and ticked off with a warning for doing 99mph was perhaps a very lucky break. Those blasted unmarked 4x4 jobbies !! The more you drive the more you risk especially work-related and with deadlines and commitments.
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You do not need to ask your wife. You must drink at a higher class pub that me.
£1k, loads of people will take the points. Happens all the time.
Of course the real solution is to drive, as you say below the speed limit 100% of the time. Trouble is, I'm human and not a robot puppet.
Well I hope that he emerges from prison with a @reshole like an abandoned mineshaft. You never know, he might be able to make a bit of extra cash by showcasing it on embarrassing bodies.
The ironic thing here is that I imagine Hulme is the noise that a prisoner makes when being penetrated without consent.
FPO
As SRS says, there is no relationship between gaining points for breaching robotic laws and good safe driving. Every speed limit is set at times to low and at other times too high, good driving adjusts speed to the circumstances which vary greatly.
It's salutary to remember that the 70 mph motorway limit was an abandoned safety trial in the 1960s when it produced no safety gains, but was then reintroduced in the early 1970s as a fuel saving measure to help cope with the Arab oil crisis at the time. Those, including police officers, who say it's a vital safety measure are speaking from the wrong orifice.
It's salutary to remember that the 70 mph motorway limit was an abandoned safety trial in the 1960s when it produced no safety gains, but was then reintroduced in the early 1970s as a fuel saving measure to help cope with the Arab oil crisis at the time. Those, including police officers, who say it's a vital safety measure are speaking from the wrong orifice.
50 Hertz, you really are a sick person, for which I suspect there is no cure!
Time for me to move to another thread.
Oh, here we go.
You know, I'm utterly gobsmacked to discover that all this time I've been living amongst saints. People who are absolutely holier-than-me and have been hiding their lights under bushels all this time.
Step forward all you saintly people, and claim your just rewards.
Oh wait, you can't - because you only get it after you pop your clogs.
Tough teaty.
ps. There's no cure for the condition.
Peniculus Tractare Inserit Orificium is a life-long disease.
You know, I'm utterly gobsmacked to discover that all this time I've been living amongst saints. People who are absolutely holier-than-me and have been hiding their lights under bushels all this time.
Step forward all you saintly people, and claim your just rewards.
Oh wait, you can't - because you only get it after you pop your clogs.
Tough teaty.
ps. There's no cure for the condition.
Peniculus Tractare Inserit Orificium is a life-long disease.
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TBH I have never been very good at judging others. Desperate situations will try the resolve of a saint. What would I do if I found myself in a similar situation? The answer is, I do not know. What I think I would do, and what I would actually do are probably two different things. Is it not true, that we have all done things in the past that we would not like to be made public? Let he who is without sin cast the first stone...
I try to obey most of the ten commandments, beyond that I regard most other laws as a subjugation of my personal Freedom, by A Ruling Class that believes it is divine and of a different species, that is trying to control society with ever increasing restrictions. One day the Worm will bite back
I guess that will be one of these worms then
Tiny Worms With Teeth Attack, Sicken Couple | Fox News
Otherwise the worms will have to just do some enormous sucking
You really ought to get rid of your @rsehole obsession. It would make visiting this forum much more pleasant.
This takes my mind back to maybe 20 years ago getting a camera flash on those roadworks for the new Severn crossing on the M5, I already had 9 points from being caught doing 98.7mph early morning on the M5, no traffic.....except the hidden police car lurking on the slip road lol
These were the only points I have had in 45 years driving, anyway, I said to my husband at the time, if the summons came through he would have to say he was driving and take the points on his clean licence. ( luckily it was a case of so many people getting caught there they couldnt keep up with it and we heard no more )
I cant honestly see any problem with that, the law would have got their money, which is all they are actually interested in after all, and both me and my husband would keep our licences......no brainer and we wouldnt have been perjuring ourselves in court, just paying the fine and 'keeping it all in the family ' so to speak.
But then, I have never ever pretended to be a saint.......
As for the Hulmes being released early, I dont think they......or anyone else ......should have been put there for the minor offence of point sharing, his big mistake was to put himself in the position of being at the mercy of a woman scorned ( a very dangerous position for any man lol ) and then perjuring themselves in court, but I still think they would have been better punished by being made to do community service and keep the already overcrowded prisons for the real scum who seemingly at times really DO get away with murder.
Lynda
These were the only points I have had in 45 years driving, anyway, I said to my husband at the time, if the summons came through he would have to say he was driving and take the points on his clean licence. ( luckily it was a case of so many people getting caught there they couldnt keep up with it and we heard no more )
I cant honestly see any problem with that, the law would have got their money, which is all they are actually interested in after all, and both me and my husband would keep our licences......no brainer and we wouldnt have been perjuring ourselves in court, just paying the fine and 'keeping it all in the family ' so to speak.
But then, I have never ever pretended to be a saint.......
As for the Hulmes being released early, I dont think they......or anyone else ......should have been put there for the minor offence of point sharing, his big mistake was to put himself in the position of being at the mercy of a woman scorned ( a very dangerous position for any man lol ) and then perjuring themselves in court, but I still think they would have been better punished by being made to do community service and keep the already overcrowded prisons for the real scum who seemingly at times really DO get away with murder.
Lynda
For what it's worth, I can't agree with you over this. The law, however flawed, trivial and at times ineffective, is all that we have standing between what we have now and chaotic anarchy, and I don't believe that there can be any self justification for manipulating it to suit individual circumstances. If a person breaks the law, and is caught, they must take the medicine. By all means put forward mitigation but don't lie, it's an ugly character trait.This takes my mind back to maybe 20 years ago getting a camera flash on those roadworks for the new Severn crossing on the M5, I already had 9 points from being caught doing 98.7mph early morning on the M5, no traffic.....except the hidden police car lurking on the slip road lol
These were the only points I have had in 45 years driving, anyway, I said to my husband at the time, if the summons came through he would have to say he was driving and take the points on his clean licence. ( luckily it was a case of so many people getting caught there they couldnt keep up with it and we heard no more )
I cant honestly see any problem with that, the law would have got their money, which is all they are actually interested in after all, and both me and my husband would keep our licences......no brainer and we wouldnt have been perjuring ourselves in court, just paying the fine and 'keeping it all in the family ' so to speak.
But then, I have never ever pretended to be a saint.......
As for the Hulmes being released early, I dont think they......or anyone else ......should have been put there for the minor offence of point sharing, his big mistake was to put himself in the position of being at the mercy of a woman scorned ( a very dangerous position for any man lol ) and then perjuring themselves in court, but I still think they would have been better punished by being made to do community service and keep the already overcrowded prisons for the real scum who seemingly at times really DO get away with murder.
Lynda
I'm not saying that I don't drive at excess speed and all the other, minor things, I do. But when caught, and I have been, I take it on the chin. A few years ago, I could have easily got away with a speeding fine, but I didn't. I'd committed the offence, been fairly caught by a camera and felt compelled to take the points and pay the fine. Due to the circumstances, I could have easily got out of this with a result of no one being fined or receiving points. I try to live my life by being open and honest over all matters both serious and minor. This has served me well because I am honoured by the fact that the people I associate with trust me, and I am surrounded by people who I have complete trust in too. It's a nice feeling.
I'm afraid to say that anyone who is a bit, dodgy with the truth, gets a wide berth.
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