road.cc live blog: a perfectly reasonable last-minute present idea, reaction to Alex Dowsett’s near miss statement and more

Amy that do should pay more attention - there's a link right there in the review to buy it for £108.

How many of the road.cc readership pay £150+ for a jersey? Would be nice to know

@kinderje Young Offenders' Institutions in England and Wales are for 15-21 year olds (15-17s are kept strictly segregated from the older internees). He should be transferred to an adult prison when he turns 21. On the face of it being banned from driving doesn't seem much of a punishment when, as you say, he has no licence, but the length of the ban means that when he gets out of prison after four years and eight months he won't be able to apply for a driving licence for another five years, so it's something. Not enough, maybe, but something.

More for the bad driving round-up: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj36z5zydrgo Slightly surprisingly they didn't excuse a vulnerable older woman, nor listen to "but what about my dog?" / "I need my car for my job" (meeting criminals, appropriately) angles. Not did they consider that it was in a 20mph zone and everyone ignores those, it wasn't even 30mph... (It seems she argued the signs were confusing, it was a very short distance and she was nearly overtaken / hit by a cyclist...) Can't Andy Burnam sort out the care side of things so we can all fund her taxis?

Anti social personality disorder, he is bound to do something that will cause harm and he will eventually go to prison, absolutely no doubt about it.

Anti social personality disorder, he is bound to do something that will cause harm and he will eventually go to prison, absolutely no doubt about it

The first time I heard it I thought it was "headset". I think he could do with his bearings changed. (OTOH from his perspective he's probably living his best life; albeit he has to look serious when delivering whatever nonsense the commander in chief has thought up overnight).

@ktache very likely, but for excellent reasons while we can speculate the courts shouldn't. In a better world we'd be aiming higher with rehabillitation. But "let's spend lots more cash on people who've done bad things" is rarely a vote-winner.

"When I am dead, let it be said: 'his sins were scarlet, but his books were read' "

@hawkinspeter I could imagine Frankie Boyle using that (probably not with "I" though), back in the day. Or Sacha Baron Cohen through the mouth of one of his sleazier characters.