Caroline Henry: Driving ban for police boss caught speeding five times

The arrogance of this type of speeding is reflected in the arrogance of refusal to resign. She's my local commissioner too, and has lost all credibility - how can she now support speed reduction schemes without potential offenders or objectors raising her hypocrisy.

Bungle_52 wrote:

Just wondering if anyone on here has had any positive experience with PCCs.

Before I implemented Avoidance I was close passed at speed with a rear facing camera, which evidence I reported to Kent Police.

The careless driver was offered a course but declined so at Court was convicted and sentenced for costs, victim surcharge and points.

I can't evidence that the Kent PCC was responsible for that outcome however they did state their commitment to road safety and their office did write to me, which I was not expecting.

So my experience is good and plausible that PCC was effective.

Just wondering if anyone on here has had any positive experience with PCCs
No, they ARE a waste of time and money and should be binned- they find themselves unable to say 'boo' to a goose, never mind a police officer. All they do, in place of proper scrutiny of the police, is simply relay what the police say. If we want to read lies about police corruption and inefficiency, we might as well take them direct from the source

IanMSpencer wrote:

That makes me wonder if magistrates are more prone to sob stories than judges on totting up - though generally the serious cases we get miffed about (anything with a potential sentence above 6 months) are sentenced by judges
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The Sentencing Council provides guidance in the interests of consistency and fairness. My guess would be that Judges are more able to apply that with critical thinking and courage (professional) than Magistrates (volunteer).

andystow wrote:

Her defence solicitor, Rhys Rosser, urged the court not to ban her so she could visit her child in hospital in Salisbury, in Wiltshire, arguing it "cannot be done by public transport".

That's a trip that can easily be done by bicycle in just a few days.

More realistically it can be done by train in four hours and four minutes compared to the average car time of three hours - "I'm not prepared to give up an extra hour to see my kid in hospital" probably wouldn't have sounded that great in court as a mitigation plea.

Or what, 5-6 hours each way with bike + train from the vast majority of Nottinghamshire. (vs 3.5-5 to drive)

Can train it from Derby or Newark (railway stations with express links) in ~3.5/hours. So taxi/bike/lift + rail isn't that much slower than driving direct...

I was just trotting out the standard line !