[Mungecrundle]

Banned from driving on numerous previous occassions. Convicted of driving whilst banned, without insurance and with positive drug and alcohol tests at the crash scene.

= suspended sentence and another (previous bans having proven ineffectual) temporary driving ban.

No wonder that rogue drivers have little fear from the courts system, especially if money is no object.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-59643479

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[lonpfrb]

ErnieC wrote:

ErnieC wrote:

When the legal system is failing everyday people, drastic actions are called for.

Stocks were used for local justice in days gone by. This could be updated with a live feed on social media so that anyone who cares can see what a complete failure she is. Bombardment with rotten fruit and vegetables, and no comfort to be expected. However no paperwork to be managed at all…

Counts as Community Service, obvs..

[Oldfatgit]

ErnieC wrote:

ErnieC wrote:

Pay someone some money to break her kneecaps. Nothing else seems to be working with this being and when the legal system is failing everyday people, drastic actions are called for. 

Take it from me … Broken kneecaps don’t stop you from driving once you’ve healed.
It was about 16 months before I could drive.

[ktache]

Many thanks.

Many thanks.

The article does link to a mirror piece with an eighty year ban!

[AlsoSomniloquism]

When I was looking up other

When I was looking up other suspended sentences in similar charges, one case cropped up where the (female) Judge stated “if the defendent was a man, they would have been shipped straight off to jail” when offering a suspended sentence to a woman. Yes, very very fair.

[Awavey]

Well I’d argue it’s not a
Well I’d argue it’s not a mistake 🙂 because the concept is still the same whether shes blind folded, has her eyes shut, or uses her womanly attributes as apparently the case with the Old Bailey interpretation, the idyll is the same, justice is blind.

that means it shouldnt favour friends over strangers or the rich over the poor. It’s supposed to represent the very essence of impartiality in law that we are all treated equally, that weve used for centuries going back to Ancient Greece & Roman mythologies.

[Captain Badger]

hirsute wrote:

Seems most of us think she is (I thought so) but no she isn’t.

https://symbolsandsecrets.london/2017/08/10/justice/

There are a few blindfolded ones in London shown in the link, so perhaps that’s where the mistake arises.

Often across the world in fact she’s depicted so. The thought of someone dispensing justice without looking is horrifying to me.

Yes, I know it’s merely a symbol

[chrisonabike]

I did not know that. Must’ve

I did not know that. Must’ve been too much Metallica when I was a yoof.

[Hirsute]

Seems most of us think she is

Seems most of us think she is (I thought so) but no she isn’t.

https://symbolsandsecrets.london/2017/08/10/justice/

There are a few blindfolded ones in London shown in the link, so perhaps that’s where the mistake arises.

[Captain Badger]

chrisonatrike wrote:

I think Pan Farrago has been at your image – if we’re talking motoring offenses she’s missing an important attribute:

 

now now

[chrisonabike]

I think Pan Farrago has been

I think Pan Farrago has been at your image – if we’re talking motoring offenses she’s missing an important attribute:

 

[Captain Badger]

Awavey wrote:

Awavey wrote:

Then I would direct her to look closely at Lady Justice, the statue on top of the Old Bailey (often used as a library photo by road.cc for court cases), she is blindfolded …..

She most certainly is not….

And neither should she be.

[Tom_77]

Kapelmuur wrote:

Today’s Observer has a good article on the subject.

Pity the poor, oppressed driver forced to share their roads with the rest of us – https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/dec/19/what-price-the-lives-of-cyclists-and-pedestrians-when-motorists-feel-oppressed

 

[joe9090]

I agree with this sentiment. 

I agree with this sentiment.  We should try not to incarcerate everyone who misbehaves, it does not prevent reoffending and it costs the tax payer a fortune. However, I still think the offender in question should face serious restrictions on their freedom and not be allowed to do whatever they like during the suspended sentence. They should face strict house arrest at the very minimum. And meet daily online with a rehabilitation officer (I would do this job, I like shouting at people what utter cretins they have been).

[ktache]

Sorry mate, going to need a

Sorry mate, going to need a bit more to find the relevant article. Cheers.

[Kapelmuur]

Today’s Observer has a good

Today’s Observer has a good article on the subject.

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