ivan Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 When will this saga ever end? He's been let off again: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/6457871.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Jesus, I can't believe this is dragging on. I know there were threads on this before, but surely him reaching those speeds whilst not actually in pursuit of anyone, makes him as guilty as hell! H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiversteve Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 We all know he's guilty, but wouldnt we all like to get away with it. Having said that, Council Tax arguments apart, who has paid for the did he didn't court cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethr Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 So, let me get this straight...... If you are a member of the public, 150 mph on a deserted motorway is, by definition, "dangerous driving" simply because of the speed and regardless of the circumstances or the manner of your driving, and you may well find yourself serving a jail sentence. However, if you are a member of the police force 90 mph in a 30 limit may NOT be dangerous because you have "unusual driving skills". What skills? Second sight? The power to stop the movement of everything except your car? The ability to pass through objects like a ghost? (I'd be more concerned about the fact that he was doing 90 in a 30, than that he was doing 159 on a motorway) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 "Pc Milton's unusual driving skills were such as to make a crucial difference to the dangerousness of his driving" - So Chris Wilson could get away with this too with his international racing license then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian R Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Yeah and what about all the F1 drivers etc that have been caught speeding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mawby Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 It may not make any difference. They have stated that the original Judge "misdirected himself" by "ruling his driving skills were "irrelevant" to the case.". However, there is nothing stopping the original Judge taking into consideration the policemans driving skills and then still giving him the same guilty verdict. They have set a precedence though - that being the drivers ability to drive should influence the result of him/her/it being found guily or not. Will be interesting to see if the Judge now backs down and finds him not guilty as that would set an even higher precedence that means anyone with advanced driving skills could argue they were not driving dangerously whatever they were doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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