Drivers and their problems

brooksby wrote:

Noel Gallagher fined for refusing to name driver

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-65791351

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Musician Noel Gallagher must pay more than £1,000 for failing to tell police who was driving his Range Rover.

The 56-year-old former Oasis star, who cannot drive, was also handed six penalty points.

He refused to give information relating to the identification of a driver when required by magistrates earlier this week.

Listen Up, while the story might Fade Away, isn't this a greater issue here? D'You Know What I Mean? If a car can be registered to someone who doesn't hold a licence and doesn't intend to hold a licence, Some Might Say that there is a loophole which allows people to speed without it impacting on their licence. Whatever the outcome of this case, I think something needs to be done but i don't have The Masterplan

Jogle wrote:

Norfolk hit-and-run police officer claims ‘accident amnesia’

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A police officer who crashed his armed response car into another vehicle before driving off will not face any charges, because he claims he cannot remember the incident.

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/23568113.norfolk-hit-and-run-police-officer...

That's an outrageous avoidance of justice by the police officers involved. It's notable that the passenger didn't report it until the next day which would be so that the driver wouldn't get breathalysed. Both of those officers should be immediately suspended.

brooksby wrote:

Surgeon caught speeding dodges road ban as it would have ‘life threatening’ consequences for patients

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/22674101/professor-caught-speeding-avoids-...

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Professor Chris Peach, 47, was facing a minimum six month ban under the totting up procedure after he was clocked exceeding the 70mph limit on a motorway.

But the married father of three successfully appealed to keep his licence under exceptional hardship rules by claiming that patients and colleagues would ''suffer'' if he was not able to drive to hospital during emergencies.

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Stockport magistrates heard Peach who lives in Hale, near Altrincham, Cheshire, was caught on camera on July 22 last year driving his Land Rover Discovery at 89 mph between junctions 16 and 17 on the southbound section of the M5 near Tortworth, Gloucestershire.

And just to be clear, those emergencies: his defence explained that he's on call one night in 12 and on one weekend in 12 and taxis are apparently too unreliable and what if something like the Manchester Arena bombing happened and he couldn't get there because the taxi was delayed, m'lud? 

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judge should have told him to book a travelodge room when on call with the money he saves by not running a car

Driver should be sacked as he is incapable of doing any police job and debatable what job he can do.
The other one is facing a misconduct hearing.

Sze-Ming Cheung was another utter failure of the force.

Won't be sacked. Worst case scenario for him is that he will be medically retired with early access to a gold plated pension.

I think it reads that the bobby 'can't be sacked', I'm sure there's some HR reason for this but I'm jiggered if I know it.

I just came here to post exactly the same story. Anyone who refuses to name an offending driver should be brought to court and made to repeat their refusal under oath, which would then place them in contempt of court, which then would mean that they would be detained in prison until they decided to change their mind. What the hell does multimillionaire Noel Gallagher care about a £1000 fine and six points when he doesn't even drive?

Police in "making up rules to suit themselves results in little censure from colleagues and zero punishment" shock.

It is outrageous, just can't get surprised about this.

Am I reading this right? No charges against the driver, because he can't remember it, but the passenger is facing charges?!
It seems to support the "deny, deny, deny" ethos that runs rampant these days.