There wouldn't be a problem if he was behind the wheel. He was the one who let her drive the car, it was his car, he was the person responsible for being in charge of the vehicle at the time. It's been a while since I read the OP but wasn't he also under the age/experience limit allowing him to take learners out?
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Yes, but he WASN'T DRIVING. Like I said, he's probably not going to get the Apprenticship with BT, his insurance is going to be stupid money, he has to retake driving lessons and tests and all for a driving offence that didn't actually involve any driving! Life set back a few years for what?
The person in charge of a motor vehicle is the person behind the wheel actually doing the driving and should cop full responsibility.
The police can show discretion but I doubt the courts can so they have to follow the law sadly.
I know they do. My beef isn't really with the courts, it is with the police. It should have never gotten this far!
I wouldn't let many people drive my car, even those who have insurance and a licence, there is no way I would let someone drive it without either of those, it just isn't worth it - and I've held those views ever since I started learning to drive.
Different strokes for different folks. For me as long as I know you and can find you (if you put it into a tree and do a runner!
) then I'm happy to let anyone drive my cars. If you break it I want it fixed and if you rag it I'm going to give you hell, but other than that, have fun. And this is my attitude towards people I don't even know that well, I certainly wouldn't have an issue letting my GF have a spin without seeing a copy of her driving license, paper counterpart and insurance certificate.
So that makes it ok then?
I want to drive a brand new SLS, that doesn't mean I can go and break the law to drive one.
That's not even vaguely comparable!