Robbie Savage - Escapes Driving Ban.

[fatiain]

This was nothing to do with drink from what I can tell.

Oh, speeding, that's OK then.

Still had a good (read: expensive) brief.

 

[MooMoo444]

Am I in the minority when I think to myself 'It's only 99 mph, whats the big deal'? People do 90+ on the motorway daily.

 

[kindai]

Am I in the minority when I think to myself 'It's only 99 mph, whats the big deal'? People do 90+ on the motorway daily.

Nope.

 

[lokiss]

And the problem with that is you end up with those that feel entitled doing 90+ mixing it up with those that stick to the limit. In general that leads to intolerances, poor judgements, accidents.

If you've never done it, you have no idea just how quickly you catch up to something doing a ton plus. On a public road you're screwed if the slightest thing goes wrong.

 

[platypus]

British roads are too crowded to be doing that kind of speed. I don't mind variable speed limits for time of day/traffic/conditions but the reality of that is it would be difficult to police.

 

[Threepwood]

British roads are too crowded to be doing that kind of speed.

Depends where and what time of day, there are plenty of safe opportunities for exceeding the speed limit in the UK on some motorways.

A crowded road is not one of them though!

 

[geekman]

If you've never done it, you have no idea just how quickly you catch up to something doing a ton plus.

Very true, which is why you should do it as often as possible so that you can get an idea

99MPH is really no big deal unless you're on a busy motorway. On an empty/near empty one in good conditions, 120-140 is no big deal either. People just have a massive complex about speed and never consider anything else.

 

[arknor]

utter BS!

not safe on public transport????!?!!!? WHAT?!?!?!?!??! I live near the newcastle football ground like 1 street away I see famous footballers all the bloody time no one gives a **** most people won't even realise they are famous.

there's no more danger for them in the real world than anyone else.

I might get my head smashed in on a bus because I look at someone the wrong way should I get immunity to some crimes to? what a joke!

it was bankers, now it's famous people.

who's untouchable and above the law next?

 

[Hades]

Who the hell is Robbie Savage?

 

[Jono8]

It is just **** manipulative journalism.

His "marmite" defence didn't get him off being banned. He got what is the normal punishment for the offence he committed.

 

[Arsonist]

Absolute double standards imho. Us non-famo's would be banned from driving clearly.

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

Robbie Savage to transform into Vanessa Feltz by the year 2019.

You read it here first, folks.

 

[placeholder]

Absolute double standards imho. Us non-famo's would be banned from driving clearly.

Well no they wouldn't. Thats the point.

 

[platypus]

Depends where and what time of day, there are plenty of safe opportunities for exceeding the speed limit in the UK on some motorways.

A crowded road is not one of them though!

I realise that, I just don't see how you could reasonably police it, so a line has to be drawn in order of the law to be enforced.

Quite obviously it's open to interpretation how busy a road is.

 

[wnb]

Who?

 

[Lima]

Am I in the minority when I think to myself 'It's only 99 mph, whats the big deal'? People do 90+ on the motorway daily.

Not just you. Stupid story that is a complete non-issue. Pathetic journalism....He got a typical punishment that a lot of people would get....celeb or not. Also 99 is in no way too fast....

 

[Xordium]

Also 99 is in no way too fast....

The laws of the land say otherwise.

 

[Tefal]

If he does it again, and again and again, at what stage is the public protected from someone speeding.
I am a little confused, he had 3 points on his licence, and got six points for this offence, that would be nine.
I wasn't aware that 9 points got you a 28 day ban from driving? I thought all bans were 12 months, obtained after 12 months and required you to take your test again afterwards?

Band can be for anything if you decide to go to court it's a risk you take and can be varying lengths.

Ie if you get six points in your first 2 years you can try to argue it down to say 2 points and a ban for a few months so you don't have to take your test again.

 

[StriderX]

Mandatory black boxes please.

 

[Abraham]

I realise that, I just don't see how you could reasonably police it, so a line has to be drawn in order of the law to be enforced.

Quite obviously it's open to interpretation how busy a road is.

More traffic police using their discretion and common sense. Perhaps with more monitoring of motorway cameras. Speeding is one of many driving offences, and one of the less dangerous (on it's own), it's just the easiest to enforce so policy weight goes behind enforcing it, rather than more general monitoring and prosecutions for the type of bad driving and offences that actually cause accidents, which would actually make roads safer. By banning someone for doing over the really rather arbitrary speed limit chances are you'll make no difference to the safety of roads, whereas if you get someone who frequently undertakes, cuts people up, manoeuvres without indicating etc then you actually might.