Monday 28th, My Day In Court...

[pugheaven]

Remember my speeding stoppage last July on the bikes? Well, court summons came through 3 weeks ago believe it or not... so, pleading guilty BUT appearing at court to give my side of the story and cry Wish me luck guys...

1. Worst Case Scenario - 56 Day Ban
2. Second Best Scenario - 6 Points and upto £1000 fine (means tested, so I'll be screwed)
3. Best Scenario - My crying and offering sexual favours to the judge may just get me 3 points and a £200 notes fine...

 

[pugheaven]

Well I got out and get this... once again, normal law abiding (apart from speeding lol) people get right royally screwed while chavs carrying on breaking into house, stealing cars, attacking people, driving uninsured and untaxed whilst me and Dave get a 7 Day BAN with a massive fine (£585) for overtaking a car at 96mph on motorbikes on a sunny day in Wales. To say I’m livid is another story and then to rub salt into the wounds, they banned me on the spot, this is after dragging our @rses down to Dolgellou Magistrates Court instead of Mold i.e. 1 hour 30 minutes drive away and then banning us and I couldn’t move my car out of the car park to somewhere safer, couldn’t get home because there’s no trains… unbelievable… I actually said, is this ban from 12pm tonight, and she said from NOW… what’s now… 10:50am, now… now 5 seconds ago… I’ve got nothing to state when I can drive again and what time, so infact it’s not 7 days it’ll be kinda 6.5 days… Sharon (my missus) and Ulrika (Daves missus) came down, Sharon drove RX8 back for me thankfully as the car would’ve been in bits by next Monday leaving it there… absolutely furious that normal people get screwed like this…

ALSO, what makes me laugh is I get to pay more on the fine than Dave as it’s means tested… sorry, where’s the justice in this sorry? Sorry Mr Dodd, I want you to pay more for the same offence than Dave because you earn more therefore the Government and Law System can screw you over for anything they want because you got off your @rse and are working… if you’d been on Benefits Mr Dodd then we’d have fined you £50 and asked to pay in installments.

 

[pugheaven]

God yeah and just done insurance on my RX8 and it's not made ANY difference at all... get in there so yeah... it could#ve been worse, I was more annoyed about getting stuck 70 miles from home lol

 

[pugheaven]

The ban and fine I wont argue with but what I will say it that banning you from the moment that the judge said is rather pathetic, at least let you get home. The police do have the ANPR system....

100% agree, it's petulant IMHO... I mean, they'd could've literally said, how long it take you to get home, ok 3pm is the cut off or 12pm tonight or whatever, to leave me stranded quite frankly is disgusting.

What annoys me more is the summons states only "this is a points offence" and mentions nothing about bans hence we thought no way would we get banned for that... however there we go...

However it's not tought me anything, and my insurance hasn't gone up on the car or the bike either so... Monday comes I'm points free and free to tank it again. If they'd done the decent and 6 points, I'd be a slower driver lol... hey ho.

 

[pugheaven]

Punishments for breaking the law are not supposed to be convenient. You need to have a quiet word with yourself.

Also,



I think someone needs to let you know that your attitude is atrocious.

ROFL, then I assume you've never ever broken the law at any point in your life to be so angel like? BS, you and I both know you've broken the speed law so don't start on your soap box.

I know I did wrong, I've accepted it, doesn't mean I have to be happy about it does it. And I'm assuming anyone else preaching to me about speed is also 100% hand on heart never broken the speed limit. Shut up... there's not a single person on here who's never broken the speed limit whether it was intended or not, just I got caught. If everyone wants to use and stay at the speed limits, why are people on here buying M5's, sports cars, high powered cars? to accelerate to 70mph as fast as possible? Makes me laugh.

Lets give an example. Friend of mine, rode his Suzuki 600 without insurance, tax and undertook a unmarked police car on M53 a couple of years ago. 6 points and £300 fine... I overtook on an open road at 96mph and get banned and £585 fine? This the same? That fair? No, it's not but hey ho, that's how the cookie crumbles. I broke the law, I pay the price, I personally think the price is higher than the law broken, but I'm not a judge so tough on me.

 

[pugheaven]

Sorry but I can't believe a driving ban has had literally no impact on your insurance? This is a license to print money for most insurers, and many may even refuse cover after a ban.

No told my bike and car insurers, I've got admin fees to pay due to them having the change the policy temporarily... however it's not made any difference. I thought the same, I thought they'd triple or something.

 

[pugheaven]

Make that assumption if you want to but in no way was I saying or even implying that I have never broken the law. My point was that your shocked reaction to your punishment being an inconvenience is ridiculous and your attitude is pathetic.

I maintain both those points.

Thanks for your observations, your points are promptly ignored.