if you were up in scotland you would understand, think they big ho ha about baby p, now think that the mother sat and got stoned offered vodka to a neighbours 18 month daughter then her boyfriend used her boy as a punch bag while she watched - kid died that night.
he got a short prison prison sentence for doing it and she got of scot free even thou she was there through the whole experience, and refused to help even when someone else at the party saw the child spewing up blood
Basically im saying the whole judicial system needs shaking up. judges need to have a something set that decides how the punishment is set and not leave it up to themselves. one judge could have let him off with this where as another may have gave a harder sentence.
now lets say you are caught doing 80 on the motorway with a kid in the car, perfectly illegal, are you willing to go to jail for 6 months ?
at the end of the day its just an argument about the numbers if not.
please dont try saying you dont speed, everyone does maybe unintentionally, but ive yet to see anyone that holds the speed limit right up to the sign unless a) police cars infront or behind them or b) theres a speed camera or c) there a learner. exact same story when coming into a 30
Just
and youll see this was in 2005, before using the phone became illegal
not having a go mate but other than the excess speed hes not broke the law. and if we banged up everyone that was stupid we wouldnt have many folk on the streets, as for the overcrowding in the jails. tough they should live with it
Paul Garner
Paul,
I agree, the law is not perfect. In Bennett's case though, I say, he deserved the sentence.
Steve09 posted :
"He said: "When I realised what I had done I felt very ashamed and had to get rid of the bike as soon as possible — I didn't want it to happen again.
"In hindsight, I don't know why manufacturers make bikes that fast, they should be speed-restricted
"My advice to any bikers out there would be to just get rid of your bike and take the risk away."
>With that level of hindsight, he's a danger on the road. He's saying that he does not know the true performance of his own bike.
"My advice to any bikers out there would be to just get rid of your bike and take the risk away."
>I was dumbfounded when i read that, is this guy for real or has he escaped from la la land. Such comments would suggest to the Judge, that Bennett was an even more danger to the road,as he has revealed that he is not aware of his bikes capability's. Proper bikers know their machines.
"now lets say you are caught doing 80 on the motorway with a kid in the car, perfectly illegal, are you willing to go to jail for 6 months ?"
> No! never willing, But if i had been travelling into a corner,in wet conditions and, maybe my son had no seatbelt on, a corner just ahead, then yes, i would expect a heavy sentence and maybe prison.
"please dont try saying you dont speed, everyone does maybe unintentionally,"
>I can, and do so regually drive from A-B using the speed limits, it's a great lesson in self discipline. I have a stream of motoring offences that date back to the early seventy's, some of which nowaday's would put me in the nick. So, i'm no angle:bigsmile:.
I didn't think you was having a go, Paul. No problem budd, it's good to be honest and say how you think.
Martyn.