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Re: Six-month ban for speed camera boss
« Reply #1 on: 06 May 2009, 23:19:32 »

Chaps a choob.....

But, fair play, he publicly admits he's a idiot for being caught.  Not for speeding, per se, but for being caught.

Fair play!!   ;D
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Re: Six-month ban for speed camera boss
« Reply #2 on: 06 May 2009, 23:45:29 »

Speed itself isn't the problem anyway, it is the inappropiate use of speed that may cause a problem.

And on that note, I'm off to bed to watch the new Fast & Furious DVD that has found it's way on to the newsgroups  :)
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Re: Six-month ban for speed camera boss
« Reply #3 on: 06 May 2009, 23:55:52 »

Typical, anyone else would have got a 12 month ban, so they should have made this ars**ole pay dearly for his position!!! >:(.
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Re: Six-month ban for speed camera boss
« Reply #4 on: 07 May 2009, 00:01:21 »

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Typical, anyone else would have got a 12 month ban, so they should have made this ars**ole pay dearly for his position!!! >:(.

Bring back tarring and feathering then???   :-?
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Re: Six-month ban for speed camera boss
« Reply #5 on: 07 May 2009, 01:42:23 »

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Typical, anyone else would have got a 12 month ban, so they should have made this ars**ole pay dearly for his position!!! >:(.

Bring back tarring and feathering then???   :-?

      You may jest but if only we could, and maybe a few other long gone punishments 8-).
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Re: Six-month ban for speed camera boss
« Reply #6 on: 07 May 2009, 08:10:22 »

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Typical, anyone else would have got a 12 month ban, so they should have made this ars**ole pay dearly for his position!!! >:(.


No they wouldn't, as per the other thread on the same subject, i was caught at just over 103mph average over 3 miles on the A14 and went to Sudbury magistrates court ended up with 28 day ban, no points and £300 fine, he appears to have been given a lot stiffer punishment, as he needs a driver now for work he will be paying!!

Fair punishment for the crime if you ask me  :)
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Re: Six-month ban for speed camera boss
« Reply #7 on: 07 May 2009, 09:56:37 »

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Typical, anyone else would have got a 12 month ban, so they should have made this ars**ole pay dearly for his position!!! >:(.


No they wouldn't, as per the other thread on the same subject, i was caught at just over 103mph average over 3 miles on the A14 and went to Sudbury magistrates court ended up with 28 day ban, no points and £300 fine, he appears to have been given a lot stiffer punishment, as he needs a driver now for work he will be paying!!

Fair punishment for the crime if you ask me  :)

Mr Riall will also be paying a lot more for insurance for a long time to come, not that I expect that will bother him.

Maybe Volvo will bail him out, as it must be good publicity for their cars. (I always thought all Volvos were limited to 56 MPH).

Maybe the banks will help him out too; as if it wasn't for the billions collected in speeding fines thanks to his firm's speed cameras the government would not have been able to bail them out.  ;)

All things considered, I think Mr Riall got quite a heavy penalty. I have been caught driving at three figure speeds before now and got away with either a warning, or three points and a fine.  :-X

I suspect the Judge was making something of an example of him, and may also have considered the fact that he would have known how to avoid being caught by his own firm's fixed speed cameras.

Poetic justice at its best.  ;D

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Re: Six-month ban for speed camera boss
« Reply #8 on: 07 May 2009, 13:08:43 »

TBH the ban and the fine is just an itch on his backside ... few scratches and it will be gone.  He can well afford the fines and the company will pay for a driver for 6 months.
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Re: Six-month ban for speed camera boss
« Reply #9 on: 07 May 2009, 14:36:55 »

I guess people from all over should move to Germany.
But I still cant beleive that in UK you have such rediculous speed limitations. Ok it's not much better in my country. The limit is 130 km/h on the highway but you can drive around 145 and nobody will bother you.
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Re: Six-month ban for speed camera boss
« Reply #10 on: 07 May 2009, 16:01:06 »

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TBH the ban and the fine is just an itch on his backside ... few scratches and it will be gone.  He can well afford the fines and the company will pay for a driver for 6 months.

No it won't!
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