Message #1884

[Martin]

is the takjng of someone's speeding points a serious crime or one of those er grey areas.....

I think it has to be a criminal offence, and I think it should be treated seriously.

When someone's job depends upon their driving and they exceed the 12 points, sometimes the courts will take this into account and not issue a ban, and I think this is the sort of flexibility that the system should have.

Chris Huhne case is intriguing.  It appeard that the issue had been done and dusted a while back with 'not enough evidence' as the verdict.  It resurfaced just after Chris Huhne had had a pop against the Tories and David Cameron,  was this just coincidence?   Oviously we can't know.

I don't realy think that loyalty between partners should stretch to carrying the can for a partner's driving offences.  No partner shoul as that of their spouse and any spouse that agrees to it or suggests it is committing a criminal offence and deserves to be dealt with accordingly.  If Chris Huhne and his wife conspired to pervert the course of justice, then they should pay the price for that.