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  • fivetide
    fivetide Posts: 3,811 Forumite
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    photome wrote: »
    hope you have learned a lesson and that you no longer speed and no longer use your phone while driving, but somehow I doubt it

    Given the OP has not once expressed remorce or shown in anyway they have learnt a lesson, simply coming on here to say how they have effectively "got away with it". I'd be inclined to agree.
    What if there was no such thing as a rhetorical question?
  • arcon5
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    photome wrote: »
    hope you have learned a lesson and that you no longer speed and no longer use your phone while driving, but somehow I doubt it

    That would be wishful thinking.

    A guy on the verge of 12 points on his licence needs a little more than points and a fine to rehabilitate himself - a year on the bus would do the trick for most, unfortunately we have to wait a little longer until this guy learns. And hopefully in the meantime doesn't take some poor motorists life!
  • Hintza
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    All being a bit sanctimonious this afternoon chaps!
  • muckybutt
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    bunney1981 wrote: »
    I have last week been to court regarding this, totally blagged it, pleaded not guilty, told the court i was placing the phone on my dash board,

    Luckally the police didnt submitt any evidence so my not guilty claim was un challenged

    Result - No points - no fine ......... phew

    once a to55er - always a to55er ! hope you get caught again soon and banned, folk like you make me sick.

    That split second you were fiddling with your phone a kiddie strayed into the path of your car or a car from a side junction pulled out - the consequences of you not paying attention and being in full control of you car could have been far far worse.

    Then you come on here bragging about how you LIED to the court... !!!!!!! eegit ! rant over :)
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  • dacouch
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    Hintza wrote: »
    Careful what you say on forums, there have been a number of cases of folk getting the jail after admitting their demeanours online!

    http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/leeds-biker-clocked-riding-at-122mph-jailed-over-web-of-lies-1-5656977

    http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showtopic=73264&st=0

    I think the technical term is Karma
  • GAZ237
    GAZ237 Posts: 403 Forumite
    The holier than thou MSE lynch mob are out in force today.
  • photome
    photome Posts: 16,683 Forumite
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    GAZ237 wrote: »
    The holier than thou MSE lynch mob are out in force today.

    you think it ok to lie to the court and then brag about it then?
  • Sabato
    Sabato Posts: 8 Forumite
    GAZ237 wrote: »
    The holier than thou MSE lynch mob are out in force today.

    Quite simple really. Obey traffic laws and don't drive like a **** and then you won't get slated by people on an internet forum.
  • GAZ237
    GAZ237 Posts: 403 Forumite
    photome wrote: »
    you think it ok to lie to the court and then brag about it then?


    Not at all. Its just watching the pack of righteous wolves all jumping on the bandwagon, that gets me.
  • ado
    ado Posts: 1,379 Forumite
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    bunney1981 wrote: »
    I have last week been to court regarding this, totally blagged it, pleaded not guilty, told the court i was placing the phone on my dash board,

    Luckally the police didnt submitt any evidence so my not guilty claim was un challenged

    Result - No points - no fine ......... phew

    I have no idea why the police didn't submit any evidence as there is space on the back of the ticket for a written statement, however best practice is to type a full statement on normal statement paper and to submit that along with the ticket or summons paperwork.

    I am really disappointed that someone has made a big error by either losing the statement or not writing one in the first place.
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