exceptional hardship

[mwep201081]

article in local rag....someone's managed to keep their licence when on 20 points!!

http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/local_2_17092/12_points_and_over_is_it_too_easy_to_avoid_a_driving_ban_1_2876014

Makes a mockery of the exceptional hardship argument, if offenders are persistent in my opinion

[kittie]

Scary stuff. Personally I think the 'exceptional hardship' rules should be done away with. If your car is so important to you, don't drive like a d!ck.

[dragonfly]

Quite a few uninsured drivers. 

[Gavv8]

You can only plead E/H once every 3 years and you'll probably find that on 20 points he can only drive to and from work and while at work.

[Uruk Hai]

 It's a joke, there are people who have more points than that and can still drive. The Magistrates who allow these people to escape a ban should be made to step down, totally unacceptable

[AlanD]

It's a joke, there are people who have more points than that and can still drive. The Magistrates who allow these people to escape a ban should be made to step down, totally unacceptable

Its a joke isnt it. Why are some rules different for others? The magistrates at my court case had a letter saying I would lose my job yet they still ban me. It needs to be one rule for everyone and not one rule for some and a different for others (Im just a bit bitter is all )

[tg1]

what did you get banned for though? some things are automatic bans like drink driving etc

[AlanD]

what did you get banned for though? some things are automatic bans like drink driving etc

Yeah, but who decides drink driving is worse than accumulating 20 points?

Im not really going anywhere with this, Im just having a rant.

[AudiA8Quattro]

what did you get banned for though? some things are automatic bans like drink driving etc

Yeah, but who decides drink driving is worse than accumulating 20 points?

Im not really going anywhere with this, Im just having a rant.

I think that shows that each individual case can be different.
As in your case, Alan, you were unlucky, its not like you got drunk then got straight into your car to drive home..

[AlanD]

what did you get banned for though? some things are automatic bans like drink driving etc

Yeah, but who decides drink driving is worse than accumulating 20 points?

Im not really going anywhere with this, Im just having a rant.

I think that shows that each individual case can be different.
As in your case, Alan, you were unlucky, its not like you got drunk then got straight into your car to drive home..

Prior to my event I thought thats how it worked as that makes sense does it not? Obviously not.