Judge Huw Rees wrote:
"You may well have been egged on by your passengers. We have looked at your actions and they were fast, borne out of frustration and with enthusiasm.
Was he expected to lean on a shovel for a while?
Frustration?
So it's 2am, he's got some drunks in the car, who could well have told him the bridge was OK, they might have agreed a fare, blah, blah. But at least the judge acknowledged that the passengers may have egged him on.
Reminds me of one I had at about that time, a run of about ten miles. I agreed the fare, but when we almost got to the destination we came to a ROAD CLOSED sign. The passenger hadn't told me, but said it was OK to go through. In fact it was just a bit of resurfacing work, so there was no problem, at least that I could see.
I've no issue with road being closed while the men are working on it, or whatever, but in the early hours??So it all worked out OK, but what if I'd had to take a detour of several miles, or whatever. Who pays the fare - do I just have to take it on the chin, or risk a big kick off with some drunks? Like the headcase in the Stoke video?
And even though it turned out OK, you then worry that someone may report you (as per this case) and either police and/or councillors will throw the book at you.
And in fact we don't know if licensing is taking any action as regards the driver here.
By the way, I think it's "
born out of frustration", not "borne"
And if you had damaged your car would you have sued the people carrying out the roadworks or visa versa might you have been sued
It can be frustrating we had the main road through town closed off a few years ago they finished the job tarmacked it and then left the road closed for another 7 days turning up on the monday of the following week to remove the barricades because they had been too busy to pop back and do it after allowing the tarmac to harden
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