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| Author: | captain cab [ Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Taxi driver's 92mph |
Taxi driver's 92mph Yarmouth Mercury! A TAXI driver raced at 92mph along a notorious stretch of road in Great Yarmouth to pick up a distressed woman, a court heard. Gary Knowles, 41, overtook an unmarked police on the A47 Acle Straight as he headed towards Reedham to collect a young woman who had been abandoned by her friends. Prosecuting at Yarmouth Magistrates' Court on Friday, Gary Mayle explained how officers followed Knowles for a short distance in the early hours of November 11 last year, clocking his top speed at 92mph, before he was pulled over. Knowles, who pleaded guiltyto speeding, represented himself and told magistrates he had received a call from his operator telling him a lone young woman was in need of a taxi. “While on route, I got another call. This one was more urgent and she asked if I could get here as quickly as I could, so I accelerated. It was a clear road,” said Knowles. When asked if he was aware of how dangerous the road was, he replied: “I know the dangers of that road, but there were no other cars except the unmarked police car, which I overtook”. Fining Knowles £120, magistrates said while they realised the urgency of the situation, he had driven at excessive speed on a dangerous stretch of road. He was also ordered to pay costs of £35, a government surcharge of £15 and given six points on his licence. |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Wed Feb 11, 2009 4:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Taxi driver's 92mph |
captain cab wrote: Fining Knowles £120, magistrates said while they realised the urgency of the situation, he had driven at excessive speed on a dangerous stretch of road.
He was also ordered to pay costs of £35, a government surcharge of £15 and given six points on his licence. He had a right result, he could have been banned for up to eight weeks. 
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| Author: | edders23 [ Sat Feb 14, 2009 4:15 pm ] |
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usually bans are only for speeds above 100mph or for drivers that try and bluff it out. putting his hand up and admitting his guilt isn probably why the magistrate was lenient |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Sat Feb 14, 2009 7:41 pm ] |
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edders23 wrote: usually bans are only for speeds above 100mph
You can be banned for doing 42 in 30. 
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| Author: | edders23 [ Sat Feb 14, 2009 10:42 pm ] |
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I remember being told ( by a magistrate) that as a general rule a ban is only imposed at the request of the police and if the recorded speed is 30MPH or more above the permitted road speed but in normal practise cases where the recorded speed is above 100 mph are accompanied by such a request |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Sat Feb 14, 2009 10:48 pm ] |
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edders23 wrote: I remember being told ( by a magistrate) that as a general rule a ban is only imposed at the request of the police and if the recorded speed is 30MPH or more above the permitted road speed but in normal practise cases where the recorded speed is above 100 mph are accompanied by such a request
Have you perhaps considered that sussex is a man of many different occupations 
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| Author: | Darren63 [ Sun Feb 15, 2009 2:35 am ] |
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Sussex wrote: edders23 wrote: usually bans are only for speeds above 100mph You can be banned for doing 42 in 30. I always thought it had to be 60 in a 30 for a ban??? Not that my old clunker ever reaches 60 anyway. 
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| Author: | GBC [ Sun Feb 15, 2009 4:21 am ] |
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I was just going to comment, this thread demonstrates another advantage of the LTI Taxi.
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| Author: | rambo [ Sun Feb 15, 2009 4:50 am ] |
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Why bother speeding to pick up a punter? We have all had a punter 'in a hurry', when they say to me "can't you go any faster", I reply "you gonna take the point's?". |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Sun Feb 15, 2009 3:47 pm ] |
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edders23 wrote: I remember being told ( by a magistrate) that as a general rule a ban is only imposed at the request of the police and if the recorded speed is 30MPH or more above the permitted road speed but in normal practise cases where the recorded speed is above 100 mph are accompanied by such a request
No longer the case. Page 131 of this should clarify matters. http://www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk ... 202%20.pdf |
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| Author: | toots [ Sun Feb 15, 2009 4:06 pm ] |
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Sussex wrote: edders23 wrote: I remember being told ( by a magistrate) that as a general rule a ban is only imposed at the request of the police and if the recorded speed is 30MPH or more above the permitted road speed but in normal practise cases where the recorded speed is above 100 mph are accompanied by such a request No longer the case. Page 113 of this should clarify matters. http://www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk ... 202%20.pdf That page goes to voyeurism are we not talking speeding
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| Author: | Sussex [ Sun Feb 15, 2009 4:18 pm ] |
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toots wrote: That page goes to voyeurism are we not talking speeding
Got my numbers a tad the wrong way round. Should be 131. 
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| Author: | toots [ Sun Feb 15, 2009 4:38 pm ] |
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Sussex wrote: toots wrote: That page goes to voyeurism are we not talking speeding Got my numbers a tad the wrong way round. Should be 131. I see that they rate a higher culpablity for those that drive for hire & reward. |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Sun Feb 15, 2009 5:14 pm ] |
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toots wrote: That page goes to voyeurism 
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| Author: | Sussex [ Sun Feb 15, 2009 6:25 pm ] |
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toots wrote: I see that they rate a higher culpablity for those that drive for hire & reward.
Cos we are meant to be 'fit and proper'.
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