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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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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

He had a right result, he could have been banned for up to eight weeks.

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IDFIMH

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

You can be banned for doing 42 in 30.

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IDFIMH

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

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

I always thought it had to be 60 in a 30 for a ban???

Not that my old clunker ever reaches 60 anyway.

I was just going to comment, this thread demonstrates another advantage of the LTI Taxi.

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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stressed controller!!!

No longer the case.

Page 131 of this should clarify matters.

http://www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk ... 202%20.pdf

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IDFIMH

That page goes to voyeurism are we not talking speeding

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

Got my numbers a tad the wrong way round.

Should be 131.

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IDFIMH

I see that they rate a higher culpablity for those that drive for hire & reward.

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Cos we are meant to be 'fit and proper'.

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IDFIMH