Monday, September 11, 2006
WE LIVE IN A CRAZY WORLD
I was listening to PM on Radio 4 while cooking this evening. One news article caught my attention. I listened in disbelief - it was bad enough the crazy banned passenger thought it better to have a blind man drive than to break his own driving ban himself but the bit that amazed me most, not mentioned in the written article, was part of the punishment. Apparently he has been ordered to sit a driving test!!!! (I'll give you a minute to digest that and possibly reread in disbelief!) When asked if this was a wise punishment, the judge said his hands were tied - it was in the rules that the punishment for this type of driving offence (he was charged with driving with no insurance, licence or MOT) had to include making the offender sit a driving test. Surely in cases like this, when the offender has no eyes, the rules should sensibly be bent a little, no???
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According to the BBC website, it's not as crazy as that: "Magistrates were required by law to order Aziz to take an extended driving test, if he ever decides to apply for a driving licence."
but that's exactly my point - the magistrate should be able to say - no actually this bloke has no eyes so should never be considered for a driving licence!
Sure, but at least he doesn't have to. At first I understood it as if he had to take a driving test, no matter whether he had seen the folly of his ways or not.
But he was banned from driving for 3-years !!!!
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