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Dangerous drivers get 'slap on the wrist' claim IAM
By Visordown News on 12/07/2012 07:15:00
Average sentence for death by careless driving is just 1.3 years
THE IAM has revealed thataverage sentence for causing death by dangerous driving is just four years – 62 per cent shorter than for manslaughter.The figures have been provided by theMinistry of Justice and show that those sentenced to prison
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Texting drivers will face £90 fine
By Visordown News on 10/05/2013 11:32:32
Fine increases by 50% from £60 to £90 but is it enough?
THE FINE for texting while driving will increase to £90.Secretary of State for Transport, Patrick McLoughlin, has indicated that the increased fine is a move to crack down on dangerous driving. The increased fine will also cover speeding, running a
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135mph UK biker escapes dangerous driving charge
By Visordown News on 22/07/2008 12:40:28
Speeding motorcyclist slapped with £500 fine and a year's ban after two-mile high-speed chase
A MOTORCYCLIST caught doing 135mph while being followed by police for almost two miles escaped a dangerous driving charge.Ryan Eddie, 22, from Falkirk, was caught on the M9 in Stirlingshire in April. At Falkirk Sheriff Court, a charge of dangerous
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Driver banned for shunting biker
By Visordown News on 11/07/2008 09:16:23
Teacher disqualified and fined after ramming motorcyclist in rush hour frenzy
dangerous driving but was fined £1,000 with £750 costs and banned for a year. He will also have to take an extended driving test when his ban ends.
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Three month ban for Scottish 104mph biker
By Visordown News on 03/11/2008 09:10:23
"Your actions were stupid" says Sheriff
A SCOTTISH Court has slapped a biker with a three-month driving ban after he was caught riding at more than 100mph on a stretch of road with a 60mph limit.Twenty-three-year-old Craig Simpson, of High Street, was also fined £400 after Sheriff Robert
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Man jailed for stealing motorbike on test ride
By Visordown News on 25/03/2010 10:07:47
Criminal with previous 402 convictions jailed for demonstrator GSX-R1000
by the police riding the stolen motorcycle 10 days after he'd absconded on it from Miller's Mortorcycle Shop in Ardstraw.The dealership also gave Lennox a helmet and jacket for the test drive.Lennox also admitted driving while disqualified, dangerous driving
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Oz Police catch up with BBQ biker
By Visordown News on 25/08/2010 10:49:39
Australian authorities nab motorcyclist carrying dangerous load - TWO years after the event
motorist snapped the photograph, which subsequently went global and the infamous publicity led to Wiles's identity being revealed to the police.Wiles pleaded guilty to one count of careless driving, and was fined $800 and had his licence suspended for one
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"Hello Mum, I'm off to jail"
By Visordown News on 20/12/2007 14:45:55
Drivers using mobile phones face prison under new legislatio
driving in a style the police describe as 'short of what is safe', prosecutors can now press charges of dangerous driving, which carries a maximum two-year sentence. Earlier this year Director of Public Prosecutions Sir Ken Macdonald said: "Such cases
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No ban for 112mph biker
By Visordown News on 27/10/2009 09:16:34
Scottish court dish out six points and £300 to speeding motorcyclist
News.The court took into the account that Dunsmore had not put anyone else in danger, even though he had been riding at almost double the posted speed limit.Dunsmore was fined him £300. His licence was endorsed with six points.Fair punishment?
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Brunstrom buys nine £17,750 'Supercameras'
By Visordown News on 16/01/2008 09:04:36
Motorcycles to carry new hi-tech gear
TRAFFIC TALIBAN Chief Constable, Dickie Brunstrom, has been spending the copper's coffers once again - this time by purchasing nine revolutionary digital speed cameras that can catch drivers eating and smoking while driving.Motorists face fines
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