this guy was not charged with dangerous driving as it was a nice day and he was a former traffic cop! Does this strike anyone else as a strange decision?
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_c...m
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Perfectly normal. He WAS a policeman.
One law for politicians and police...and judges...
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To prove dangerous driving the police would have to show evidence of specific episodes, such as crossing double-white lines, overtaking when not safe, crossing red lights etc.
Driving while drunk is of course dangerous, which is why it's an offence, but that's not to say he then broke any other traffic regs.
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I normally defend police against any perceived police bashing - but can't do so on this.
Our force has a fairly robust line on drink driving - get convicted, and you're out.
There must, surely, be more to this than reported? Don't know whether Scottish law differs in charging standards in any way?
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My reading is he was ex police now local government employee.
Dangerous driving would have been more difficult to prove and he was already heading for punishment on easily proved charges.
Is dangerous driving charge normally processed for high speed and/or driving way over drink limit?
No sympathy at all for the perp btw
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No particular opinion on this, but just comparing this penalty with the penalty the guy got for fiddling with his car's appearance to avoid an sp30 fine. Jail for him, whereas the speeding drunk driver got a fine & endorsement/ban. I know the tamperer was committing a more 'serious' offence, but prison smells longer & stronger on the personal CV than a ban/fine.
I suppose the law has been served & legal niceties observed (along with statutory tariffs & sentencing guidelines) - but I wonder if justice has somehow become lost in this.
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Are there similar cases where people have been convicted of dangerous driving?
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At 118 mph on a public road I'd be dangerous when cold stone sober!
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