Fines for red light jumping and other offences
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From: JMS jmsmith2010 on 5 Aug 2010 11:23 On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:32:52 +0100, "Just zis Guy, you know?" <guy.chapman(a)spamcop.net> wrote: <snip> .. e was >president of the driving instructors' association, evaluated potential >driving instructor examiners for the ministry and was awarded a CBE >for services to driving instruction Have you put him on your page of "famous" people who you have met? How's the concussion? Any after effects? Not made you daft I hope. -- "I have never said that I encourage my children to wear helmets. I would challenge judith to find the place where I said I encourage my children to wear helmets." Guy Chapman Judith then produced the web page where he said "I encourage my children to wear helmets." Later that day Chapman immediately added the following to the web page: "This page is out of date and preserved only for convenience" but he left the date last updated as 31/08/2004.
From: JMS jmsmith2010 on 7 Aug 2010 18:31
On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:00:26 +0800, The Peeler <peelingthe(a)invalid.admin> wrote: >On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:58:01 +0100, "Just zis Guy, you know?" ><guy.chapman(a)spamcop.net> wrote: > >>On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:55:36 -0700 (PDT), Derek C >><del.copeland(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >> >>>On Jul 31, 10:39�am, Tony Raven <tra...(a)gotadsl.co.uk> wrote: >>>> Derek C wrote: >>>> >>>> > How often do cyclists get fined? >>>> >>>> Fairly often but they usually accept the FPN of �30. �If they contest >>>> any such penalty and take it to Court then they will usually get hit >>>> with a much bigger fine plus costs if they are found guilty to >>>> discourage people from clogging up the Courts contesting them. �All of >>>> your examples and mine appear to be people who have contested it in Court. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Tony >>>> >>>Come on Tony! Once in a blue moon, the Police send a few junior >>>officers out for an hour or two to nick a few cyclists, because of >>>political pressure from the general public who are fed up with their >>>law breaking antics. They can't be caught by cameras because of their >>>lack of registration plates, unlike cars. >> >>This is probably a reflection of the fact that cyclists are far more >>likely to be killed by a motorist jumping a red light than by jumping >>it themselves. > >Where do you get this "fact" from? Why do you think that he is known as "Porky Chapman"? -- "I have never said that I encourage my children to wear helmets. I would challenge judith to find the place where I said I encourage my children to wear helmets." Guy Chapman Judith then produced the web page where he said "I encourage my children to wear helmets." Later that day Chapman immediately added the following to the web page: "This page is out of date and preserved only for convenience" but he left the date last updated as 31/08/2004. |