Drink Driver, Fourth Offence.

[sapelesam]

On December the 9th, I mentioned in a post that a lady had gone rallycrossing in my front garden. Found out today that she has now been convicted of drink driving for the fourth time, banned for 6 years and must attend alcohol awareness course and resit an extended test. Fortunately she had surrendered her driving licence before the court case. She has apparently suffered quite some tragedy in her life recently and doesn't believe she will ever be fit to drive.

[Mamyalynne]

Oh Dear.

[albaqwerty]

this woman needs help- bereavement counselling springs to mind.

[tonyav]

Question AuthorMamya, from what I've been told, only her demise will free her from her demons.

Looks like only a shrink could hep this poor woman imo.

[SIRandyraven]

After 6 years she can apply for a provisional license and then sit an extended test, that once passed will give her a full license.
However doubt she will do this or even pass the exetended test quickly.
I feel sorry for her grief over a lost child. But she could have lost someone a father , mother or child while drink driving.

[douglas9401]

Good to see that the drink/drive thing has moved on from an absolute to one that allows leeway and understanding in certain circumstances.

She's done this FOUR times now, when does the sympathy dry up?

[murraymints]

clearly in need of help... hopefully this will be the catalyst

[mikey4444]

It seems to me that the most important thing to come out of this sorry affair, is that this women has been given a very serious sentence.

But banning someone driving isn't the same as stopping someone from driving. What assurances can we have that this woman won't get behind the wheel again ?

If she has alcohol problems, then who is to say that she won't just get drunk again, and get some car keys from somewhere ?

[EDDIE51]

Driving while disqualified is a maximum of 6 months in jail.
I met many people who were in prison for driving while disqualified when I worked in an open prison. Some of them had a car waiting in the prison car park ready for their release. A 6 month sentence means automatic release after 3 months plus at least the last 5 weeks at home on 'Tag' . In reality a 6 month sentence means around 4 or 5 weeks actually in jail. So a jail term would not be much deterrent.