Hmm, and the logic is...?

[Bangkok]

If a 12 (now 13) year old is convicted of drink driving, what is the point of banning her for 2 years?  If she drives on private land, she is beyond the reach of the traffic laws (I have always thought), and if she drives on the road, she is breaking the law. 

What am I missing?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/4222509.stm

[devonmanuk]

If someone, no matter how old they are, is convicted of a drink driving offence, the sentence always carries a driving ban on top of any custodial sentence. It's all part of 'due process'

[Bangkok]

OK, but why?  What is the rationale for banning someone specifically from doing something illegal?  If you are had up for GBH, the sentence does not include a ban of hitting someone.  Similarly, if you are convicted of murder, the sentence is not life and don't do it again.   Why are driving offences different?

[londondave]

I have always thought that in the case when the convicted person is not old enough to drive anyway. The 2 year ban should start when she is 17 so infact she could not apply for a provisional till she is 19.

[Gevs1966]

londondave is right. the ban will start once she is eligible to hold a driving licence

[PunkDaddy]

That wasn't the case from my experience, has the law been changed? I know someone who got a 2 year ban for persistently driving a motorbike without a licence when he was 14, and the ban had run out by the time he was 17. The only way it affected him really was the insurance when he eventually passed.

[OBonio]

Looks like she could have been driving towards Penhill.  Which should be a bannable offence in the first place.

[Bob Carter]

 

It means that if they're caught driving again they will be prosecuted for driving while disqualified which carries a potentially heavier sentence than driving without a licence which would be the charge otherwise.

[magicdice]

londondave and gevs, i know from experience that this is not the case - my boyfriend's younger brother's 2-year driving ban expires the day before his 17th birthday!