He only got a 3 year ban and no prison sentence
Now that's what I call barmy
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/11092006/325/blind-man-sentenced-dangerous-driving.html
2006-09-11 10:53:53 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
That shows how cr*p our system is
2006-09-11 10:56:43 · answer #1 · answered by gaulde 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Blind man sentenced for dangerous driving Monday September 11, 05:07 PM
LONDON (Reuters) - A blind man who was convicted of dangerous driving after he admitted being behind the wheel of a car that touched 35 mph was given a three-month suspended sentence on Monday.
Omed Aziz was also banned from driving for three years at Warley magistrates' court in Oldbury, West Midlands.
Aziz, 31, who lost his eyes after an explosion in his homeland of Iraq, had been driving by
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following instructions on where to steer and when to brake from a passenger who himself had been banned from driving.
When police stopped the Peugeot 405 in April this year after it had erratically negotiated two traffic islands and a corner, Aziz's passenger explained that his friend was blind.
When Aziz, who is also partially deaf, was asked to step out of the car and remove his sunglasses, the officer was surprised to see he did not have any eyes, the court heard earlier this month.
In his defence Aziz, who also suffers from leg tremors and has only two fingers on his right hand, said he was testing his driving abilities.
At an earlier hearing he had admitted driving with no MOT, no licence and no insurance
2006-09-11 10:58:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I know.
New wishy-washy Labour have toyed so much with the Justice System 2 ease the growing Prison Population.
This will B the first of many defies Belief sentences.
Where's the deterrent?
What made me laugh was the Judge ordered him 2 sit an extended driving test!
Stupidity!
2006-09-11 11:00:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Two people were caught in a village near where I live, same day, same gun, roughly same speed , (38 and 42 mph). One got a £300 fine and four points, the other got £60 fine and three points. And this is British justice.
2006-09-12 03:53:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What's the point of a ban - are they going to give him a licence after 3 years? The law is a muppet!
2006-09-11 10:58:15 · answer #5 · answered by Ranteater 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it reminded me of the scene from Scent Of A Woman, when a blind Al Pacino was driving a Ferrari through Manhatten, being directed by Chris O'Donnell. I can see why he would want to do it, I personally love driving, but there is no excuse, he did wrong, and should have received a harsher punishment.
2006-09-11 10:59:31 · answer #6 · answered by mellor3 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I know it's stupid, a 3 year ban!! He can't drive anyway after the 3 year ban
2006-09-11 18:42:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Magistrates were required by law to order Aziz to take an extended driving test, if he ever decides to apply for a driving licence. Isn't that pathetic. Who are these clowns who make such stupid laws?
2006-09-11 11:23:43 · answer #8 · answered by Polo 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
So he can drive again after 3 years?
2006-09-11 21:29:01 · answer #9 · answered by Rich S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The conviction is unsafe as it conflicts with the disabilities discrimination act.
2006-09-11 11:42:58 · answer #10 · answered by "Call me Dave" 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's damn laughable. no wonder people want to come and live here. they are taking the pi++ out of us and we let them. i think that local 'everday' people should act as magistrates etc as we have our feet on the ground and are aware of the consequences that the idiot of a driver could have created -- it could have been your child at risk.
2006-09-11 11:04:20 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋