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Justice system at its finest!!!

Taken from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hamp ... 289930.stm

An 11-year-old boy who was caught behind the wheel of a BMW has been disqualified from driving for a year.
Police in Andover, Hants, stopped a car in August because its headlights were not on, Basingstoke Youth Court heard.

Officers noticed the driver was "very short" and when they signalled for the car to stop it crossed over into the other lane just missing a lamppost.

The boy had pleaded guilty to several driving offences. He was also given a four-month supervision order.

The boy, who has behavioural and learning disabilities, pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention, driving without a licence and driving without insurance at an earlier hearing.

In addition to the driving ban and supervision order, chairman of the bench, Esther MacDonald, imposed three penalty points for driving without a licence and six penalty points for driving without insurance.

When he was caught, the boy claimed he owned the car, did not realise he needed a licence and that he knew how to drive.

He claimed he had swapped the BMW for his mini-motorbike with a man he had met in Winchester.

Sentencing him on Wednesday, Mrs MacDonald said: "If you break any of the terms of the order we will bring you back to court and we can punish you in a different way."

What an idiot!

It's like my little bro taking my car out - he wouldn't get a ban though he'd get a coffin

James

What cracks me up is they give him 9 points on a license he doesn't have!!!

By the time he is old enough to apply for one and have car insurance the points will have gone and he wont even have to declare them...

Someone give that judge a medal!

the points dont come into effect untill he recieves his liscence do they?

I would hope so as it would mean he would lose his license immediately under the new probation restriction but know the justice system....probably not.

what a joke!

macemc86 wrote:the points dont come into effect untill he recieves his liscence do they?

Indeed they don't

Oh good - so he'll lose his license as soon as he passes!

dino wrote:Oh good - so he'll lose his license as soon as he passes!

Nope as soon as he applies for a provisional the ban is effective

what makes you think he's going to apply for a licence, he'll just carry on driving round without one. More to the point, how does he know how to drive??? Parental control? Bring back the birch I say. Animals can be trained to know that when they do a certain thing its going to hurt, so they dont do it, same for humans with behavioural problems, rather than some nancy w**k "oh no, you mustnt do that, its naughty" and watching them stab you with a pencil. I could carry on, but I would only start ranting more

More to the point what idiot actually SWAPPED his BMW for a bloody mini motor bike in the first place!?

surely he should hold some responsibility??

Wonder as the boy wants to swap his new Beemer for a few sweets or something?

i passed my test with 6 points on my liscence, you can pass your test with as many points as you like, your just obviously not allowed to conceed any more points other wise you lose your liscnece

CymruPolo wrote:

PoloCornwall wrote:i passed my test with 6 points on my liscence, you can pass your test with as many points as you like, your just obviously not allowed to conceed any more points other wise you lose your liscnece

how did you manage getting 6 points before passing your test?

posible speeding convictions while in the learner stages.