{"id":6273,"date":"2011-06-23T19:48:24","date_gmt":"2011-06-23T19:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=6273"},"modified":"2023-07-09T00:21:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-08T23:21:48","slug":"virtual-let-off-for-drunk-driver-on-a66","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=6273","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Let-off for Drunk Driver on A66"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A very old post.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I said a couple of posts ago<\/a> that we could do with people like the Irish Judge who refused to overturn a test fail decision. Then, I came across this story in The Northern Echo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sandra Summers, 47, missed her slip road on the A66 in Teesdale, was driving on grass, and hit a lorry. She carried on driving from the scene of the accident on the wrong side of the road for about a mile before two lorries helped stop her. For anyone who hasn’t been there, the A66 is one of the most dangerous roads (and most likely to be closed due to an accident) in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was found to have FOUR TIMES the legal limit of alcohol in her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was the usual type of excuse (a family bereavement), entirely out of character, extremely sorry, doesn’t usually drink except on holiday… blah-blah-blah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And guess what the sentence was? Suspended 12-week jail sentence and a 28-day 9am-6pm curfew. Oh, and a 3-year ban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, not a lot, really.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I agree with the comments being left at the foot of the story. She should have been fined, locked up, and banned from driving permanently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The British legal system is a joke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n