{"id":6568,"date":"2011-07-30T00:30:22","date_gmt":"2011-07-30T00:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=6568"},"modified":"2011-07-30T00:30:22","modified_gmt":"2011-07-30T00:30:22","slug":"driving-licence-points-sky-high-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=6568","title":{"rendered":"Driving Licence Points Sky High II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6569 lazyload\" title=\"Lionel Hutz\" alt=\"Lionel Hutz\" width=\"179\" height=\"142\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/lionel_hutz.gif\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 179px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 179\/142;\" \/>The BBC has obviously found a rich vein to suck dry here. They&#8217;ve done another FOI request &#8211; <a title=\"BBC - Lancs Driver on 30 points\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-lancashire-14338331\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800000\">this time in Lancashire<\/a> &#8211; and found a motorist on 30 points without a ban.<\/p>\n<p>The article has the same Lionel Hutz-type lawyer and the text is more or less identical to that in the <a title=\"Mersey drivers on 23 and 21 points\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=6557\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800000\">Merseyside story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m still going with the common denominator here that it is the worst areas for crime&#160;where ridiculous amounts of &#8220;discretion&#8221; are being applied. The courts seem to think that by not putting these scumbags in prison (or banning them) they&#8217;ll somehow turn them into good guys.<\/p>\n<p>The reality is that they&#8217;re just taking the piss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC has obviously found a rich vein to suck dry here. They&#8217;ve done another FOI request &#8211; this time in Lancashire &#8211; and found a motorist on 30 points without a ban. The article has the same Lionel Hutz-type lawyer and the text is more or less identical to that in the Merseyside story. 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