From: Alan Ferris 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Which motor insurance, after 6-month driving ban ?
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 08:37:03 GMT

On Wed, 16 May 2007 19:04:12 +0100, Daytona  wrote:

>On Wed, 16 May 2007 07:06:07 GMT, Alan Ferris  wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 15 May 2007 20:01:13 +0100, Daytona  wrote:
>>
>>>The other month my parents got hit by someone flying off a corner at a
>>>tangent. The other driver was almost certainly driving within the
>>>speed limit. They heard yesterday that the police will not prosecute
>>>in spite of my parents wishes and instead, sent the driver on a two
>>>and a half hour speed awareness course.
>>
>>Suggests then there is either a fault with the car, road or something
>>else caused the loss of control....a real accident then.
>
>As Ronald said; bollocks.
>
>Good quality wide country C road, moderate bend, damp, normal level of
>dirt. Conditions which millions of drivers safely negotiate every day.
>
>Her actions were far more dangerous then someone who exceeds a speed
>limit.

So you have the police report?

I cam off a similar bend decades ago....dirt on the road that could
not be seen from the start of the bend.  No doubt you feel I and
others should be prosecuted as you would have lacked the facts there
to.

This is why we have the CPS and courts, stops people trying people on
no evidence.

--
Alan "Ferrit" Ferris

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