piers morgan done for speeding in Brighton

[desprateseagull]

BBC News - Piers Morgan caught speeding in Brighton

beware the new(?) camera, in Preston Road- it actually works!

(saw some workmen adding another pole a few yards on, with what looks like a light, two weeks ago..

 

[surrey jim]

I thought those speed cameras were always there and live? A friend got caught there 18months (or so) ago

 

[WATFORD zero]

This is the man for whom the word 'knobjockey' was invented

 

[bhafc4eva]

There was an article in the paper not so long ago, stating it is the most profitable one in Sussex.

 

[The Large One]

There was an article in the paper not so long ago, stating it is the most profitable one in Sussex.

THE most profitable one in the country, if I recall correctly, was when there was a temporary speed limit on the A27 at Falmer in about 2001 or thereabouts, when the tunnel between University of Sussex and Falmer Station was being widened (among other things).

In nine months, it netted £750,000.

 

[keaton]

I'm going to go and hug that speeding camera on the way home

 

[Forster's Armband]

I am sorry but who gives a shit?

 

[beardy gull]

It makes a change for a 'celeb' to cough up and not employ the services of 'Mr Loophole'

 

[Rookie]

I say hang him

 

[desprateseagull]

has been a speed (sorry, 'safety' camera) at preston park for some years- an extra pole was added recently, north bound.

at least they have the decency to have the flashing warning light first, so you have SOME chance of slowing down.. lol

 

[Cosmic Joker]

Ah, into an otherwise grey news day a little shaft of light appears.
Looks like the magistrate has got a sense of humour too, judging by the amount of the penalty:
"He was convicted on Tuesday at Brighton Magistrates' Court, fined £666 and had six points added to his licence"
Coincidence?

 

[happypig]

Ah, into an otherwise grey news day a little shaft of light appears.
Looks like the magistrate has got a sense of humour too, judging by the amount of the penalty:
"He was convicted on Tuesday at Brighton Magistrates' Court, fined £666 and had six points added to his licence"
Coincidence?

Not really. The Sentencing Guidelines say you should give a one third discount for a guilty plea at the first opportunity. The speed reported would be a fine band B (a weeks wages) but the offence carries a maximum of £1000 so taking off the third discount gives £666.

 

[Race]

shame he weren't speeding off the end of the pier!

 

[Colossal Squid]

It's a shame he didn't die horribly, er... as a result of the speeding or the camera or something

 

[OzMike]

Blokes a f*ckwit and should be sentenced to 600 years of media silence.