Yeah, this is them having enough
Comment on Stormzy: Rapper gets nine-month driving ban for using phone - BBC News
glimse@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Reasonable outcome I think…
Is this the usual punishment in the UK for a repeat offender?
sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 2 weeks ago
Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
You get between 3-6 points on your licence for driving infractions. 12 points equals a ban. I think Stormzy already had six points for speeding and illegal window tints… then he got caught using a phone.
glimse@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I know it’s not perfect over there but my American brain can’t fathom a government holding a rich person accountable for the rules of the road lol
Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
As it happens a lot of points (for speeding offences) are added automatically when a speed camera pings your car licence plate so the system is hard to dodge - regardless of the depth of your pocket.
Yeah, the UK does have some problems… but I think they are working on them slowly.
glimse@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The roads in the US would be a safer place if we had a point system like that. Rich people just pay the speeding tax (a flat fee ticket) and continue endangering others