Thread: Derisory fine for Welsh level-crossing careless driving incident

In message <74d02972-51d6-4367-ad7a-1ac1bdbaa01e@c3g2000yqd.************.com> Ross-a-travelling <rossh1@**********> wrote: > On 9 Nov, 20:08, Graeme <r...@greywall.*************> wrote: > > In message <4af87343$0$16741$afc38...@news.optusnet.com.au> > > * * * * * Matthew Geier <matt...@no.sleeper.no.apana.no.org.no.au> wrote: >...

From bbc.co.uk Level crossing crash fine anger A £40 fine imposed on a motorist who collided with a train on a level crossing has been criticised by a group representing a railway. Eileen Lawrence, 72, drove onto the crossing in Fairbourne, Gwynedd, colliding with a train moving at 20mph. She later admitted careless driving. No-one was injured in the incident. But members at the Cambrian Coast railway conference in Porthmadog said the low...

This is going to get worse, as the generations who grew up being able to drive every where start to age and slow down. As they know nothing other than being able to hop in a car and drive any where they want at any time, any attempt to make them take stricter tests to ensure they still have the reaction time to drive a car will be vigorously resisted on the grounds 'you can't take away our freedom'. It might take a while before...

On Mon, 9 Nov 2009 13:33:42 -0800 (PST), McKevvy <vicko_zoomba@m> wrote: >On 9 Nov, 18:46, "tshan...@" <tshan...@> wrote: >> From bbc.co.uk >> >> Level crossing crash fine anger >> >> A £40 fine imposed on a motorist who collided with a train on a level >> crossing has been criticised by a group...

"Matthew Geier" <matthew@no.sleeper.no.apana.no.org.no.au> wrote in message news:4af87343$0$16741$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.a u... > This is going to get worse, as the generations who grew up being able to > drive every where start to age and slow down. As they know nothing other > than being able to hop in a car and drive any where they want at any > time, any attempt to make them...

On 9 Nov, 18:46, "tshan...@" <tshan...@> wrote: > From bbc.co.uk > > Level crossing crash fine anger > > A £40 fine imposed on a motorist who collided with a train on a level > crossing has been criticised by a group representing a railway. > > Eileen Lawrence, 72, drove onto the crossing in Fairbourne, Gwynedd, > colliding with a train moving at...

> > I've got a elderly relative who now refuses to drive as they don't feel > they are good enough any more. (They handed their licence in and sold the > car). However they seem to be the minority. My late father-in -law drove till he was 87 - perfectly safely. We used to lunch together once a week and yarn about our jobs (we were both engineers). We usually went in my car, but one day he said he'd...

"Graeme" <rail@greywall.> wrote in message news:63cfa7b750%rail@greywall.... > In message <4af87343$0$16741$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> > Matthew Geier <matthew@no.sleeper.no.apana.no.org.no.au> wrote: > >> This is going to get worse, as the generations who grew up being able to >> drive every where start to age and slow down. As...

Fines are pointless for this sort of thing. Make them resit the driving test and actually prove they're capable of driving according to the highway code.