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  • Cyclists react to Jim Davidson claiming exceptional hardship for reduce

    From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 31 07:45:11 2023
    This is the news that comedian Jim Davidson has seen his year-long driving ban, imposed after being caught speeding at 36mph in a 30mph zone last year, cut in half by a judge after the television presenter claimed "exceptional hardship".

    Davidson was fined £333, given three penalty points, plus the 12 month driving ban, however the comic's team noted his court success on his website, writing: "Jim represented himself in court as his barrister was stuck in another trial and the court
    refused to adjourn the hearing.

    "Judge Peter Henry praised Jim for his presentation and accepted that there was some exceptional hardship but not enough to overturn the ban completely. Following the decision, Jim had to leave his car outside the court and walk two miles in blistering
    heat… and is now downing his third pint of lager."

    "Not a road user I want anywhere near me"

    CyclingMikey called it "pretty sickening and frustrating", adding that "I seem to remember he was virulently hating on cyclists some time ago. Not a road user I want anywhere near me on the public highway."

    Davidson has criticised London's CycleSuperhighways in the past, among many other things and, in 2019, claimed he's never coming to London again (due to Sadiq Khan who has apparently "f***** my home town up")... only to be reminded of the fact he was due
    to appear at the Dorchester to 'entertain' people literally that evening.

    Back to the reaction to the exceptional hardship claim...

    Safe cycling campaigner Ruth Mayorcas called the reduced ban "utterly disgusting", FamilyByCycle adding: "Pray, what was the exceptional hardship, and why did it only cover the second six months of a ban?"

    https://road.cc/content/news/cycling-live-blog-31-may-2023-301577#live-blog-item-46125

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 31 11:32:40 2023
    It might be an urban myth but I heard years ago that Boris Johnson was converted to utility cycling following a driving ban. Maybe we can hope for the same from this chancer?

    Don't think he's ever been banned from driving, I'm guessing so drunk most nights he gets a taxi home on someone else's account. I do know that when he was GQ's motoring correspondent (sample line in review of a Ferrari F430: "It was as though the whole
    county of Hampshire was lying back and opening her well-bred legs to be ravished by the Italian stallion”) he ran up £4500 of parking tickets for the magazine to pay due to his habit of leaving review cars on yellows outside whichever Mayfair
    restaurant in which he was dining then getting a cab home when pissed, which tells one quite a lot about his attitude to social responsibility.

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  • From JNugent@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Jun 1 12:02:51 2023
    On 31/05/2023 07:32 pm, [email protected] wrote:

    It might be an urban myth but I heard years ago that Boris Johnson was converted to utility chav-cycling following a driving ban. Maybe we can hope for the same from this chancer?

    Don't think he's ever been banned from driving, I'm guessing so drunk most nights he gets a taxi home on someone else's account. I do know that when he was GQ's motoring correspondent (sample line in review of a Ferrari F430: "It was as though the
    whole county of Hampshire was lying back and opening her well-bred legs to be ravished by the Italian stallion”) he ran up £4500 of parking tickets for the magazine to pay due to his habit of leaving review cars on yellows outside whichever Mayfair
    restaurant in which he was dining then getting a cab home when pissed, which tells one quite a lot about his attitude to social responsibility.

    He's rich and you're not.

    He's never had to swab floors on the night shift for a living and you have.

    Jealous, much?

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 1 05:04:13 2023
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    Rendel Harris | 4719 posts | 19 hours ago
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    Bit divided on the Jim Davidson thing; on the one hand it's an absolute disgrace that he's managed to dodge half his ban on such a flimsy pretext, on the other hand the sooner he gets his licence back the lower the chance that one might end up sitting
    next to him on public transport. Six and two threes, really.

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