Customs Officer as Hood Ornament

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http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/cwkfsnsneyau/rss2/

spotted this on the cycling forum - shocking

whomitconcerns

crazyyyyy

kaimera

careless driving? that was it?

she sped up coming to the checkpoint like. that's intent right there no?

delightful woman.

Valetta

Penalty far too lenient.

She should have got jail.

00833827

besides the shocking description of what Mrs. Duggan/Martin did, it also mentions she sold the car - I didn't think it was possible to legally sell a vehicle in this state that was not registered here - am i wrong here?

TroutMask

The low fine will just encourage more crazy driving and car-related BS in Donegal

opinion guy

Wait she got a 4 week driving course ?

Law-abiding citizens have to pay for driving instruction

Wossack

from: http://www.independent.ie/national-news/courts/mum-sped-through-checkpoint-with-customs-officer-on-bonnet-3356712.html

"Ms Duggan (33), from Hawthorn Hill, Newtowncunningham, was warned by a judge that she would lose her driving licence if she appeared before him again."

Wouldnt be terribly impressed by that sentencing if I was the customs officer... is he able to press for additional charges or what? 350e is fairly ridiculous..

Voodoomelon

Anyone else think if it was a young single man driving the car, the sentance would have been much more severe? Driving at speed at a customs checkpoint is surely a very serious offence.

biko

The court heard that Duggan had been stopped just days before the incident at another customs checkpoint and had given her name as Caroline Martin and a different address.

Clearly trying to avoid fines for driving a NI car in ROI, but to then go on to actually hit a person. Nutbag!

Dord

She should have been disqualified for a few years at least. I feel sorry for that customs officer, he must have been pretty shaken up. Crazy thing to happen!

Mimikyu

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Mint Sauce

So instead of being banned and sentenced, she got a fine and extra driving tuition.

Justice system is nuts in this country.

Nonoperational

Scumbag. Can't understand how the sentence was so lenient. Tax evasion, giving a false name and driving into a customs officer. No jail time. Unreal.

working fool

If she hadent brought her kids to school she'd have gotten a month in jail .

She couldent say she was broke either
I she could afford a BMW she could afford the vrt .

_Kaiser_

€350 quid and a driving course for trying to run someone down? :eek:

That's a joke. As above, if it'd been a young fella I guarantee the sentence would have been a LOT more severe! Reverse sexism at its finest! :mad:

FFS you get a lot worse for driving unaccompanied as a learner in this country

coylemj

Guy down the west was convicted of dangerous driving after overtaking multiple cars on dangerous bends, several of the oncoming cars had to pull over to avoid a collision. Multiple witnesses said it was reckless driving of the worst kind they had ever seen.

Penalty? He was sent on an anger management course!

I hate the way its always mentioned "Mum" in articles like this. What does that have to do with anything. She should be punished on offenses she has committed not whether she has kids or not FFS.

Kenny Logins

Does the word "f*ck" often appear in The Examiner?

Don't think I've ever seen it before...

dickwod1

Ahh but sure the poor mum who had her kid in the back seat couldn't afford to pay VRT on her 5 series BMW

She only ... Gave a false name and address
Had no car tax/NCT (probs no insurance so)
Done some dangerous driving
Avoided a checkpoint
Failed to stop
Deliberate hit and run
(Not to mention wreckless endangerment of her child)

:rolleyes: I think the fine of €350 and free lessons was totally O.T.T and way too harsh :rolleyes:

pcardin

dickwod1 wrote: »

Ahh but sure the poor mum who had her kid in the back seat couldn't afford to pay VRT on her 5 series BMW

She only ... Gave a false name and address
Had no car tax/NCT (probs no insurance so)
Done some dangerous driving
Avoided a checkpoint
Failed to stop
Deliberate hit and run
(Not to mention wreckless endangerment of her child)

:rolleyes: I think the fine of €350 and free lessons was totally O.T.T and way too harsh :rolleyes:

but...but...she did probably had a Baby on Board sign at the back of the car so all sorted. :pac:

Cungi

Fuck that. Driving a car at someone? Surely that's attempted murder?