Talk about anything and everything not related to this site or the Dreamcast, such as news stories, political discussion, or anything else. If there's not a forum for it, it belongs in here. Also, be warned that personal insults, threats, and spamming will not be tolerated.
Amazingly, a judge let the 38-year-old traffic policeman off scot free yesterday, saying he presented no danger to other road users.
And it proved there is one rule for police and another for every other motorist, furious protesters said last night.
They BLASTED PC Milton, who roared around for an hour on a test drive, often exceeding 100mph.
And they LASHED district judge Bruce Morgan, who yesterday cleared the cop of dangerous driving and five speeding charges.
The protesters included the RAC, road safety groups and dad Brian Stevens, whose 12-year-old daughter Sadie lost a leg when she was hit by a police car on a crossing.
Brian, 52, of Birmingham, called the PC Milton case a ?joke?. And he said: ?The idea this man can commit these speeds and walk free is unbelievable. There is one rule for us and one for the police.?
The RAC?s Philip Hale said ?most ordinary motorists? would interpret the case the same way as Mr Stevens.
The 'excuse' given?
He had not driven it before and was ?familiarising? himself with its handling so he would know how to use it safely in an emergency.
An on-board camera recorded he hit 159mph on the M54 and was still doing 120mph as he came off on a slip road.
He reached 125mph on the A41, 137mph on the A5 and even did 100mph on a minor road, the B5060.
But Judge Morgan, sitting in Ludlow, ruled he had not posed a threat to pedestrians or other motorists.
But the RAC?s Mr Hale said: ?When would an officer have to drive that fast on operational duties??
Mary Williams, head of road safety group Brake, said: ?Police should not be showing other drivers how to flout the law.?
source one law for them another for the rest of us
The Prisoner - Makes NGE's ending look almost intelligible.
theres no-one else to blame
Bored? figure out where the above lines from. Answers