Hardly the crime of the century. Using a phone is 3 points and £60 fine. How many of you smoke or eat at the wheel? Give her a break.
She wont be found guilty of failing to stop for a cop on a pushbike. Probably only a pcso anyway and they can be ignored as they have no legal right to do F-all.
A pcso has no more right to flag her down than i do.
Exactly. It was irresponsible, but hardly worthy of such condemnation. Hopefully she's learnt her lesson.
What George Michael did on numerous occasions was far, far worse.
Hardly the crime of the century. Using a phone is 3 points and £60 fine. How many of you smoke or eat at the wheel? Give her a break.
She wont be found guilty of failing to stop for a cop on a pushbike. Probably only a pcso anyway and they can be ignored as they have no legal right to do F-all.
A pcso has no more right to flag her down than i do.
Actually...
If you’re caught using a hand-held phone while driving or riding, you can get an automatic fixed penalty notice. You’ll get 3 penalty points on your licence and a fine of £60.
Your case could also go to court and you could be disqualified from driving or riding and get a maximum fine of £1,000.
As for the comment about the pcso that is just an assumption.
Hardly the crime of the century. Using a phone is 3 points and £60 fine. How many of you smoke or eat at the wheel? Give her a break.
She wont be found guilty of failing to stop for a cop on a pushbike. Probably only a pcso anyway and they can be ignored as they have no legal right to do F-all.
A pcso has no more right to flag her down than i do.
Would you have been so quick to minimise it if she'd killed someone? Because it's probably mainly luck she didn't.
There's too much of a tendency to regard driving offences as not trivial. They aren't: they put the safety of other people at risk.
I do sympathise with Sarah if she has problems, but she risks having far worse ones if she goes on using a phone while driving.
If you’re caught using a hand-held phone while driving or riding, you can get an automatic fixed penalty notice. You’ll get 3 penalty points on your licence and a fine of £60.
Your case could also go to court and you could be disqualified from driving or riding and get a maximum fine of £1,000.
As for the comment about the pcso that is just an assumption.
It could go to court, but guidelines are to hand out the fpn.
Pcso,s have no power of arrest or detainment. You do not need to stop for them or even speak to them. In this case they would of radioed for a real policeman.
It could go to court, but guidelines are to hand out the fpn.
Pcso,s have no power of arrest or detainment. You do not need to stop for them or even speak to them. In this case they would of radioed for a real policeman.
Ah but you are ASSUMING a PCSO was involved.....can you show me any proof of this?
Yes i am. But i suspect it was, even so i would not readily stop for someone on a pushbike.
But she was arrested and charged for failing to stop for a police officer (as well as using her phone). So if it had been a PCSO, and if like you say you're not required to stop for PCSOs, then why would she be arrested for it in the first place?
But she was arrested and charged for failing to stop for a police officer (as well as using her phone). So if it had been a PCSO, and if like you say you're not required to stop for PCSOs, then why would she be arrested for it in the first place?
Hardly the crime of the century. Using a phone is 3 points and £60 fine. How many of you smoke or eat at the wheel? Give her a break.
She wont be found guilty of failing to stop for a cop on a pushbike. Probably only a pcso anyway and they can be ignored as they have no legal right to do F-all.
A pcso has no more right to flag her down than i do.
AFAIK they don't use them these days anyway, so that's your theory shot. In no story I've read about this incident does it say a PCSO was involved.
Hardly the crime of the century. Using a phone is 3 points and £60 fine. How many of you smoke or eat at the wheel? Give her a break.
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I used to but now I am older I am wiser. Also having a friend who works in A&E makes you just think a little more when you drive your car. Listening to some of her stories makes you realise how quickly it can be Game Over.
I personally try and be the best driver I can when on the road. Eating, using phones and speeding are things I used to do when I thought I was invincible and these terrible things would never happen to me. I don't want to be the cause of an accident/death, not for the sake of a phone call anyway.
I ignore my phone if it rings when I'm driving, but if it keeps ringing then I pull over and see who it is, I wouldn't even dream of answering a phone or a text whilst driving but I have been driving for decades.
I used to know this girl who was constantly texting and she knocked a jogger over, her reflexes were slowed down, a car pulling out in front of her, she didn't have time to react as she was looking at her phone, the jogger she knocked over was a lady in a very high paid job who was off work for several months due to broken stuff, the girl's insurance made a massive 5 figure pay out to the jogger and this was all because she was texting while driving.
Hardly the crime of the century. Using a phone is 3 points and £60 fine. How many of you smoke or eat at the wheel? Give her a break.
She wont be found guilty of failing to stop for a cop on a pushbike. Probably only a pcso anyway and they can be ignored as they have no legal right to do F-all.
A pcso has no more right to flag her down than i do.
It may seem like a trivial crime, but it's that attitude that has led to so many accidents? What if she had hit someone? Would you be calling it trivial then? I don't use the phone at the wheel because I'm not arrogant enough to believe my text/phone call is more important then other road users. I don't smoke or eat while driving either
She doesn't seem like a girl who is coping very well with life in general to me. Ok, no excuse for what she's done here but she does seem a troubled soul
She has got something of the Lohans about her.
She claims to have got over one crisis and then does another stupid thing a week later.
She used to be so bubbly and crazy and that is why people loved Sarah. Since her break up and rehab stint you could tell from interviews she did and the whole GA reunion she wasn't really herself. I hope she sees the light and becomes the old Sarah again.
Oh and the work she has done on her face has aged her about 20 years. She did not need it.
She used to be so bubbly and crazy and that is why people loved Sarah. Since her break up and rehab stint you could tell from interviews she did and the whole GA reunion she wasn't really herself. I hope she sees the light and becomes the old Sarah again.
Oh and the work she has done on her face has aged her about 20 years. She did not need it.
Yeah, you watch videos from a few years ago and she's so fun, also on stage she rarely knows the dance routines and it was funny, watching the recent tour, it's not really that funny anymore, don't know if it's because of the work she's had done makes her look worse but she just doesn't look good.
She doesn't seem like a girl who is coping very well with life in general to me. Ok, no excuse for what she's done here but she does seem a troubled soul
I agree. It's an inexcusable thing to do but I don't think she's been in a good place for a long time. She should seek help, especially if she hasn't already tried...and I mean more than just a holiday at the Priory.
No excuses. What she did was wrong. Sick of folk making excuses for bad not to say illegal behaviour.
I don't see anyone doing that. Describing someone as a troubled soul or saying that they need help doesn't automatically mean you are okay with what they do - far from it, if anything.
Yeah, you watch videos from a few years ago and she's so fun, also on stage she rarely knows the dance routines and it was funny, watching the recent tour, it's not really that funny anymore, don't know if it's because of the work she's had done makes her look worse but she just doesn't look good.
I agree. She isn't a bad dancer but even now when she dances with the girls she does it halfheartedly and without any enthusiasm and seems to be looking at the other girls to copy dance moves. She even said she shadowed Cheryl in an interview she did recently because of her nerves and how scary it was.
Before she used to have fun the dance moves and especially if they were cheesy she used to take it in her stride and just have fun with the whole thing.
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Exactly. It was irresponsible, but hardly worthy of such condemnation. Hopefully she's learnt her lesson.
What George Michael did on numerous occasions was far, far worse.
Actually...
If you’re caught using a hand-held phone while driving or riding, you can get an automatic fixed penalty notice. You’ll get 3 penalty points on your licence and a fine of £60.
Your case could also go to court and you could be disqualified from driving or riding and get a maximum fine of £1,000.
As for the comment about the pcso that is just an assumption.
Would you have been so quick to minimise it if she'd killed someone? Because it's probably mainly luck she didn't.
There's too much of a tendency to regard driving offences as not trivial. They aren't: they put the safety of other people at risk.
I do sympathise with Sarah if she has problems, but she risks having far worse ones if she goes on using a phone while driving.
It could go to court, but guidelines are to hand out the fpn.
Pcso,s have no power of arrest or detainment. You do not need to stop for them or even speak to them. In this case they would of radioed for a real policeman.
Have you never gone over 30mph in a 30 zone?.
Carries the exact same penalty.
Ah but you are ASSUMING a PCSO was involved.....can you show me any proof of this?
Yes i am. But i suspect it was, even so i would not readily stop for someone on a pushbike.
But she was arrested and charged for failing to stop for a police officer (as well as using her phone). So if it had been a PCSO, and if like you say you're not required to stop for PCSOs, then why would she be arrested for it in the first place?
Well that's like me ignoring an unmarked police car......
Your quite within your rights to drive to the nearest police station if an unmarked car trys to stop you.
Could be anyone with a blue lights behind their grills.
Expect thats tabloid dross to dress up the story.
Sounds more dramatic.
Hence the *allegedly
AFAIK they don't use them these days anyway, so that's your theory shot. In no story I've read about this incident does it say a PCSO was involved.
George Michael might have killed someone, and so might Sarah Harding. Warning - this is pretty graphic.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xaatpi_texting-while-driving-very-graphic_shortfilms#.UWH-GqKWD5w
Plus nobody has said she was texting. So what has that link got to do with anything?
No, I haven't. I don't drive because I find the thought of killing someone too daunting to try.
I used to but now I am older I am wiser. Also having a friend who works in A&E makes you just think a little more when you drive your car. Listening to some of her stories makes you realise how quickly it can be Game Over.
I personally try and be the best driver I can when on the road. Eating, using phones and speeding are things I used to do when I thought I was invincible and these terrible things would never happen to me. I don't want to be the cause of an accident/death, not for the sake of a phone call anyway.
Pushbikes.
And she was using a phone, same difference.
I used to know this girl who was constantly texting and she knocked a jogger over, her reflexes were slowed down, a car pulling out in front of her, she didn't have time to react as she was looking at her phone, the jogger she knocked over was a lady in a very high paid job who was off work for several months due to broken stuff, the girl's insurance made a massive 5 figure pay out to the jogger and this was all because she was texting while driving.
It may seem like a trivial crime, but it's that attitude that has led to so many accidents? What if she had hit someone? Would you be calling it trivial then? I don't use the phone at the wheel because I'm not arrogant enough to believe my text/phone call is more important then other road users. I don't smoke or eat while driving either
She has got something of the Lohans about her.
She claims to have got over one crisis and then does another stupid thing a week later.
Oh and the work she has done on her face has aged her about 20 years. She did not need it.
Yeah, you watch videos from a few years ago and she's so fun, also on stage she rarely knows the dance routines and it was funny, watching the recent tour, it's not really that funny anymore, don't know if it's because of the work she's had done makes her look worse but she just doesn't look good.
I agree. It's an inexcusable thing to do but I don't think she's been in a good place for a long time. She should seek help, especially if she hasn't already tried...and I mean more than just a holiday at the Priory.
I don't see anyone doing that. Describing someone as a troubled soul or saying that they need help doesn't automatically mean you are okay with what they do - far from it, if anything.
I agree. She isn't a bad dancer but even now when she dances with the girls she does it halfheartedly and without any enthusiasm and seems to be looking at the other girls to copy dance moves. She even said she shadowed Cheryl in an interview she did recently because of her nerves and how scary it was.
Before she used to have fun the dance moves and especially if they were cheesy she used to take it in her stride and just have fun with the whole thing.