What do you think the courts will throw at my friend?
Posted by: Tony Lockhart on 16 October 2008
He's due in court for sentencing at 2pm today.
Dangerous driving (crossing a solid white line while over-taking an unmarked car, in Wales) with 12 points already on his UK licence, if he ever gets one (he has been using his Zimbabwean licence) with 6 points for Careless Driving and 2x 3 points for speeding.
Yep, he realises he's been a complete plonker and doesn't need any 'moral high-ground' speeches from anyone.
So, what do you think he'll get? No prizes for closest!
Tony
Dangerous driving (crossing a solid white line while over-taking an unmarked car, in Wales) with 12 points already on his UK licence, if he ever gets one (he has been using his Zimbabwean licence) with 6 points for Careless Driving and 2x 3 points for speeding.
Yep, he realises he's been a complete plonker and doesn't need any 'moral high-ground' speeches from anyone.
So, what do you think he'll get? No prizes for closest!
Tony
Posted on: 25 October 2008 by Bob McC
Who would pay for that?
Posted on: 25 October 2008 by JWM
quote:Originally posted by Major-Tom:
chav
My 13-year old has today kept me up to speed with the new term, 'NED' = 'non-educatable delinquent'. A term from Scotland, apparently.
Posted on: 25 October 2008 by Ian G.
quote:Originally posted by JWM:
'NED' = 'non-educatable delinquent'. A term from Scotland, apparently.
A bit of post rationalization there I think - up here a 'ned' has always just been a ned but never an acronym. Prison-fodder in the style of canon-fodder in the main.
Ian (who grew up in neds-ville, but has eluded detection so far)
Posted on: 25 October 2008 by TomK
quote:Originally posted by JWM:quote:Originally posted by Major-Tom:
chav
My 13-year old has today kept me up to speed with the new term, 'NED' = 'non-educatable delinquent'. A term from Scotland, apparently.
It's got nothing to do with "non-educated delinquent" I'm afraid. It's an old word, origin unknown, for petty criminal, thug, someone behaving in an antisocial manner, etc.
Find out more here.
Posted on: 27 October 2008 by djftw
When I first lived in Scotland I was told NED meant "non-educated delinquent", but an older friend said that the term had been round a long time and he thought originated from a shortened form for youth gangs from Niddrie.
CHAV I am reliably informed by friends and relatives in the Police originated as Police slang "Council Housed and Violent" for gangs on council estates after various more derogatory terms they used to use were banned for reasons of political correctness!
CHAV I am reliably informed by friends and relatives in the Police originated as Police slang "Council Housed and Violent" for gangs on council estates after various more derogatory terms they used to use were banned for reasons of political correctness!
Posted on: 28 October 2008 by Tarquin Maynard - Portly
CHeltenham AVerage.
Posted on: 28 October 2008 by TomK
I think the definitions of Ned and Chav as given here are Backronyms. I hadn't heard this term before but I like it.
Posted on: 28 October 2008 by djftw
I came across this term a while ago when I was doing some research into fringe political radicalism, used to describe the name of the RESPECT coalition, although the word acronym was used in my paper as my supervisor and I weren't sure it was a proper technical term!
PS RESPECT - Respect, Equality, Socialism, Peace, Environmentalism, Community & Trade unionism.
PS RESPECT - Respect, Equality, Socialism, Peace, Environmentalism, Community & Trade unionism.
Posted on: 02 November 2008 by teabelly
Perhaps you should suggest he does a ride drive half day course? They're about £130 and you tend to be tutored by a class 1 trained driver. Might save his life and countless others as he sounds like a right plank.
With any luck his community service might involve meeting families that have lost loved ones due to incompetent idiots like him.
With any luck his community service might involve meeting families that have lost loved ones due to incompetent idiots like him.
Posted on: 02 November 2008 by Tony Lockhart
He will have to take an extended course before he gets a UK licence. I think he'll need more than half a day's tuition to guarantee a pass. He is already missing his driving licence, so won't need reminding how valuable a piece of paper or plastic it is.
He isn't incompetent, he made a couple of very silly/dangerous decisions over the course of two years. I've passengered with him on numerous occasions and he really has been ok.
His community service is one day a week at a charity shop. So he'll smell off wee and cabbage for the next six months!
Tony
He isn't incompetent, he made a couple of very silly/dangerous decisions over the course of two years. I've passengered with him on numerous occasions and he really has been ok.
His community service is one day a week at a charity shop. So he'll smell off wee and cabbage for the next six months!
Tony
Posted on: 02 November 2008 by Bob McC
Tony
Look on the bright side. Give him a vinyl list to look out for!
Look on the bright side. Give him a vinyl list to look out for!
Posted on: 03 November 2008 by rupert bear
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Posted on: 03 November 2008 by DIL
quote:Originally posted by djftw:
I came across this term a while ago when I was doing some research into fringe political radicalism, used to describe the name of the RESPECT coalition, although the word acronym was used in my paper as my supervisor and I weren't sure it was a proper technical term!
PS RESPECT - Respect, Equality, Socialism, Peace, Environmentalism, Community & Trade unionism.
Anyone got a good one for BULLSHIT.
/dl