Institute of Advanced Speeders
 

So that's what being an advanced driver is all about then

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/c...re/4120545.stm


Queen's cousin given driving ban

The Duke of Gloucester who is president of the Institute of Advanced
Motorists has been banned from driving for six months for speeding.

The Duke admitted doing 70mph in a 60mph zone in August on the A47 at
Thorney, Cambridgeshire.

A cousin of the Queen, the Duke, who lives in Kensington Palace in
London, was also fined £60 and ordered to pay £35 costs.

An Institute spokesman said they would be "taking advice" about his
position.

Uncharted territory

"This is uncharted territory for us really. We are just taking a little
bit of advice," said the spokesman.

"Normally somebody who has a 12-point totting up offence loses their
licence automatically as well as their membership."

Flynn Jennings, prosecuting, told the court that the Duke's Ford car had
been travelling at 70mph on a stretch of road with a 60mph speed limit.

The court clerk told magistrates that the offence was the Duke's fourth
in three years.

She said three points had been added to his licence for speeding in
November 2001, three for speeding in December 2002 and three for
speeding in January 2003.

"Tony Raven" wrote in message
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So that's what being an advanced driver is all about then

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/c...re/4120545.stm


Yes, I'd read that too. Once off for someone who's the head of the IAM
would have been bad enough, but he's a persistent offender! One might think
his position untenable...

Rich

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 18:40:19 +0000, Tony Raven
wrote in message :

The Duke of Gloucester who is president of the Institute of Advanced
Motorists has been banned from driving for six months for speeding.

Could be worse. There is a Prince Michael of Kent Road Safety Award,
and he has a particularly chequered driving history.

Guy
--
"then came ye chavves, theyre cartes girded wyth candels
blue, and theyre beastes wyth straynge horn-lyke thyngs
onn theyre arses that theyre fartes be herde from myles
around." Chaucer, the Sheppey Tales

"Tony Raven" wrote in message
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So that's what being an advanced driver is all about then

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/c...re/4120545.stm

He is P**l Sm*th & ICMFP

Tony Raven wrote:
So that's what being an advanced driver is all about then

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/c...re/4120545.stm


And at the other end of the scale, bottom of this article
http://www.bikebiz.co.uk/daily-news/article.php?id=5069
suggests that motormouth does ride a bike....


- Nigel


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On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 19:04:57 -0000, "NC" wrote:

suggests that motormouth does ride a bike....

Clarkson rides a Raleigh Pioneer, which is stretching things a little
-- the purple & white two-wheeler Trabant

Andy Dingley wrote:

Clarkson rides a Raleigh Pioneer, which is stretching things a little
-- the purple & white two-wheeler Trabant

Those are horrible. If Cl*rkson really does hate bikes I can see why.