Bonefishblues wrote:The same opportunity to make a plea of exceptional hardship is open to Mondeo and Lorry man. ...
Exactly. And we seem to be moving towards a situation where virtually anything is accepted as "exceptional" - a contradiction in terms. Perhaps the difference with this defendant is that he still retains a bit of that status of being a "celeb." This means that his antics are more widely reported than the run-of-the-mill defendant in the magistrates' court. The real beneficiaries here are all the lawyers who line up to make similar applications, because more drivers will be encouraged to use their services. (FWIW, I suspect that the one involved in this case had to disguise his own amazement when it succeeded.)