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But not if they are "spent". A spent conviction is a conviction which, under the terms of Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, can be effectively ignored after a specified amount of time. The amount of time for rehabilitation depends on the sentence imposed, not on the offence. Essentially...

No, just sing the familiar first verse, Boris doesn't know there are three since it takes the whole quoted 20 seconds to sing the first one alone. All three would take over a minute, leaving the skin on your hands raw with scrubbing. The only way Boris would know all three verses is if they...

True, and choosing to drive without qualifying to do so by passing a driving test is surely without care. .

Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday dear (name) Happy Birthday to you. From good friends and true, From old friends and new, May good luck go with you, And happiness too. How old are you now? How old are you now? How old, How old How old are you now? .

Farting was he? ;) .

But he was unqualified to drive one. It's a problem with how the word careless is always interpreted. I've always maintained that someone who hasn't take a driving test and passed, but still chooses to drive is careless. i.e. they haven't cared enough to bother to qualify. But for some odd...

As I said, a broad hint on how to proceed. Don't be so sure about your last sentence, I've enough case experience to know how there can be pre case collaboration between judge and prosecuting and defence barristers. The most suspect in this respect are the cases wrapped up on the pre-trial day...

Indeed, and sadly have always been with power assisted cycling. It's been the continuing shambles and mishandling that prompted me long ago to closely follow and know all the intricacies of this law. The added complication of this decision is that, despite being a case at the Central Criminal...

Probably only a couple of fines and a driving ban on a present or future driving licence though. He'd have to have a history of such offences as driving without insurance to earn a short custodial such as six months. .

According to the BBC radio 4 news at 6pm, he was sobbing with relief in the dock when the jury cleared him. So it may well be that the defence had said during the case that he was remorseful over the death. .

I am caused to wonder if there's more to this than what we see on the surface. Government policy is to strongly back all forms of cycling, including e-bikes and indeed all pure electric vehicles. This case has attracted huge publicity which is very unhelpful to that policy to say the least...

Adaptive is the cruise control my Nissan Leaf has too, forward radar, all round cameras and all round sonar, so it can either warn of or avoid any impending possible collision from any direction. A bit disconcerting as you say when it takes avoidance control at times. .

Not restrictions, a ban, and I've shown that our custom is to only control usage, not to ban sales due to the complications it causes, and there is a precedent for this. You may have seen my posts about the 1835 Highway Act that banned all and any form of motor vehicle. That no doubt seemed...

Yes there are import bans which by inference ban sales, but the primary barrier is the law against import, not sale. For example, there is nothing to stop you in the UK buying a load of asbestos from a country that sells it and then selling it on to a country that has no ban, reaping a profit...

Much depends on traffic density though. My cruise control can operate from 20 mph and my South London Borough, one of London's largest, has a blanket 20 mph limit on all but the through routes. Yet my cruise control is of no use, simply because the traffic density and road conditions mean...

You responded too quickly for my typing, see above. .

Not so, there is no law preventing such sales. A registered arms dealer can sell any kind of guns for example, the onus is all on the user having permission to use the weapons, and that is where the bans are. The only restriction on the arms dealer is that by law he has to keep any such...

That would mean companies like BAC and Vickers and arms traders resident and conducting their business here? They make and/or sell war planes, missiles, drones, field guns, nuclear missile submarines and every kind of gun and tank. This among other reasons is why we don't stop the sale of...

Comedian Jon Richardson has this sorted, he just hates all people, including himself. .

This is one of the things I love my Nissan Leaf for. Its electric drive with no gears enables incredibly precise control at any speed. Even at ultra slow speeds below clutch slipping level in first gear it can be perfectly maintained at any exact speed with ease. .