Blimey anton
Wildy forgot to mention the way that debate went. Wimmin
I heard the tale end of this during a quick "munch break" and much of the comments had to do with
1. Was she treated benignly because of her age and the fact she'd been driving since her 20s without so much as a parking ticket prior to these quick fire "assaults" on a clean licence as I understand her defence lawyer claimed (though no one has said what the other 4 points were for
)
2. Then it went on to a debate as to when we should give up to face fact of old age. Now this is different for us all. My old maiden aunt (in her 80s) is now unable to care for herself without my sister's care for example and IG's own mother-in-law showed signs of going ga-ga in her mid 70s. My own parents are still quite robust in early 80s and both still drive and I feel safe enough
with them at the wheel. Wildy's parents as you know - now late 70s and the old guy hit the road on my SOS call to him back in early March when I began to get rather seriously worried about Wildy and our twin daughters (both robust and now at the seriously cute to heart-melt more stage - Ahhhh
) As you know from my elated announcement at the time - that guy
drove her to the hospital at a blistering 3-figure rate of knots
and then told a traffic pol in the peak jam on approach to "maternity in 'urry" to massage his "Arschloch" (rough translation of what I understand he actually said in his own language and which the officer apparently understood from the tone and circumstance
and escort the rest of the way
. ) That guy though - seriously decent driver even though he's now in his own words "past his peak"
The guy is the only person on the planet who managed to teach all three of my own sisters how to heel n toe properly .. how to "listen to the engine and feel the speed" and to spot the danger - especially the speed trap long before the van or cam or car is apparent
. That guy taught our three young drivers (his grandchildren) how to handle twisty alpine steepies with sheer drops on each side
in a "safe and straightforward style"
The chap used to be an amateur racing and rally driver in his youth and Wildy (along with her two brothers and one sister) spent all her childhood watching and timing him on track
- in addition to helping with the mechanics of his cars. It's why she knows so much
)
Should he retire from driving? well no .. because he has his full faculties and as our own generation and our children - who have led "healthy balanced lifestyles"
head off into old age - with a longer productive life expectancy - we should be reasonably skilled "enough" to continue driving well into our 80s and feeling the dementia hit us a decade or so later given computerised predictions to date in the medical field (source - "Lancet" piece a couple of months ago .. - yet to be "peer reviewed"
) Note the punctuation here
BUT that generation now in their 80s were youngsters on a very nutritious but still "Oliveresque" diet.
Not all old folk suffer the indignity of senile dementia nor the cruelty of Alzheimers and we can still hold some of these symptoms at bay for a while if diagnosed early enough. But we - their children - need to be on the ball on this one
So it's another dilemma .. how to tactfully tell the old loved one if we think they are past it if they refuse to accept their fate.. and how to keep them independent and able to cope for themselves.
In the case of this old lady - No .. I think she is a safe enough driver per the account given and has been very lucky to find herself before an understanding team of magistrates in this instance. This situation is certainly not the same as that of the BSM boss (for comparison) who should have known better and whose points were dished out for his stupidity in not naming the driver and he does not have a real excuse for that nior any hardship simialr to that of this old lady .. hence he should have been banned on tot-up.
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to spring to mind unless I want to be facetiously cynical 
On the morning of her funeral - Marty receive another NIP from very same camera. He got a right intimidating bullying when he explain his mama die - despite supplying proof of the matter. Result? Marty has zero time for SCP bullies und has now similar disrespect for police. Guy happens to be honest as day has 24 hours und he never break a law knowingly - but he still has little faith in system as result of his experience when trying to prove his Mama died with the correct documentation here. 
Und ted und all the other Swiss und relatives related to them 
signs to make a road a 30 limit (or was it just vandals removing the signs? who knows until you get the ticket). You don't actually find out you've cocked up until a week later (more if on holiday or the SCP has a backlog of paperwork) so there's plenty of chance to commit the same offence over and over again.
near me between two 
villages. It's quite short but it's a good overtaking opportunity to get past the slow brigade before the next much longer but harder to overtake bit of