Wednesday - November 17, 2010

the law is an ass and the prosecutor clearly an ass as well as a damn fool. Add jerk to that. jeesh

A clear example of why people say that the law is an ass.

Take a look at this and then go to the link and view all the photos. Maybe I missed something here.

Here’s an old man who rents a garage, and inconsiderate jerks park and block him in. They aren’t supposed to be parking there anyway. What sort of idiot takes it for granted that it’s okay?  So, the old man gets pissed, he’s blocked in, he can’t get out of his own garage and so, he pushes the blocking car out into the street.
How the hell else is he supposed to get out?
But the persecutor says, “leave a note on the windscreen and have a word when they come back.” What a jerk.  Leave a note?  How’s the old boy supposed to know when the blocking idiot is coming back?  Another case of the sinned against paying the price for reacting to a wrongdoer’s actions. Easy target.

OAP ... Old Age Pensioner

That’ll teach you to block my car in: OAP caught on CCTV shunting vehicle blocking his garage

By Luke Salkeld

It’s an unusual way to get out of a tight parking space.

But reversing into a car that blocked his garage and shunting the offending vehicle into the road has landed one 83-year-old with a hefty fine and a driving ban.

The moment of parking rage was captured on CCTV as Ronald Pemberton used his Peugeot estate to move a Ford Ka opposite a primary school.

Two weeks later he was caught repeating the offence by pushing a Mazda into the road.

A court heard how Pemberton, who still works running two stationery companies, has rented the garage near his home for 20 years but had become frustrated by people parking in front of it.

But Sarah Regan, prosecuting, said he had not taken the right course of action. She said: ‘The way you deal with it is to leave a note on the windscreen and have a word when they come back. You don’t use your car to move it.’

Giving evidence in the trial, Pemberton said he was unaware of the presence of pedestrians when he carried out the manoeuvres near to Cabot Primary School in Bristol.

‘He had no idea whether people were passing by,’ added Miss Regan.

Pemberton pleaded guilty earlier this year to dangerous driving for the first incident on November 24, 2009. He denied the second offence on December 9 last year but was found guilty by a jury at Bristol Crown Court.

Recorder Nicholas Rowland banned Pemberton from driving for 12 months and ordered him to pay nearly £2,000 in fines, court costs and compensation.

He told him: ‘It’s very sad to see somebody of your age in court at all but I’m afraid you can’t go taking the law into your own hands.’

SEE THE STREET PHOTOS HERE

Posted by peiper     on 11/17/2010 at 03:58 PM   
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