Yet another disgraceful case.

As I understand it,Channel seven news chief Peter Meakin has three previous convictions for drink driving offences.

It appears he has again seriously offended, and tried to ourun a police car until he was arrested.

He was sentenced to week end detention over a period 14 months, his licence suspended for the next eight years. Mr. Meakin appealed, the suspension of his licence stands, and he will now serve 250 hours community service instead of going to weekend prison.!!

The ban on his licence should start when he leaves prison after three to five years, to which he should have been sentenced.

The price of his most expensive legal team, [depends how many were involved], but with preparation, paper work, arranging he presentation, time in court, plus expenses, the cost would not have been less than $250,000, is my wild guess.

To Mr. Meakin this is probably a mere drop in the bucket and he can well afford the fee, I'm sure . Probably worth it; better than spending every weekend for 14 months.!!

The lesson to be learned here, is that money equals power, without question. The more money you have, the more power you can buy, in this case verbal power. One law for the rich, and one for the poor.

It has been that way for centuries, and nothing is going to change it.

Why the Board at Channel seven do not sack him, is beyond me. Had he been employed with anothr firm, I like to think he would have been for bringing the company into disrepute.

If ever a case deserved draconian punishment, this one would have to be on the list.


Caz.

In an effort to curb speeding and drink drink driving, I wonder what would happen if a RBT unit was placed in each of the RSL Clubs on the Central Coast in Australia.

It could work like this.

When you arrive at the Club for the evening you hand your car keys to the RBT Unit and obtain a receipt. On leaving the Club sometime later, you undergo a compulsory breath test. If you are under the limit you are handed your car keys. If you are over the limit, your car keys are withheld and you go home by taxi. You collect your car keys from the Police station at a later date.

Not a bad idea, and would bring an awful lot of people up short

Much better to prevent drink driving than to wait until the offence is committed then arrest the driver.

Bit like shutting the door after the donkey has bolted.,. wouldn't you say.?

Caz.

A woman was so drunk on the F3 freeway, at least four times over the limit, and driving so erratically she had to be boxed in by three other cars whilst waiting for the police to arrive arrived. She was so drunk she had to be carried to the police car. She was given a 12 month bond and her licence cancelled for three years.

As friend suggested, she should have been charged with attempted murder, given three years gaol without parole, her licence cancelled for ten years to commence when she left gaol, and her vehicle impounded permanently.

The Magistrate should have been sacked for incompetency.

When are we going to learn that only draconian measures will save lives. Take away the means to drink and drive, take away the means to break the speed limit appear to be the only solutions.

Sad to reflect there are people alive today who will not be alive at the end of the Christmas break, and many of those deaths will be due to speeding and drink driving.

Caz.