Ignoring the law !

A case before the courts illustrates what little power exists when it comes to repeat offenders. This person describes himself as a truck driver, yet when police pulled him over for a minor speeding offence they discovered that he was a banned driver - banned until 2022 - and that he was already on a periodic detention order for driving unlicensed. This 38 year old is not a young offender - and at the time of arrest he was driving a commercial truck. Obviously someone has employed him as a truck driver, either knowingly or carelessly ignoring his lack of a driving license. He was refused bail because it was obvious that he had no intention of following court orders - and the only logical outcome will be a prison sentence - and in all probability - his driving ban will be extended by a few more years. This seems to be a case of no progress on an ever developing merry-go-round. Each offence brings a longer disqualification period. These are studiously ignored - and eventually attract increasingly long prison sentences - at the public expense. And hidden in there somewhere is a time bomb. If this person gets involved in an accident in which some other person is injured - the fact that he is driving unlicensed voids the cover provided by that vehicles green slip. There are no winners in that scenario !