Multiple Bans for Driving

[Jargo]

AIBU, to think about your second/third ban for driving it should be a long ban - ten years say?

Is there no limit on how many bans you can get? There should be, some people are just a danger behind the wheel

Is there any context to this or is it just a thought-fart?

You can get banned for driving without a license which seems to miss the point. I suspect that they’re trying to balance punishment with compliance. If you ban someone for 10 years isn’t it pretty much guaranteed that they’ll still drive?

I don’t know what the answer is.

Is that not already the case? For your second drink driving offence you get 3 years on top of whatever the normal ban would be.

Depends on when your last ban was and reason. Not all offences are equal, even the ones with the same points. (I've never had points or been on a course but I know plenty of people who have who just were a little over the limit and driving safely)

It's in the news today, that Rio Ferdinand has been caught speeding again.

Multiple offences, including previous bans. Yet only banned for six months?

It makes no difference - people will drive anyway. The punishment for breaking a driving ban appears to just a be a lengthier driving ban - unless you need a clean license for your job, it's not really a deterrent!

@minnieok

Depends on when your last ban was and reason. Not all offences are equal, even the ones with the same points. (I've never had points or been on a course but I know plenty of people who have who just were a little over the limit and driving safely)

I hope you mean the speed limit and not the alcohol limit!