Woman sorry for causing car crash (From The Oxford Times)
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Woman sorry for causing car crash
10:20am Thursday 6th September 2012 in News
A woman who drifted into an oncoming vehicle on Stanford Road has admitted driving without due care and attention.
Penelope Eastman, 61, of Molesey Road in Hersham, Surrey, was driving her Volkswagen Golf towards Faringdon on May 19 when the incident happened.
Both cars were written off.
Eastman, who previously had a clean record, said: “I can only imagine I did lose attention and therefore did drift across the road.
“I am very sorry for having caused this.”
She was given six points on her licence and fined £200 at Oxford Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
Comments(7)
Quentin Walker
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11:13am Thu 6 Sep 12
King Joke
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2:19pm Thu 6 Sep 12
## Nonny Mouse ##
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2:25pm Thu 6 Sep 12
I'm actually gobsmacked. People have been banned for alot less.
## Nonny Mouse ##
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2:43pm Thu 6 Sep 12
Had that been a 20-something 'losing attention' they would have had the book thrown at them and been disqualified for years!!! - And rightly so!
eatmygoal
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4:25pm Fri 7 Sep 12
King Joke
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12:50pm Sun 9 Sep 12
@lordpetermcvey wrote:Quite simple. Don't drive down the Woodstock Rd at 60 mph then. 4am, 4pm, the rule is the same. If you like driving fast, pish off to Germany or the Isle of Man.
## Nonny Mouse ## wrote: 6 points and a £200 fine? Is that it??? I'm actually gobsmacked. People have been banned for alot less.Drive at 60 down Woodstock Rd at 4am with no traffic or pedestrians around and have no accident and you will get a far more severe punishment, yet drive onto the other side of the road write 2 cars off, and put another drivers life in danger and you walk off with little more than a fixed penalty notice. There is something fishy with that sentence.
xjohnx says...
11:02am Thu 6 Sep 12