Hanno Verian
Well-Known Member
How the Hell did the CPS or Cambridgeshire Police decide that this should be dealt with by a Driver Awareness Course!!
http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news...fic-horse-collision-avoids-prosecution-622720
Apparently the criteria are:
Whilst offered on a discretionary basis, guidance is issued to the 43 police forces operating in England and Wales as to when a driver should be considered as eligible to attend a course. The current guidance is contained within a document entitled, "National Driver Offender Retraining Scheme (NDORS): Guidance on Eligibility Criteria for NDORS Courses". In addition to a consideration of the circumstances of the offence in determining whether or not a person is eligible to attend on a course, the guidance provides that the police should also consider the following:
Whether or not there is a realistic prospect of conviction i.e. is there evidence that the person has committed the offence
There is no other offence committed i.e. it is a single offence
A similar course has not been attended within 3 years for a similar offence
The driver holds a Full UK Driving Licence or similar certificate of competence"
This frankly amazes and appalls me!!!! Quite apart from the American on Youtube who seems to blame it on the riders wearing helmets and Hi Viz this strikes me as extraordinary and hardly "Justice", I could have understood the DAC if the driver had hit an inanimate object but not hit two people and two horses!!
http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news...fic-horse-collision-avoids-prosecution-622720
Apparently the criteria are:
Whilst offered on a discretionary basis, guidance is issued to the 43 police forces operating in England and Wales as to when a driver should be considered as eligible to attend a course. The current guidance is contained within a document entitled, "National Driver Offender Retraining Scheme (NDORS): Guidance on Eligibility Criteria for NDORS Courses". In addition to a consideration of the circumstances of the offence in determining whether or not a person is eligible to attend on a course, the guidance provides that the police should also consider the following:
Whether or not there is a realistic prospect of conviction i.e. is there evidence that the person has committed the offence
There is no other offence committed i.e. it is a single offence
A similar course has not been attended within 3 years for a similar offence
The driver holds a Full UK Driving Licence or similar certificate of competence"
This frankly amazes and appalls me!!!! Quite apart from the American on Youtube who seems to blame it on the riders wearing helmets and Hi Viz this strikes me as extraordinary and hardly "Justice", I could have understood the DAC if the driver had hit an inanimate object but not hit two people and two horses!!