There was a story a few years ago of a guy caught for speeding and he spent 000’s proving that the car he was driving wasn’t even capable of doing the speed he was allegedly caught at, he won in the end but cost him 20x what the ticket was in the first place
Well the lad got a 5 figure pay out so it worked out well for him.
Fair play to the lad!
Scraggy88:
Well the lad got a 5 figure pay out so it worked out well for him.
Fair play to the lad!
The report said he was awarded the maximum allowed which is £74574 so well worth it.
I think he had to fight it or have the stigma of losing his job through drug abuse, which might give him problems on future employment. When thing that kept coming up was he was given a test because of a complaint he was under the influence of cannabis, which I assume he wasn’t as that would have also shown up in the tests, so somebody had it in for him it would seem.
As for trying to prove your innocence, a Freind of mine went to court after being accused of driving a works van without a seatbelt, he conducted his own defence and won 
he proved the copper couldn’t have seen whether he had a seatbelt on from the position he said he was in.
We all advised him just to accept the fine, as we felt he didn’t stand a chance and it wasn’t worth it. But he wasn’t going to accept it, he knew he had his belt on and wasn’t going to pay as it was a matter of principle.
He must be the only bus driver in the UK to accept bank notes, everyone I’ve ever come across only accepts the exact fare.
thecouch:
He must be the only bus driver in the UK to accept bank notes, everyone I’ve ever come across only accepts the exact fare.
Used bank notes many times on my local buses if I needed to use them - they just keep them in a wallet in top pocket. They moan but after all its legal tender.
thecouch:
He must be the only bus driver in the UK to accept bank notes, everyone I’ve ever come across only accepts the exact fare.
If I get on a bus with a £10 note they have a whinge ?
Not been on a bus for 15 years by the way, just wondering if this is what happens now…
he got something about £80 per week for the last 2 and a half years with no job??..i wonder what will happen when the dole find out about his windfall and try and cut his benefits. shame for the poor guy though…
Kaistar:
thecouch:
He must be the only bus driver in the UK to accept bank notes, everyone I’ve ever come across only accepts the exact fare.If I get on a bus with a £10 note they have a whinge ?
Not been on a bus for 15 years by the way, just wondering if this is what happens now…
Unlike pubs and shops bus drivers only have a limited float to give change with; not as if they can just nip off to the safe and grab some more. Change two tenners at the start of their shift and it can stuff them for change for the rest of the day, causing them to hold up other passengers whilst they struggle to give the right change; happens to my missus regularly and it’s a bind.
Whilst I appreciate that sometimes it’s unavoidable to have no loose change, it’s inconsiderate IMO if you know you’re going to use the bus.
Poxy London buses don’t take cash (ok if you know beforehand) anymore either as I found out to my cost, took a robbin basted black cab instead, they all need stringin up!
dieseldog999:
he got something about £80 per week for the last 2 and a half years with no job??..i wonder what will happen when the dole find out about his windfall and try and cut his benefits. shame for the poor guy though…
£573 per week actually if the figure Conor gave is correct. I’d sit at home shouting at the fat people on Jeremy Kyle for that! 
Buggered if I would, would be on less than half pay that way, I would want a bloody site more than that for watching the lowlife on JK
£75k absolute peanuts to a Pirateer operator. It should have been ten or one hundred times as much, the company knew of the likelihood of this happening yet when presented with the results of a more accurate test they refused to back down.
At most companies the float the driver carries is his own money, which is why it isn’t that large a sum.
Kaistar:
thecouch:
He must be the only bus driver in the UK to accept bank notes, everyone I’ve ever come across only accepts the exact fare.If I get on a bus with a £10 note they have a whinge ?
Not been on a bus for 15 years by the way, just wondering if this is what happens now…
When i first moved to Cardiff 8yrs ago i didn’t take my car. So i had the crazy idea of using a bus and the first one i got on i provided a £5 for a journey that was no doubt only £1 and the driver looks at me strange and says we have have only accepted exact fare for over a year. There was supposedly know way around this and i had to get off and get change and try again. Luckly in Cardiff a bus was every 15mins.
I then traveled home to get my car as i wasn’t prepared to put up with this for the next few years at uni.
the couch:
He must be the only bus driver in the UK to accept bank notes, everyone I’ve ever come across only accepts the exact fare.
Seems to be a common thing these days, think the bus companies are trying not to let there drivers carry to much money about…my wife had the same issue months back, tried to pay for herself and my autistic daughter with a tenner, think the fare came to something stupid like £3.70…the driver refused to change it,so they where refused travel… 
bloody furious … she had to then proceed to a small out let, buy a packet of sweets, then had to wait for the next bus 30mins later…
But then there was the story the other month about a teenager that was refused travel late in the evening coz she didn’t have the whole amount… she ended up getting rapped…hope the bus driver has that on is conscious
Don’t have that issue now, daughter has a disabled young persons bus pass and the wife has the careers pass… 
cav551:
£75k absolute peanuts to a Pirateer operator. It should have been ten or one hundred times as much, the company knew of the likelihood of this happening yet when presented with the results of a more accurate test they refused to back down.
£750,000 to £7.5 million, perhaps that’s a bit over optimistic. What gets me is why it takes so long to sort it.