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« on: April 29, 2025, 04:17:56 pm »
Posting for friend (genuinely - she has inattentive adhd and gets overwhelmed by too much information!)
She had 6 points already on her license and then got caught twice within 24 hours doing 25 and 30 mph in an average speed check area for a 20mph zone in south wales. She had experienced a relationship break up on the day of the first offence and so her concentration levels were not what they should have been.
She is a vet who works across 2 practices, one that is a few miles away but another which is approx 35 mins drive with no realistic public transport options. She also performs locum work in other practices which can be anywhere in the south wales area.
She is a single parent with two young children (8 and 11) and they rely on her for all transport.
Losing her job (which is a real possibility given the struggle she would have with rural public transport) would probably mean the loss of her home too eventually. So would this fact, plus her children’s reliance plus the fact her job provides a service to the community give her any grounds as a defence? I also wondered if the close proximity time wise of the two offences could give argument that she did not have the usual opportunity to further modify her driving behaviour once she had reached 9 points as most do?
Thanks in advance for any responses
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