Police probe Clarkson phone photo

[iGav]

And guess which paper the Hamster works for!

However, Jeremy, who lives in Chipping Norton, Oxon, could in theory also face up to two years in prison.

*tries to muffle laughter*

No Top Gear for 2 years then!

 

[OllyW]

I'm sure the coppers will be totally fair with their investigations, it's not like he has ever criticised their traffic policies.

 

[tringo]

That guy is too much. Although he might have only been on there for a second or too.

 

[iGav]

I'm sure the coppers will be totally fair with their investigations, it's not like he has ever criticised their traffic policies.

Indeed, and if he does get sent down for a 2 year stretch courtesy of Her Majesty, then Adam and Hayley should be Knighted for Services to Society!

 

[jaded-mandarin]

If anything does happen then Adam and Hayley better get their arses on the Police Protection Scheme because me and other avid Top Gear viewers will be hunting them down.

 

[iowamensan]

So wait a minute - in the UK you can go to jail for two years for talking on a cell phone while driving?

 

[Abstract]

It's one thing for police to catch him. It's another thing for regular citizens to be catching people doing things like this. I'm sure that if I took a photo of someone who threw an egg at a parked car from a moving vehicle, the police would just tell me they'd investigate it. In fact, this HAS happened to me. What was there to investigate? I have a photo.

I'm not saying what JC did was right. Far from it. He shouldn't be talking on his mobile while driving. Period. However, there are so many people who do it, and yet even with a photo, we as citizens can't get police to bother putting in the effor to nab the offender.



The police talk about punishing him fairly, which is great. However, if he wasn't famous, nobody would do anything about this crime.

 

[R.Youden]

This is what I find funny about the article.

They site the photo ©Adam Blake, but in the main article it states that his girlfriend took the photo. Also the photo looks as if it was taken from the drivers side of the car, or is it common for Mr Blakes girlfriend to be confined to the back of the car?

 

[Markleshark]

Thing is, could be anyone with a 1970's Merc and a Perm. Also, that doesn't look like a phone to me.

Not sure thats enough evidence to hold up in court.

 

[iGav]

Thing is, could be anyone with a 1970's Merc and a Perm. Also, that doesn't look like a phone to me.

Clarkson's mint-condition V8 600 Grosser Merc - a Christmas present - was alongside several other smart motors parked in his driveway.

It is one of only a handful of left-hand drive models in Britain.

Clarkson once bragged: "I love that car more than my genitals".

Not sure thats enough evidence to hold up in court.

Au contraire, with the (potential) CCTV, phone records, photographic and witness evidence, he's just begging to be made an example of.

 

[jSunbeam]

erm, you can get two years in prison for talking on your phone whilst driving? last i heard it was just a fine. one of the tabloids should commission someone to follow the sad ****er who sent the picture in to see if they can catch him talking on his phone whilst driving. that would be a nice ending for me.

 

[Markleshark]

Au contraire, with the (potential) CCTV, phone records, photographic and witness evidence, he's just begging to be made an example of.

In this case, all the bolds are unreliable. Phone records? Left the phone at home that day, anyone could have been using it. The photo isn't much, and witness, well, thats just his word against theirs.

 

[gnasher729]

So wait a minute - in the UK you can go to jail for two years for talking on a cell phone while driving?

That's the maximum. For example, if you then drive your car into a group of school children while chattering away on your mobile phone.

erm, you can get two years in prison for talking on your phone whilst driving? last i heard it was just a fine. one of the tabloids should commission someone to follow the sad ****er who sent the picture in to see if they can catch him talking on his phone whilst driving. that would be a nice ending for me.

If someone drives into a good, heavy tree while talking on his phone, that's a good ending. But that is much too rare.

 

[scotthayes]

if his is convicted, it will be 3 points and a £60 fine.

Now waiting for the editor of the Mirror to get caught doing the same thing and seeing how he tries to talk his way out of that.

 

[iGav]

In this case, all the bolds are unreliable.

On their own maybe, otherwise given the nature of the evidence, and taken as a whole, it is likely to be coherent, and compelling.

Left the phone at home that day, anyone could have been using it.

That would unlikely be a robust defense, given that the phone company would likely be able to give a location for the phone at the time of the call.

Consider if there was CCTV evidence with a time stamp, there is likely to be metadata attached to the image corroborating the time, his phone records would then confirm if a call was made (or received) at this time, as well as his location of course, it's entirely possible that the person he was allegedly talking with would be called as a witness for the prosecution (because lets face it, they wouldn't be a witness for the defence would they ) now given all the potential evidence above, would this person really run the risk of committing perjury to save Clarksons arse?

Of course, he could also be prosecuted for driving without due care and attention, which itself would carry a reasonable fine and 3-9 points.

Humour aside of course, if he is guilty I hope he is made an example of. Seriously.

 

[davidjearly]

Humour aside of course, if he is guilty I hope he is made an example of. Seriously.

Me too. Just because it's Jeremy Clarkson.

 

[Schtumple]

Me too. Just because it's Jeremy Clarkson.

Exactly, the irony of it all would be brilliant.

 

[joepunk]

larger photo

Doesn't look like the cars are even moving at any speed. Due to that being a mobile phone camera shot, the background would be blurred if the cars were moving fast and not stationary like they are.

 

[Santa Rosa]

Who's with me to lay the pain into these sad act idiots who put this picture in .

If it is Clarkson he should be given special permission to use his phone while driving as he is THE MAN!!!

Also on an Apple related note, if you look closely the phone looks very iPhone like, which as a matter of fact Jeremy Clarkson owns, unlocked on the Vodafone network and he claims he gets 4 days battery life!!

Clarkson for Prime Minister

Adam and Hayley can properly f**k off, s**ting sad acts.

 

[iGav]

Doesn't look like the cars are even moving at any speed. Due to that being a mobile phone camera shot, the background would be blurred if the cars were moving fast and not stationary like they are.

Makes no difference. He could be stuck in a traffic jam doing 0mph. He'd still be breaking the law.

THINK! Road Safety

7) What counts as driving?

Driving is using a motor vehicle on the road and can include when a vehicle is stopped at traffic lights or during a traffic hold-up. Therefore you should not use that time to make or receive a call.