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What the hell is banned form the highway? They should simply take away his license.

moonka 9y ago
Yea, seems like a pretty severe under-reaction to only ban him from that specific highway. And for only 18 months at that. An 18 month license suspension seems more reasonable.
- lordelph 9y ago
  He was indeed banned for 18 months - the article must have misinterpreted the story. Here's a BBC News article covering it http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-43934504 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-439345...
- dingaling 9y ago
  "The Queen's Highway" is an archaic a sounding but still valid way of referring to public roads ( and footpaths ) in the UK. To be banned from driving on the highway is to be banished to private grounds.
LoSboccacc 9y ago
And an investigation into tesla’s autopilot attention detection system
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grzm 9y ago
Following through to the associated BBC article, the language used there is “disqualified”, which, as I understand, is a license suspension. It’s often useful to drill down further to get closer to the actual source in cases like this to avoid reading too much into language that may be imprecise or used with journalistic license. In this case, I don’t know what technically it would mean to be “banned from the highway” other than to have one’s license suspended or revoked.
- anonoholic 9y ago
  Not just imprecise, but outright incorrect: "He’s been banned from the M1 for eighteen months" (the M1 being a specific motorway). No, he's banned from driving.
selimthegrim 9y ago
He was actually banned from driving entirely, the jalopnik article is incorrect.
- _pmf_ 9y ago
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_consequence https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_consequence
ghaff 9y ago
A quick Google suggests that the disqualified in the original BBC story means he had his license suspended which makes a lot more sense.
m-i-l 9y ago
The BBC article the original article links to[0] says he was disqualified for 18 months, which means he is banned for driving on any road for that time and has to reapply for his licence at the end of that period[1]. [0] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-43934504 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-439345... [1] https://www.gov.uk/driving-disqualifications https://www.gov.uk/driving-disqualifications
trumped 9y ago
30 miles an hour in the passenger seat in a neighborhood full of kids is ok, that's why ... then they can claim terrorism, and get free rein to create a few more laws if an accident happens...

Yea, seems like a pretty severe under-reaction to only ban him from that specific highway. And for only 18 months at that. An 18 month license suspension seems more reasonable.

lordelph 9y ago
He was indeed banned for 18 months - the article must have misinterpreted the story. Here's a BBC News article covering it http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-43934504 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-439345...
dingaling 9y ago
"The Queen's Highway" is an archaic a sounding but still valid way of referring to public roads ( and footpaths ) in the UK. To be banned from driving on the highway is to be banished to private grounds.

LoSboccacc 9y ago

And an investigation into tesla’s autopilot attention detection system

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grzm 9y ago

Following through to the associated BBC article, the language used there is “disqualified”, which, as I understand, is a license suspension. It’s often useful to drill down further to get closer to the actual source in cases like this to avoid reading too much into language that may be imprecise or used with journalistic license. In this case, I don’t know what technically it would mean to be “banned from the highway” other than to have one’s license suspended or revoked.

anonoholic 9y ago
Not just imprecise, but outright incorrect: "He’s been banned from the M1 for eighteen months" (the M1 being a specific motorway). No, he's banned from driving.

selimthegrim 9y ago

He was actually banned from driving entirely, the jalopnik article is incorrect.

_pmf_ 9y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_consequence https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_consequence

ghaff 9y ago

A quick Google suggests that the disqualified in the original BBC story means he had his license suspended which makes a lot more sense.

m-i-l 9y ago

The BBC article the original article links to[0] says he was disqualified for 18 months, which means he is banned for driving on any road for that time and has to reapply for his licence at the end of that period[1]. [0] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-43934504 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-439345... [1] https://www.gov.uk/driving-disqualifications https://www.gov.uk/driving-disqualifications

trumped 9y ago

30 miles an hour in the passenger seat in a neighborhood full of kids is ok, that's why ... then they can claim terrorism, and get free rein to create a few more laws if an accident happens...