With the debacle going on over Chris Huhne's alleged memory about not knowing if he was driving on the day in question can any body truly believe him? Unless he has that many driving offences that he can't tell one from another. I have been done twice for speeding offences and they are both clear in my mind now as the day I committed them, even though there is over twenty odd years between them. The first was 23 years ago and it was on Ascension Thursday, the police officer was standing in the road with his hand up. I had been clocked speeding by the machine in his car. I went back to his car and he showed me the reading 59.9 mph in a 30 mph area, he informed me that if I had been doing 60 mph I would be facing not only a fine but a three month ban. I had to take all my relevant documentation to the police station and my driving licence was sent away to have the 3 penalty points endorsed on it. As I sat in the police station I remember the officer coming in to the station, his book under his left arm his cap balanced on the back of his head. "I've had a great evening" he said when asked by the desk sergeant what his night had been like, then he saw me and smiled bidding me a good evening as he disappeared behind the desk door. The other speeding offence was in Germany when a speed camera flashed me doing 5 kilometers over the 50 kilometer limit, I received notification of my cars number plate and a photograph of me behind the wheel of the car, there was no possibility of me saying that I wasn't the driver of the car. I received a 30 Euro fine but no penalty points. Both instances are as clear as daylight so I don not believe for one minute when Huhne says he cant remember. If he can't then in my opinion he shouldn't be in the position he is because its quite clear that he can't be trusted to tell the truth on more serious matters in government.
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