Pastor caught using phone while driving avoids ban after telling court his ‘congregation would suffer’
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/pastor-phone-driving-ban-congregation-5HjdZDy_2/
Posted by tylerthe-theatre
Pastor caught using phone while driving avoids ban after telling court his ‘congregation would suffer’
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/pastor-phone-driving-ban-congregation-5HjdZDy_2/
Posted by tylerthe-theatre
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Sounds like he needs to appoint some other people to look after some of these churches.
Also – the driving offences are still not okay and making excuses like I drive 60,000 miles a year so how could I not get points shouldn’t be considered reasonable.
Oh, so sky daddy obligations are a let off for driving infringements.
Noted.
Make sure this is precedent for future, I wanna claim equally ridiculous beliefs in the defence of any potential infringement I may make.
I chair and help a lot for my local Scout charity, I’m guessing I can do the same and argue the kids will suffer as a result as I cannot tow trailers for our kayaks, camps and more.
I say this as someone with a faith: nobody should ever get preferential treatment under the law for having a faith.
If this clown kills someone next time he uses his phone while driving, part of the guilt will lie with the judge.
Shouldn’t even go to court these things. Instant ban. 1 year. Easy. Next.
12 points means he has been given multiple chances!
It’s about time that only DVSA/DVLA had the authority to ban, take it away from judges/magistrates who might have their own biases.
Also a quick google suggests that ‘Mahanaim Church of God’ could well be prosperity gospel church (it appears to be pentecostal /charismatic). How you going to extract money out of your parishioners if you can’t drive?
They’re really that badly run that they can’t get another 12 Pastors to run these churches? I wonder how much he makes on the grift?
If this one man is the only one able to conduct services at all these churches then this sounds more like a scam than a religion. Perhaps try appointing some other people to run services or would this eat into his profits?
It’s laughable that the JP was fooled by this charlatan’s tale of woe.
If I sincerely believed that there was an omnipotent and omniscient creator watching my every move and making judgements that might imperil my immortal soul I wouldn’t so much as pick my nose at a red traffic light.
The fact that this guy refuses to adhere to the basic laws that ensure the safety of the public even though *he thinks God himself is watching* means that there is absolutely nothing that can be done other than ban him from driving.
WTF I assumed that was an American headline.
It seems we are edging towards a system where motorists are considered more important then the lives the threaten as well.
The exceptional hardship loophole needs to be closed.
If you know that being banned from driving is going to cause exceptional hardship then maybe you shouldn’t be using your phone when you’re driving, how’s that for an idea?
Oh no you fucking dont.
Enough with this utter bullshit.
Absolutely pathetic courts here in the UK when it comes to driving offences. Judges seem to actively look for excuses to not enforce the law/ punish dangerous drivers.
If anything, the congregation would benefit from not having someone so reckless with other people’s safety available as a spiritual leader.
I think his position of community responsibility warrants **tougher** sentencing.