Dennis receives six-month driving ban

[Tazio]

McLaren Group executive chairman Ron Dennis has been banned from driving on the road for six months.

Dennis this week pleaded guilty at Woking Magistrates Court to failing to stop for a red light in Bagshot last September. The three points he received for the offence subsequently pushed his total up to 12, which resulted in him being given an automatic six-month ban. [Dennis defended himself in the hearing by claming that he should be spared a driving ban because of the inconvenience it would cause to his work and family life, and that he had driven through the light to avoid collision with a friend's car which was following close behind

Is it just me or is telling the Magistrate that you ran the light because you were trying to avoid a collision from a car behind you driven by a friend, is a pretty lame excuse.
BTW is this one of those photo-enforced tickets?
Those things piss me off.

[AndyL]

So now Ron needs a chauffeur. And McLaren just re-hired Pedro De La Rosa. Coincidence?

[555-04Q2]

So now Ron needs a chauffeur. And McLaren just re-hired Pedro De La Rosa. Coincidence?

They found a use for the old bugger after all

[SGWilko]

Is it just me or is telling the Magistrate that you ran the light because you were trying to avoid a collision from a car behind you driven by a friend, is a pretty lame excuse.
BTW is this one of those photo-enforced tickets?
Those things piss me off.

Mate of mine lost his license for failing to stop at a pedestrian crossing. In the court hearing, had he said he did not stop due to the closeness of the car behing, the prosecution, in summing up, suggested he would have got off........

[Retro Formula 1]

Is it just me or is telling the Magistrate that you ran the light because you were trying to avoid a collision from a car behind you driven by a friend, is a pretty lame excuse.
BTW is this one of those photo-enforced tickets?
Those things piss me off.

Yep, it is if it's where I think it happened by the A30 Junction.

[Mark]

It's the responsibility of the following car to maintain an appropriate distance.

[CNR]

illegal drag racing ?

[gloomyDAY]

Sucker! Another example of Ron's poor decision-making skills (see: China 2007).

[Tazio]

It's the responsibility of the following car to maintain an appropriate distance.

That is true Mark but it is usually only applied in the case of an accident, or when observed by a traffic cop.
In other words Ron would have had to let the guy hit him if it was a photo enforced citation.
That is where the part about the guy that forced him to run the light being a friend starts to sound contrived.
It’s too convenient of an excuse to have a material witness in a case where there was no accident, and only a friend to back up his word and take the bullet for him.
But maybe it's true, Ron would never lie.

[Tazio]

illegal drag racing ?