Monday, October 05, 2009

Apparently the law doesn't apply to Harriet

Careless driving carries a penalty of nine points on the driving licence and a £2,500 fine. Using a mobile phone whilst driving will cost you £60 and three points on your licence. Leaving the scene of an accident can land you in jail for up to six months. I mention this because:

Harriet Harman was allegedly seen crashing her car into another stationary vehicle while using a mobile phone, and then leaving the scene of the accident without reporting it or attempting to leave contact details. Apparently when challenged by an eyewitness she claimed, "I'm Harriet Harman, you know where you can get me". Drivers involved in a collision are required by law to either report it to the police or pass on their details to the other driver. She's a lawyer, she must know that.

Harman is famous for her appalling driving practices. She was caught at 99 mph on the M4 and was banned from driving for 7 days in 2003. Usually a 99 mph ticket means the police caught you doing over 100 mph and some plea bargaining took place at the side of the road. Being caught at speeds of 100 mph or more means an instant ban. She was also clocked at 50mph in a 40 zone in 2007 and was sent a court summons after failing to pay a £60 fine. It's beginning to look as though Ms Harman considers herself above the law doesn't it?

So, Derren Brown then, He did an entire show last week based on trying to predict the outcome of a single spin at the roulette wheel, and failed. It was the oddest programme. He claimed he'd stolen £5,000 from a viewer by hypnotising him, and then took that money to the roulette table where he subsequently lost it. In fairness he did apologise and offer to pay back the cash. But it was a monument to anticlimax. The only thing I can think is that an impressive near miss at the end of the series was paving the way for something else.

I'm quite sure that he really wasn't trying to predict the outcome of the spin with speed and trajectory calculations in real time, despite what he told us. There was live footage from a casino, but we weren't told where it was and it could have been a studio set. I'm still thinking about it

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