Post by IncubusPost by abelardworse, he's been disqualified from driving for16 months
wots he gonna do...drive round the the prison yard?
or is this an assumption that he won't serve
half his sentence?
When does the disqualification begin? Because the sentence is under two
years, he will only be required to serve 11 months. That means a
four-month ban if the disqualification doesn't begin upon release.
Of course he will serve 22 months, it's just that some of it will be in
custody and the rest on licence.
With his type of offence it could well be that he gets to an open prison
very quickly, in which case he could well have been able to drive once
he is allowed to do outside work - or on the specific days when he is
given day release. The ban would obviously remove that possibility.
It is also quite likely that he would be released well before 11 months
on HDC - the 'tag'. In which case his driving ban could have quite an
impact.
Furthermore, he is likely to find his insurance premiums have increased
significantly when he does try to get back behind the wheel, so he
hasn't got away too lightly overall - not that I sympathise with his
recklessness in any way.