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A driver who did two hand brake turns on the M62 after rowing with his girlfriend has escaped punishment.

CCTV footage shows the driver, Marc Kirk, stop suddenly on the hard shoulder, before looping back down the motorway in the wrong direction where he performs a hand brake turn, leaving his Vauxhall Corsa in the middle lane.

Kirk then sped off back towards the hard shoulder to where his passengers, who had left the car, were standing, and performed a second hand brake turn to lea...Read the full article

How soon after this was he caught?

He was probably drunk or drugged at the time.

I wouldnt be too concerned about the fact he didnt go to prison. By current sentencing standards, even if he had killed someone he would have only got a year or so inside. Then he would have been let out after 6 months anyway.

Quattro369:

He was probably drunk or drugged!

Indeed...lucky we have all those cameras to catch them.

Prison time would have been a pointless waste of time and resources.  But why a two year ban?  I'd expect something like that for a 73 year-old biddy caught driving the wrong way down the motorway by mistake.  Ban for life, surely?  He has clearly demonstrated that he does not have the level of responsibility needed to operate a motor vehicle on the public roads.

Unbelievable. If he does this sort of thing just because he rows with his girlfriend what would he do if he was really angry ? We need to keep these types off the road entirely and just banning him whilst he's abroad means nothing. The only message this sort of treatment sends to any other like minded driver is that you can get away with doing it.

The Colonel:

Ban for life, surely?  He has clearly demonstrated that he does not have the level of responsibility needed to operate a motor vehicle on the public roads.

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The only down side to this thought is the little scrote will probably be out driving without a licence in weeks.

We definitely need to clamp down harder on a**eholes like this.

Ok he got a two year ban, what does that actually mean, nothing, if that idiot is prepared to do that on a motorway do judges honestly think he will not get behind the wheel again. How many times do you see these cop films on TV with pursuits of uninsured,banned drivers who really have no regard for the law or the safety of other road users. Cut his hands and feet off and fit him with a tag that will blow his b**** off if he goes near an ignition key.

How did he not cause an ?? Nobody would drive the wrong way down a motorway with oncoming traffic on purpose unless they were drunk or on .

Unbelievable.  An independent body should be set up to audit the punishments that judges hand out - if one is found to be consistently grossly lenient or too harsh (not likely) then a recommendation should be made for said judge to undergo some form of re-training - maybe pluck them from their ivory towers and have them reaquaint themselves with life in the 21st century....at the end of the day the work a judge does is a job like any other - some are better at it than others and it is wrong to allow judges to be beyond reproach.

Looking at the video it's bad enough that he's driving deliberately up the wrong way on a motorway, but you've got other drivers having to take avoiding action.   You simply don't expect someone to come towards you on the lane you're in.   This was without question dangerous driving and should be seriously punshied.   A 2 year ban isn't serious enough, 5 years would be more like it, maybe even a whole decade.

As for his girlfriend, she's better off walking.

I can't believe the passengers got back in the car with him! Beggars belief!

What a piece of work.

 There are too many people who abuse the privilege of being able to drive without proper regard to other road users. They drive too fast for the road conditions or their abilities (speed in itself is not an issue), and/or disobey the rules of the road.  They are not insured, taxed, licensed, MOTed, who are drunk or on drugs.

Let’s be honest.  Such people are just plain anti-social and irresponsible.  They do not deserve the same privileges as the rest of us.

The problem is what do you do with them?  If the police catch them, they don’t care.  If they get a fine, they don’t pay it, If they get banned, they just drive anyway. When their car is scrapped, they buy another.  Even if they are jailed, this is often seen as a “badge of honour”.

I don’t have an answer, I don’t think anyone does.

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