to clarify a few things...

you cannot lose your licence for 28 days for getting too many demerit points. once you hit 12 points in any 3 year period, you get the 'option letter'. this gives you the option of either taking a 3 month suspension starting from 28 days from the date of the letter, or you can take a 12 month bond, also atrting 28 days later. if you accrue 1 single point in that 12 month period your suspension is doubled to 6 months.

to be issued a 1 month suspension, it is generally for a speeding offence in which you have been done between 30 - 34 kph over the speed limit.

if you get an 'on the spot' 1 month suspension, this takes effect 28 days after the offence unless you challenge it in court.

once you are in court, the decision is immediate.

and to put it into perspective, the fact that he was not speeding or drunk whilst driving suspended does not make it not so bad....

the reason he was suspended in the first place was that he had done the wrong thing on the road, potentially putting himself and others at risk.

i am by no means advocating a crucifixion, but i hate people glossing over or making light of these situations.

hope young Andrew takes stock of the seriousness of road safety. If he isn't maybe just consider the fact that similar idiot road behaviour has cost the lives of some 7 month olds....

Not to mention the possible legal ramifications of anything going wrong if you drive while unlicensed ... such as having an accident, even if not your fault.

spot on headplant. imagine David Teague's incident happened to Walker. Mechanical failure leading to serious accident causing injury. that's jail time right there. no suspended sentence. and kiss an AFL career goodbye.

Walker is just covewring for him!

Who? Didak or Milne?

I was giving evidence in a case in the Darwin court a while ago when I noticed some hectic police activity. Apparently in the court next door, a guy had lost his licence for the third or fourth time and walked straight out of the court, got in his car, did a burn out and took off driving up the road. Police gave chase, apprehended him and dragged him back to the same magistrate that he had appeared before only minutes earlier.

For some reason the judge was not all that impressed and handed down a rather severe penalty.