[0] Quentin Willson's motoring column: Another fine mess.Byline: Quentin Willson Quentin Willson (born 23 July 1957) is a British TV presenter and motoring expert. He is perhaps most famed as a presenter of the motoring programmes Top Gear and Fifth Gear. I NOW have proof that the punishments meted out Adj. 1. meted out - given out in portions apportioned, dealt out, doled out, parceled out distributed - spread out or scattered about or divided up to speeders by magistrates are as consistent and predictable as two football supporters stuck in a revolving door. As you'll have read, Princess Anne was recently nabbed doing 92mph on a motorway and was given five points and a stgpounds 400 fine. Motoring penalties are means-tested, so when you plead guilty you fill out a form saying how much you earn. Not long ago, I was stopped for doing 98mph on the M40. Like HRH HRH abbr. Her (or His) Royal Highness HRH Her (or His) Royal Highness HRH abbr (= His (or Her) Royal Highness) → S.A.R. I received five points, but my fine was stgpounds 800. Now, unless I'm mistaken, Princess Anne is rather better off than I am. So why was my fine double HRH's? Was it because I'm on the telly? Do beaks prefer Bentleys? Or was it a dark conspiracy Dark Conspiracy is a role-playing game originally developed by GDW in 1991. It has passed through many hands over the years, and early in 2006, it has been licenced to The Gamers' Conglomerate, a small start-up RPG company. , involving John Prescott? Maybe the answer was simpler - they thought me common. |
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