They hand out £60 fines and 3 points for doing a few mph over because it's a potential danger.
She really has nearly killed lots of people so a custodial sentance is the only way to handle it. That and competence testing once you're past retirement age.
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If the driver committing the offence was a spotty Chav in a Saxo playing loud music he'd have his licence taken away and be banged up for being a menace to society (quite right too!) But because it's some little old dear the CPS has to "think about it in the public interest"
And as Hellcat says, doing a few mph over the speed limit can get you hammered with a fine and points, yet driving extremely dangerously whilst oblivious to other motorists and putting their lives at risk doesn't warrant such instant punishment? Stupid and unfair, and putting out completely the wrong message to the general public.
The woman concerned needs to have her licence withdrawn and re-sit an extended driving test to have any hope of driving again in my opinion. Think of what may have happend if the other drivers hadn't avoided her...