Woman sorry for causing car crash

10:20am Thursday 6th September 2012 in Oxford

A woman who drifted into an oncoming vehicle on Stanford Road has admitted driving without due care and attention.

Penelope Eastman, 61, of Molesey Road in Hersham, Surrey, was driving her Volkswagen Golf towards Faringdon on May 19 when the incident happened.

Both cars were written off.

Eastman, who previously had a clean record, said: “I can only imagine I did lose attention and therefore did drift across the road.

“I am very sorry for having caused this.”

She was given six points on her licence and fined £200 at Oxford Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

Comments (7)

11:02am Thu 6 Sep 12

xjohnx says...

Got caught! Bet she was sorry.
Got caught! Bet she was sorry. xjohnx

11:13am Thu 6 Sep 12

Quentin Walker says...

Refreshingly honest.
Refreshingly honest. Quentin Walker

2:19pm Thu 6 Sep 12

King Joke says...

Yes it is refreshing, instead of the usual blaming a sat nav, sun in my eyes, being colour blind, going through a difficult time, and all the usual excuses for driving like a dkichead you read about in these pages.
Yes it is refreshing, instead of the usual blaming a sat nav, sun in my eyes, being colour blind, going through a difficult time, and all the usual excuses for driving like a dkichead you read about in these pages. King Joke

2:25pm Thu 6 Sep 12

## Nonny Mouse ## says...

6 points and a £200 fine? Is that it???

I'm actually gobsmacked. People have been banned for alot less.
6 points and a £200 fine? Is that it??? I'm actually gobsmacked. People have been banned for alot less. ## Nonny Mouse ##

2:43pm Thu 6 Sep 12

## Nonny Mouse ## says...

I can only imagine that the magistrate was also a 61yr old woman and was lenient out of empathy.

Had that been a 20-something 'losing attention' they would have had the book thrown at them and been disqualified for years!!! - And rightly so!
I can only imagine that the magistrate was also a 61yr old woman and was lenient out of empathy. Had that been a 20-something 'losing attention' they would have had the book thrown at them and been disqualified for years!!! - And rightly so! ## Nonny Mouse ##

4:25pm Fri 7 Sep 12

eatmygoal says...

She has basically admitted to something all of us have done - momentarily lost concentration - but have largely been a lot more lucky than she was. The penalty appears to me to fit the crime and the consequences.
She has basically admitted to something all of us have done - momentarily lost concentration - but have largely been a lot more lucky than she was. The penalty appears to me to fit the crime and the consequences. eatmygoal

12:50pm Sun 9 Sep 12

King Joke says...

@lordpetermcvey wrote:
## Nonny Mouse ## wrote: 6 points and a £200 fine? Is that it??? I'm actually gobsmacked. People have been banned for alot less.
Drive at 60 down Woodstock Rd at 4am with no traffic or pedestrians around and have no accident and you will get a far more severe punishment, yet drive onto the other side of the road write 2 cars off, and put another drivers life in danger and you walk off with little more than a fixed penalty notice. There is something fishy with that sentence.
Quite simple. Don't drive down the Woodstock Rd at 60 mph then. 4am, 4pm, the rule is the same. If you like driving fast, pish off to Germany or the Isle of Man.
[quote][p][bold]@lordpetermcvey[/bold] wrote: [quote][p][bold]## Nonny Mouse ##[/bold] wrote: 6 points and a £200 fine? Is that it??? I'm actually gobsmacked. People have been banned for alot less.[/p][/quote]Drive at 60 down Woodstock Rd at 4am with no traffic or pedestrians around and have no accident and you will get a far more severe punishment, yet drive onto the other side of the road write 2 cars off, and put another drivers life in danger and you walk off with little more than a fixed penalty notice. There is something fishy with that sentence.[/p][/quote]Quite simple. Don't drive down the Woodstock Rd at 60 mph then. 4am, 4pm, the rule is the same. If you like driving fast, pish off to Germany or the Isle of Man. King Joke

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