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Emma Watson banned from driving for speeding
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this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2025
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Look at a speedometer. You see where 30 is? Now see where 40 is. Do you notice that the line for 40 is past the line for 30? If the needle is past the line for 30 you are diving too fast. There is no way you can do it unless you are not paying attention to your speed.
I was once pulled over for doing 50 in a 30 and I was just coasting down a long hill. I've also been pulled over for doing 35 in a 25mph zone (a classic Texas small town speed trap where the posted speed went from 65 to 55 to 25 in a very short distance with a cop posted at the 25 sign. You had to be on the brakes to make it.) Some cars are quite quick, foot on the gas pedal a moment too long and you've blown through 8mph. Some people spend more time with their eyes outside the car than on the dash. Hell a lot of you drive around with highbeams on and there's an indicator light for that too.
But also, "Watson already had nine points on her licence before the speeding incident occurred, the court heard."
You paint a picture of a fucking atrocious driver who should not be on the road.
I'm glad my two anecdotes of 25-ish years of driving have given you a complete picture.
That's because Americans learn to drive at like 16 and then as long as they don't literally run over the instructor they pass.
Yes, a lot of people are bad at driving
I'm sorry your defence is that the gravity was doing the work not the engine and therefore the speed doesn't count? You realise that's not how it works
Did I say it doesn't count? The cop didn't issue me a ticket so he didn't think so.