Footballer initiation

John Terry is initiated into mainline football: the new England captain was fined £100 for failing to tell police who was driving his Bentley (what else?) when someone was filmed speeding in it.

Where? Do you care? I don't. I don't particularly like football, even less now after this report. And I don't like John Terry as a result. Not that he'd be bothered to read that.

Generously, he admitted not responding to police within the one-month time limit. Couldn't do anything else, if he didn't, could he?

Is this all you pay? £100. Presumably you get the points added to the licence? But, maybe you don't.

After all, there is no conviction. No crime. Simply the 'oversight' of not responding.

I'll pass it on (pun intentional).

Did you know that the choices exist of paying £100 for a speed awareness course and no points added to your licence or pay £60 with 3 points. If you don't get points it won't affect your insurance.

Mind you, it requires integrity and a sense of real responsibility to admit speeding rather than wriggling through hoops to avoid it.

The self-delusion is that something has been 'got away with'. Actually, people aren't always that stupid. They know very well that the worm has been doing some wrigling.