Charlie picks up penalty points

HOW about a penalty points system for those driving our economy? Are Charlie McCreevy and his cohorts really fit to be behind the wheel?

The sharp application of brakes while dramatically exceeding the advised speed limit, followed by a sharp u-turn without the use of indicators, amounts to reckless driving in anyone’s book.

Reversing at full speed and hitting the sick, the elderly, schoolchildren, young househunters and public-service users without owning up to the consequences is a serious crime.

If you witnessed such driving on the roads, you would certainly remember it four and a half years later.

Seamus Lynch,

Seaview Park,

Portrane,

Co Dublin