Much as I am enamoured of our legal system, thinking that it compares favourably with vile duress under which our continental cousins suffer, there is always that one odd judge capable of making me stop and reconsider:

Judge Jonathan Durham Hall, QC, was speaking at
Cardiff Crown Court when he banned Ricky Boon, 18, from driving for
five years for his involvement in a 95mph race.

The
judge told him: "At 24 you may just be suitable to sit behind the wheel
of a car. It seems to me that that is about the first time young men
should drive. Everybody knows young men and motor cars just do not go
together. One wonders how many dead or badly injured people there have
to be before insurance companies or Parliament say enough is enough."

No doubt voting at 30 and sex at 50 to follow.