'the Bling Ring' Star Emma Watson Banned From Driving For Six Months Because She Keeps Speeding

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She danced connected a rod successful "The Bling Ring." As bookish Hermione Granger, she formed spells successful "Harry Potter." And for nan past fewer years, Emma Watson has been studying for a imaginative penning grade astatine Oxford. It was location that she was ticketed for speeding past year, according to nan BBC. The leadfooted thespian was doing 38 mph successful a 30-mph zone, and nan tribunal judgement added 3 much points to nan 9 that she already had connected her license. Watson paid nan good of astir $1,400 — which sounds alternatively steep — and was banned from driving for six months.

OK, 38 successful a 30 doesn't sound for illustration thing excessively crazy, but apparently Watson has made a wont of this mischief and now has to surrender nan keys to her Audi. I would ideate this is simply a spot of a drag, arsenic she's now 35 years aged and has been connected a hiatus from nan screen, alternatively studying astatine 1 of England's astir prestigious universities. I'm besides wondering if she's mostly been busting nan velocity limit by azygous digits connected metropolis streets, aliases if she's racked up immoderate much awesome violations connected her nation's motorways.

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What jumps retired of nan communicative isn't that Watson is immoderate benignant of velocity freak. According to People, her discourtesy successful Oxford was captured by a camera. Same point has happened to maine erstwhile driving successful New York City, and I was zipping on astatine much than 10 mph supra nan posted limit. But a $1,400 good for nan Hogwarts alum?

The only point I tin fig is that because Watson was ticketed past year, location must person been immoderate precocious fees aliases thing that sewage tacked on. Failing that, some ray investigation into really speeding fines are handled successful England indicates that an offender tin beryllium billed up to 75 percent of their play income. Informal estimates of Watson's nett worthy peg it astatine $85 million, truthful possibly immoderate she pays herself figured into nan fine? So a small little than $2,000 a week? Seems awfully humble for 1 of nan highest paid actresses successful nan history of cinema. Maybe nan judged showed mercy.

Or possibly she's conscionable gone thoroughly normcore. And to beryllium honest, it's easier than ever to rack up speeding tickets successful cities nowadays, as nan reign of nan velocity camera has arrived.

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Watson joins a group of celebrities who person struggled pinch nan laws of their section roadways. David Letterman often lamented being stopped by authorities troopers, erstwhile nan big was down nan instrumentality of his Porsche 911, arsenic nan talk-show big liked to level it connected his commute from Connecticut to Manhattan (he besides loved velocity truthful overmuch that he started his ain racing team). Elon Musk and Johnny Depp were pulled complete successful a Tesla Model S. Lindsay Lohan proved she's nary Hermione erstwhile she was cited for doing 59 mph successful a 30 mph zone. Eric Clapton reportedly clocked 134 mph successful France and was outlawed from driving successful nan country.

Honestly, Watson's infraction is reasonably tame, successful nan expansive strategy of celebrated group and their misbehavior down nan wheel. Her consequence was besides wholly Hermione: she dutifully paid nan good and accepted nan six-month suspension of her licence (she did not take to look successful court, thereby sparing nan assemblage municipality a crush of paparazzi). My proposal is that she return advantage of her sizeable and well-earned movie wealthiness and prosecute personification to thrust her astir for a while.