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Old 09-02-2011, 00:04   #1
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Bugger,just got notice in the post. 37 in a 30 oops,in a non built up area and not a soddin car or pedestrian (or anything come to think of it) in site. Camera van was hidden behind bush ,Gutted as i have had a squeaky clean license for 25 years. Any idea what fine i'll get or is it the £60 and three points thing?
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Old 09-02-2011, 00:07   #2
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Bugger,just got notice in the post. 37 in a 30 oops,in a non built up area and not a soddin car or pedestrian (or anything come to think of it) in site. Camera van was hidden behind bush ,Gutted as i have had a squeaky clean license for 25 years. Any idea what fine i'll get or is it the £60 and three points thing?
i got done too .. 36 in a 30 ...... horrific crime i know .... i was given the option to attend a speed awareness course, still a £60 fine but no points ..... still waiting for my " invitation to attend "
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Old 09-02-2011, 00:09   #3
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arent they supost to be visible for 2oom or something like that,is it a notice of intended prosecution seem to remember theres a eu court ruling on your right to silence being ignored or some such gumpf!
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The last one I got was 3points and £30 that was 1991- and I was happy with that, 60.2 in a 40..the copper said but you were slowing down i said "no 60.2 is fine with me"
i was driving my capri 2100cc with a 3.0L Diff and Hit 85 off the lights in 3rd... them were the dayz!!!
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don't forget, if you are in a T2 commercial or a Navara you can only do 50 on a single track national speed limit road, not 60 as you can in a car! The police round this way are picking people up for this now!
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3 and 60 or a Briggie course if you're lucky.
I'll get moderated if I start telling you how to get off
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3 and 60 or a Briggie course if you're lucky.
I'll get moderated if I start telling you how to get off
there is allways a PM
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I normally have the greatest respect for our law enforcers,and would normally defend them if anyone was having a pop-BUT FOR CRYING OUT LOUD SHOULDN'T YOU BE CATCHING REAL CRIMINALS .Was telling a bloke at work and he was "done" on the same stretch of road last year, and he, like me, cos of where the road is ,ie country lane in the middle of nowhere, thought at least it was a 40 .
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bad luck buddy, but its very typical the way you were caught out. It really isnt accounting for a momentery lapse of speed. Your previous record should have helped you here, but as ever the road traffic police dont care about catching "real criminals" because their job is to catch speeders, and other bad road users. Im all for the police like you, but there is too much in justice going on right now that its hard to keep smiling...
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As we're on the subject, thought I'd repost this

http://rapidshare.com/files/44442269...veau_radar.pps

... gives a run down of new french cameras etc. In french - but hey, we're all keen europeans aren't we.
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I normally have the greatest respect for our law enforcers,and would normally defend them if anyone was having a pop-BUT FOR CRYING OUT LOUD SHOULDN'T YOU BE CATCHING REAL CRIMINALS .Was telling a bloke at work and he was "done" on the same stretch of road last year, and he, like me, cos of where the road is ,ie country lane in the middle of nowhere, thought at least it was a 40 .
I get your point, but as I was wending my way home on Monday evening, via pedal power, I happened across a Renault Clio on its roof around the lane. The lady in the car said that the young, baseball cap wearing occupants had being going to fast and couldn't make the bend and the car flipped over...

... luckily all they had damaged was their own car and their own overinflated opnion of how good they can drive in the 'souped up' Clio, but had someone been walking, cycling, riding a motorbike or driving toward them there would have been a serious incident. Speeding does kill people and it does ruin lives.

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I get your point, but as I was wending my way home on Monday evening, via pedal power, I happened across a Renault Clio on its roof around the lane. The lady in the car said that the young, baseball cap wearing occupants had being going to fast and couldn't make the bend and the car flipped over...

... luckily all they had damaged was their own car and their own overinflated opnion of how good they can drive in the 'souped up' Clio, but had someone been walking, cycling, riding a motorbike or driving toward them there would have been a serious incident. Speeding does kill people and it does ruin lives.

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Thatcham Transport Laboratory - the governments own watchdog - statistics show that speed is a contributory factor in only about 7% of RTAs.

And despite massive speed camera switch off, accident/injury rate continues to decline.

Far more accidents/injuries/deaths caused by drunk drivers, foreign lorry drivers, tw@ts riding horses on the road etc.., which is where police resources should be targetted - not at people doing 37 in a 30 in the middle of nowhere.

Don't take my word for it. The numbers are freely available in the public domain and pretty much destroy this 'speed kills' stuff. Yes it does, but only in a very small miniority of cases, and when there are quicker/better fixes thats where the resources should go.
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Old 09-02-2011, 12:51   #15
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Speed camera s are like gun laws.
They make no difference to dedicated saxo/clio baseball capped spotty oiks who've over streched their tyres and ability. Similarly your gun totting drug crazed psyhco will hardly be concerned about not having a license for his AK47
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