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Originally Posted by George Sayers
Take a look at Pepipoo which is a forum for fighting the revenue scammers. You may want to fight the case using something like the PACE witness statement.
Check it out and good luck.
Check it out and good luck.
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Originally Posted by ThrustSSC
Madlad, your language isn't exactly the most diplomatic, but I have to say I agree. 37 over the limit, not keeping a good enough look out, and "can honestly say i had no idea how quick we were going" isn't exactly responsible driving!
mickyjeff, you committed the offense, and you say "i will take mine on the chin". Good for you - I really hate it when folks come on here and want to wheedle their way out of taking responsibility for their actions! I hope in the long run this lesson keeps you and others alive and safe (and their Scoobys looking nice and shiny too
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mickyjeff, you committed the offense, and you say "i will take mine on the chin". Good for you - I really hate it when folks come on here and want to wheedle their way out of taking responsibility for their actions! I hope in the long run this lesson keeps you and others alive and safe (and their Scoobys looking nice and shiny too
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Originally Posted by mpr
I think that wishing someone to get banned when they haven't really done anyone any harm is a defining characteristic of a ****.
Now drink drivers,no insurance etc etc deserve banning but someone speeding, in a safe manner (as judged by visibility and road conditions as well as the manner of their driving) does not deserve to be banned for a single offence IMHO.
Its alright saying 37 over the limit repeatedly but you can easily miss a speed sign when you're concentrating on what you're supposed to be (ie the road and not the speedo or some half baked speed limit sign). Lets face it, most "DUAL" (note the spelling) carriage ways are 70 mph so in that context 87 does not seem that excessive IMHO.
If the police actually took time out to catch some of the tossers who are drink driving and driving without insurance then people might have a bit more respect for them..... but no - that's too hard - its much easier to sit on your **** in a van persecuting people who are decent and law abiding in every way apart from not obeying some outdated speed limit.
And yes you can miss the copper in the van when there is good visibility cus the t@sser will have hidden behind a bush to maximise his revenue for the day!
rant over!
Now drink drivers,no insurance etc etc deserve banning but someone speeding, in a safe manner (as judged by visibility and road conditions as well as the manner of their driving) does not deserve to be banned for a single offence IMHO.
Its alright saying 37 over the limit repeatedly but you can easily miss a speed sign when you're concentrating on what you're supposed to be (ie the road and not the speedo or some half baked speed limit sign). Lets face it, most "DUAL" (note the spelling) carriage ways are 70 mph so in that context 87 does not seem that excessive IMHO.
If the police actually took time out to catch some of the tossers who are drink driving and driving without insurance then people might have a bit more respect for them..... but no - that's too hard - its much easier to sit on your **** in a van persecuting people who are decent and law abiding in every way apart from not obeying some outdated speed limit.
And yes you can miss the copper in the van when there is good visibility cus the t@sser will have hidden behind a bush to maximise his revenue for the day!
rant over!
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SORRY to sound STUPID, but gutted, you should'nt be speeding!!!
thats why they are there!!!!!
there is a camera near me, it has FLASHED @ me the last 4 times of me going through it (in 1 week) the speed limit is 50, ive always been under as its been there over 5 years, so WHY it keep FLASHING i dont know!!! BUT now ive got to wait 28 days to see whats what!!!
thats why they are there!!!!!
there is a camera near me, it has FLASHED @ me the last 4 times of me going through it (in 1 week) the speed limit is 50, ive always been under as its been there over 5 years, so WHY it keep FLASHING i dont know!!! BUT now ive got to wait 28 days to see whats what!!!
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Originally Posted by baz69birds
SORRY to sound STUPID, but gutted, you should'nt be speeding!!!
thats why they are there!!!!!
there is a camera near me, it has FLASHED @ me the last 4 times of me going through it (in 1 week) the speed limit is 50, ive always been under as its been there over 5 years, so WHY it keep FLASHING i dont know!!! BUT now ive got to wait 28 days to see whats what!!!
thats why they are there!!!!!
there is a camera near me, it has FLASHED @ me the last 4 times of me going through it (in 1 week) the speed limit is 50, ive always been under as its been there over 5 years, so WHY it keep FLASHING i dont know!!! BUT now ive got to wait 28 days to see whats what!!!
nice to hear your opinion though
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Originally Posted by mickyjeff
i agree i should not have been speeding all those out there with a pocket rocket scoob TVR etc who have never broken the limit step forward this was a mobile not a fixed and i thought they were there according to goverment spin to reduce accidents at blackspots etc and not hidden money makers nice to hear your opinion though
nice to hear your opinion thoughMy work here is done, the hornets nest suitably disturbed and a lively thread was the outcome, would have been boring without my opinion.
I am off back to the Muppets where I belong.
No hard feelings,
Madlad.
P.S. enjoy your Scooby, but take it easy eh.
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Originally Posted by MadLad
So someone else tells you shouldn't be speeding and you give him a thumbs up, I pass my opinion and end up being called childish names, a case of double standards methinks.
My work here is done, the hornets nest suitably disturbed and a lively thread was the outcome, would have been boring without my opinion.
I am off back to the Muppets where I belong.
No hard feelings,
Madlad.
P.S. enjoy your Scooby, but take it easy eh.
My work here is done, the hornets nest suitably disturbed and a lively thread was the outcome, would have been boring without my opinion.
I am off back to the Muppets where I belong.
No hard feelings,
Madlad.
P.S. enjoy your Scooby, but take it easy eh.
defo no hard feelings
drive hard and safe
and watch the chuffing cameras
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Originally Posted by mickyjeff
i agree i should not have been speeding all those out there with a pocket rocket scoob TVR etc who have never broken the limit step forward this was a mobile not a fixed and i thought they were there according to goverment spin to reduce accidents at blackspots etc and not hidden money makers nice to hear your opinion though
nice to hear your opinion though& in a way i think they are WRONG, but in another they are doing what they are meant to do?
& why some people BURN/BLOW UP them is mind boggling to me,
we PAY enough TAX's on everything, & PETROL (tut) & there are enough SPEED BUMPS around, why have MOBILE CAMERAS!!!!
WASTE of our MONEY!!!
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I got stopped last week doing 57 in a 30 which used to be a 40mph zone. It was a nice dual lane road, sunny conditions, in a pack of 3 cars doing the same speed. I guess the coppers only pulled me because the other two cars were a punto and corsa. Got a court appearance coming up.
This is absolutely ridiculous that i got pulled just because i have a nicer car.
On my first day too mate In fact i had just bought and got it registered in my name and the garage i bought it from were giving me a "demonstration" if you like, to make sure it was all working ok.
This is absolutely ridiculous that i got pulled just because i have a nicer car.
On my first day too mate
In fact i had just bought and got it registered in my name and the garage i bought it from were giving me a "demonstration" if you like, to make sure it was all working ok.
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Originally Posted by Ver.4
I got stopped last week doing 57 in a 30 which used to be a 40mph zone. It was a nice dual lane road, sunny conditions, in a pack of 3 cars doing the same speed. I guess the coppers only pulled me because the other two cars were a punto and corsa. Got a court appearance coming up.
This is absolutely ridiculous that i got pulled just because i have a nicer car.
On my first day too mate In fact i had just bought and got it registered in my name and the garage i bought it from were giving me a "demonstration" if you like, to make sure it was all working ok.
This is absolutely ridiculous that i got pulled just because i have a nicer car.
On my first day too mate
In fact i had just bought and got it registered in my name and the garage i bought it from were giving me a "demonstration" if you like, to make sure it was all working ok. but dont know if the fact it was a thirty makes any difference, good luck in court, take it on the chin 
enjoy your car and sod the jealous b.stards years ago when i was twenty i had a V6 TVR Tuscan real quick for its day used to get pulled three sometimes four times a day used to make them give me the HORT 1 forms then take them to the local nick and watch the poor sod on the desk filling in all the paperwork 
didnt say what the scoob was adios
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hard luck mate!
the thing with these cameras is that it takes all the human discretion out of whether you get a ticket or not.
just revenue makers!
a friend of mine whose wife is a copper told me most camera vans are coppers doing overtime volunterily!
there is a 2 mile stretch of dual carriareway near me was 70 now 50 , and there is a copper there regularly.
one sad B*stard was even sat there new years day morning!!!
madlad . well out of order
, you dont tell me you drive a scoob and never wander over limit : 
the thing with these cameras is that it takes all the human discretion out of whether you get a ticket or not.
just revenue makers!
a friend of mine whose wife is a copper told me most camera vans are coppers doing overtime volunterily!
there is a 2 mile stretch of dual carriareway near me was 70 now 50 , and there is a copper there regularly.
one sad B*stard was even sat there new years day morning!!!
madlad . well out of order
, you dont tell me you drive a scoob and never wander over limit :
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You do not have to get banned for this mate (although you do need to slow down and not say stupid things like you didnt know how fast you were going!!!).
If you had been caught by a copper (who might have also done society a REAL favour by checking your tyres/insurance/mot etc) you have few options. However since you got caught by a 'robot' covertly placed to extort money from motorists you have many more options - this is as they are prosecuting virtually almost everyone in the country and make mistakes and have lots of paperwork to do. Look u pthe Section 172 rule elsewhere
I have 6 points from scamera vans and had a road angel on all ocassions - they are useless for laser...
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PS half an hour after getting the STi V I got stopped - but it was a human being and he gave me a clip 'round the ear'ole! The good old days - now it's fleecing and not policing...
If you had been caught by a copper (who might have also done society a REAL favour by checking your tyres/insurance/mot etc) you have few options. However since you got caught by a 'robot' covertly placed to extort money from motorists you have many more options - this is as they are prosecuting virtually almost everyone in the country and make mistakes and have lots of paperwork to do. Look u pthe Section 172 rule elsewhere
I have 6 points from scamera vans and had a road angel on all ocassions - they are useless for laser...
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PS half an hour after getting the STi V I got stopped - but it was a human being and he gave me a clip 'round the ear'ole! The good old days - now it's fleecing and not policing...
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I was caught by a police man, he had a speed gun though and I never said anything stupid, I was kind and polite to them in all respects. Before I even got into his car he had a court thing out ready to be filled in. buggered now, people (solicitor) been saying im looking at a ban :S
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For friends experiences, it's not the speed, but the percentage over the limit, that denotes how harshly you're dealt with.
Sorry, but whilst there's no excuse for plod picking one car out of a group traveling at a similar speed, neither is there much of an excuse for traveling at 74% over the limit (87 in 50) and less still for 90% over the limit (57 in a 30). And yes I have been done (78 in 60 whilst overtaking a slow truck, which is 30% before anyone points it out).
I'm afraid it does sound very much like you'll be relieved of your licences for a little while.
Josh
Sorry, but whilst there's no excuse for plod picking one car out of a group traveling at a similar speed, neither is there much of an excuse for traveling at 74% over the limit (87 in 50) and less still for 90% over the limit (57 in a 30). And yes I have been done (78 in 60 whilst overtaking a slow truck, which is 30% before anyone points it out).
I'm afraid it does sound very much like you'll be relieved of your licences for a little while.
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Originally Posted by mpr
What sort of **** are you? You can't know what sort of road he was on or the conditions etc yet you spout off as though it must have been dangerous!
It could be a 5 lane wide 100 mile empty straight but if the limit is 50 then 87 is a nono
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Hold on this was a brand new WRX STI u picked up so it wasn't even run in.
so 4krpm limit or there abouts.
and u managed to hit 87mph in a 50mph stretch.
so u pretty much redlined it in the lower gears then???
can't remember what 4k rpm in 6th was in mine during the running in period but i don't think i ever went over 80mph during my first 1k miles running in.
so 4krpm limit or there abouts.
and u managed to hit 87mph in a 50mph stretch.
so u pretty much redlined it in the lower gears then???
can't remember what 4k rpm in 6th was in mine during the running in period but i don't think i ever went over 80mph during my first 1k miles running in.
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Ahh but he cant be done for that Chungster - well not until it is proved lucrative and a tacho laser detectable anyway 
Just found this -
http://www.radarbusters.com/support/...-2004/veil.asp
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Just found this -
http://www.radarbusters.com/support/...-2004/veil.asp
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no i don't care about his licence mate i was thinking more along of the lines of not giving a monkeys about the running in process for the engine!
i got told by the dealer to not nail it or go over 4-5krpm MAX
i got told by the dealer to not nail it or go over 4-5krpm MAX
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Originally Posted by ChungsterSTI
Hold on this was a brand new WRX STI u picked up so it wasn't even run in.
so 4krpm limit or there abouts.
and u managed to hit 87mph in a 50mph stretch.
so u pretty much redlined it in the lower gears then???
can't remember what 4k rpm in 6th was in mine during the running in period but i don't think i ever went over 80mph during my first 1k miles running in.
so 4krpm limit or there abouts.
and u managed to hit 87mph in a 50mph stretch.
so u pretty much redlined it in the lower gears then???
can't remember what 4k rpm in 6th was in mine during the running in period but i don't think i ever went over 80mph during my first 1k miles running in.
All this ban lark does is pick on the people who are for the most part law abiding. The rest don't give a **** about a ban - or the fine, they just ignore them both and carry on regardless.....
I would have thought/hoped that most people on here are driving enthusiasts and would speed on occasion (in an appropriate place with proper dilligence), but to listen to some of you spout..... it makes me wonder why you aren't all pootling about in a friggin 1 litre shopping trolley.
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thanks for the support road conditions very wide open dual carridgeway no schools nothing great road surface suddenly drops to fifty for about fifty metres then back to seventy been back today and cant figure out why,
hmmm how can a dual carriageway be 70 mph limit
max on these is 60
motorway is the only road with 70 limit
have a read of highway code
i would say ur still looking at about a 28 day ban though
steve
hmmm how can a dual carriageway be 70 mph limit
max on these is 60
motorway is the only road with 70 limit
have a read of highway code
i would say ur still looking at about a 28 day ban though
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Originally Posted by 5cby
hmmm how can a dual carriageway be 70 mph limit
max on these is 60
motorway is the only road with 70 limit
have a read of highway code
max on these is 60
motorway is the only road with 70 limit
have a read of highway code
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Originally Posted by 5cby
well i did pass nearly 20 years ago
That said, the Powers That Be should make everyone re-read it and re-take their test every 4 years, IMHO. That might do something about the accident and congestion rates!
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25mph over the limit is a court appearance, 30mph and the recommendation will be a ban. You can only be banned in person at court so if they insist on you being there make sure you have bus money.
Dual carriageway are two/three laned roads (in each direction) seperated by physical barrier normal crash barriers can be grass verge or kerbing. Speed limit 70mph (for cars) has been years
Dual carriageway are two/three laned roads (in each direction) seperated by physical barrier normal crash barriers can be grass verge or kerbing. Speed limit 70mph (for cars) has been years
Ever get tailgated?