sti555

Had a nice brown letter arrive yesterday.. Court summons 103mph in a 70 zone from 1st Sept... Oh dear.. in court Jan, contemplating a ban.. Anyone on here committed a similar offence would like to know roughly what to expect!

goonasuk

took its time getting to you.....

First you heard of it or were you pulled over and cautioned?

scoobchrissy

iTrader: (1)

Not saying to much! been done twice at 102 fined nowt else 2nd time 107 £150 2 month ban no points

sti555

I was eventually pulled over on the day, had the flu "nipped" out to get some cat food.... did'nt bother having laser detector on, gutted only just got a clean license again.... I was beginning to think they had forgotten about it!...

Scoobcrissy, did it make difference to your insurance??

Merry Christmas, Baaaaa Humbug!

[Edited by sti555 - 12/20/2003 11:19:49 PM]

Poor Guy

****in pigs. they havent got anything else better to do.

sti555

Yeah.. I know, too busy pulling me over for "spot" checks and following me home all the time..

Arrrrrghhhh!

Chris L

C'mon then Chris, spill the beans

STI555 - if I were you, do your research on a site such Speed Trap Bible and consider getting yourself some legal representation. PryceWoodrow who advertise on STB offer fixed cost representation.

You may not escape the points or fine, but you might not get the ban - got to be worth a try.

Chris

sti555

Chris Thanks for the info...

Advice wise, a member of the family sits on the court, suggests I just admit it gracefully, & bend over, just abit worried as up same time as the drink driving fools after christmas.. hope I don't get tared with the same brush when the wooden tops are in harsh mode...

Matt Classic

Was in court for 96mph in a 60 on Monday. I got £350 + £35 costs and 6 points. Would have been well happy with a 2-4 week but they seem to be getting wise to it and giving points out instead.
10:30 at night I got caught, copper hiding in a farmers field entrance on a stretch of road with no juctions or houses for 2 miles.
I'm sure all the dealers and peadophiles were happy to know that whilst I was entertaining the law, they could go about their crimes undetected

BEW

What a load of old tripe!

You reckon someone doing over a ton should get off?

OH before the flaming starts I was in court 2 months ago for a "tad" more than that,got 4 points and £150 fine.
No whinging here,took my chance,got caught,lesson learnt!

Poor Guy

depeneds on the driver.

Smiler

:ekk: Are you seriously trying to justify your speed of 96 in a 60 zone?? Grow up FFS

sti555

cheers Mat,

Just abit p***ed off it took so long, copper at the time gave me the impression I would'nt here anything as it really was'nt that fast on that stretch of road, he said courts are too busy processing 120+ etc etc....

Personally 6 cops on a quiet stretch of dual carriageway hiding behind a sheep & goat is not the best use of resources IMO....

sti555

It all boils down to appropriate speed, traffic, weather, driver car etc...I generally don't speed in 30/40/60 limits just beetle off to a bypass to have fun, I don't want to put other people at risk either.... but dual carriage, 1+ straight visibility, new tarmac, early in the morning no other road users or junctions, just team truncheon..

Poor Guy

aye.
useless.


do we have police presnce in town. no, we have a recording on the speakers, theives are operating in this area. look after your belongings.


not a plod in sight.


but go down the M18 and what do you see. piggy hiding behind a bush with a speed trap.

[Edited by Poor Guy - 12/20/2003 11:49:05 PM]

Matt Classic

Cheers for your kind remarks smiler.
Not trying to justify it at all, trying to ask is it best use of resource at 22:30 hrs when we are so short of police officers in Norfolk ?
Maybe during the day when they can catch many motorists on a strech of road, but you'd be lucky to see 20 cars an hour on the stretch that I got stopped at that time of night.

STI555 - Mine took 2 months to come thru the post, no what you mean.

Scooby_simon

STI555

This is obviously not good news. However don't panic.

The speed you were doing will mean that it will go to court...Get representation.....budget on at least £200 Per Hour for him / her

But, there are a number of things you can do.

To summarise the points below, get as much mitigating information and doco as possible and present it in court and (if you can) offer to pay all the fine on the day - they like this as then then do not have to chase you up and you can plonk it on your Credit card ! - Budget for somewhere between 1 and 4 weeks salary for a fine if you earn over the max at around 40K PA (I think)

1, Letter from work is ideal, you are then very un-likley to get banned.
2, Discuss it with work even if 1 is not an option. I did when I got done for 89 in a 50 and get some useful stuff from them anyway
3, Do you work in any of the 'at risk' industries i.e where consolidations are taking place....I work in IT for an investment back which was going thru V hard times, I DO NOT need my car for work in the general run of things but might need to get to the Docklands ASAP if we ever invoke our DR plans. But, I would find it V difficult to get a job if I was made redundant - Not likley now, but was possible at the time I went to court, they will take it into account.
4, Do you have any kids, does you other half drive, do you have commitments outside work that require you to drive ?
5, Road conditions good ? If so mention it and that you were 'driving with the traffic' - any good solicitor should ask you all of the above Q's so use it as a check list......

I asssume you have a clean sheet at present....

PM if you want me to take you thru in detail or want any more help.....

I got 6 Points and a evry nasty fine.........



Simon.

Matt Classic

I got legal representation through my Insurance cover. Best to check your policy, could save you a few beans.

[Edited by Matt Classic - 12/20/2003 11:57:18 PM]

sti555

Cheers Mat & Simon..

On the bright side, the money I will save in fuel approx £100+ week will pay the fine & taxi's etc!

LOL!!

scoobchrissy

iTrader: (1)

alright" when i got done at 102 (by the way i was'nt working) i got a letter from a csr dealer saying what a good lad i was and that i had just started working for him and bla bla. also our lass wrote me a letter saying i was only used to old cars and that this N reg celica, i did'nt realise how fast i was going and some more bla bla. it worked for me who knows

plus i sent the letters by post

[Edited by scoobchrissy - 12/21/2003 12:30:12 AM]