bigmalc

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah - I know ... that ol' chestnut again ....

I know this has been covered more times than most of us care to remember, but any ideas on what i can expect when I go to court in 2 weeks time for doing 87mph in a 60?
(No lectures please - had enough from 'er indoors...)

Cheers

BigMalc

SteveB

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Bigmalc,

Got caught at exactly the same speed about 4 years ago on a speed camera and got 3 points and a fixed penalty of £40.


Steve.

Penni Whitehead

3 point - £40 - slap on the wrist - lecture about how if you'd been anywhere else they wouldn't be doing this - and

...oh ...you drive a what - wow .... we have some of those on the force.. .. and wow... awesome car..... doesn't get you off though... been there - done that - got the T-Shirt.

Blow Dog

Yeah, u can pretty much be sure of a 40 quid fine and 3 points.

Cem
sorry to hear about it...
****ing ******* cameras

Nick

Have you been told that you are going to court? If so, they are intending to ban you, so you must thing up reason why you shouldn't be banned.

HunterB

Going to court doesn't necessarily mean a ban, but if you haven't been offered a Fixed Penalty (40 quid and 3 points), the court is bound to hit you for more.

A lot depends on your record (the cleaner your licence, the better), the circumstances at the time you were caught (weather, traffic density, your driving style, etc) and what the plods say when they speak in court. Sometimes (it has been known!) the traffic plods will speak up for you if your driving standard was good, even if above the posted limit.

As johnfelstead says, get some character references and, if your licence already has some points on it and another six would take you up to or over 12, then you'll need some really good reasons why the court shouldn't ban you under the totting up process. A letter from your employer saying that you'd be sacked (thereby affecting your wife, kids and dependent granny - the more heart-rending the better) if you lost your licence will help. The court has heard all the excuses before, and all the pleas for leniency, but they still like to see and hear you crawl.

Best of luck.

johnfelstead

i recon 6 points and a big fine if they want you in court.

Get some charicter references done, it does help.