Ian E

iTrader: (1)

On a country road for 98 in a 60 I got £555 fine and 6 points.

If you get offered a fixed penalty take it!

If it goes to Court, check if you have Legal Cover with your insurance which might cover you for Solicitors costs - saved me over £400. Like the previous post says, get a letter from your employers - or write one yourself on company letterhead and get them to sign it!

Cheers,

Ian.

[Edited by Ian E - 12/4/2001 1:02:59 PM]

mbc

i have received a speeding ticket from the welsh police stating i was caught by camera doing 57 in a 30 in swansea,but the letter doesnt state a fine or points penalty.does anybody know what i can expect and will i have to attend court. www.caughtspeeding.co.uk states i will get 6 points and upto a £600 fine,is this correct.

your advice and experiances of similar circumstances greatly appreciated.

mike, (no points or convictions at present)

Seamus

I was doing 28.7mph over the limit in a 60 zone and I got £350 fine and 5 points.

Bakerman

You will get notified shortly (!) whether you are getting a fixed penalty or an appearance in court.

My brother had to wait 3 months before getting a court date and that only gave him 4 days notice !!

He was caught doing 71 in a 30 (a dual cariageway that looked like a 70 - he is not local to the area) and 'only' got 6 points and £200 fine - got a great letter from work saying that he needed his car though which the magistrates said thay took into account.

Best of luck - it is a very nerve racking experience and I wasn't even in the dock !

mattski2

hi,

I got caught doing 90 in a 60 (they tried to claim it was a 50 zone but I did my research... at the time it was 60 (changed to 50 3 hours later!).

This happened in March and I had to go to court in september. I got 5 points and a £220 fine.

Then... I went and bought a BEL Euro 550... best £400 I've spent and they make you drive slower, you're more aware of your surroundings (even with the detector off).

good luck...

ta,
Matt

JoeyDeacon

Just out of interest when did you commit the offence and when did you get the letter through the post? The reason I ask is that if there was more than 14 working days between the date the offence was commited and the date of the postmark on the envelope there is a good chance you can get off...

seejay555

Joey,
Where did you get that from? The polce have 6 months from offence date to prosecute.

mattski2

Not if it's from a camera they don't ... if you get pulled and they read you your rights they have six months to do something about it...

M

stevie c

i have been told it is 14 days to inform you they know you are a bad boy,and to ask who was driving,then 6 months to charge you.

steve

Z75

For camera offences the letter must be sent within 14 days of the offence. From the date that a ticket is issued (either by a camera or a real policeman) they have 6 months to prosecute. Often they take about 4 months plus before they do anything which is kind of a grace period since you have a clean(er) licence for that time.

As for fine. I got stopped for 88 in a 60 (on a motorbike). I got £150 (cheap) and 6 points (not so cheap).

seejay555

So what happens if no letter sent out within 14 days?

NAP6W

You have to go to court for over 20% of limit - expect a big one as it was a 30 zone.

Z75

I believe that the case is dismissed if this does not happen. In practise I'd think they make sure to send out the notice within 14 days. This gives you a fixed period within which to crap yourself after either OK or not (you got the ticket).

jimi

Sorry to here that mike.

We would of been well in the ****t if we had got caught on sunday wouldnt we.

The 3 of us would of been well done,but we were cool,dont worrie too much you will be ok.

JIM

mbc

cheers guys 4 info,definately gonna get a detector,the thing that pee's me off is that i was only in swansea once whislt at the rally and that was when i was lost,no more blasting it on the odd occasion now.

jim

thank christ on sunday we were driving sensilbly lol

mike