81mph in 50mph - speed camera van - advice please?
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Alfa159Ti said:
There was a little on the fields still at the higher stretches, but the sun had been out and the roads had mostly dried out.
I have received a notification by post.
And I understand your condemnation - I clearly was caught doing 81mph in a 50mph zone!
I'm not condemning you though. I used to go faster regularly over there before the invention of speed cameras and overuse of them. I have received a notification by post.
And I understand your condemnation - I clearly was caught doing 81mph in a 50mph zone!
I'm now expecting to get flamed by the more compliant members on here.
Sorry guys - just re-read the thread and you are right, just to clarify, it is a 'Notice of Intended Prosecution' that I have received.
It says that they intend to take proceedings against me, which under the circumstances I have assumed (and continue to assume) will mean a court appearance.
It says that they intend to take proceedings against me, which under the circumstances I have assumed (and continue to assume) will mean a court appearance.
Unlucky buddy - i know someone who used to drive that road very regularly and it is the clearest part of the Snake Pass over which many an overtake are carried out.
You were unfortunate i suppose in that it is the norm on that road to flash other road users to make them aware of the camera in that lay-by - shame no-one did this for you
You were unfortunate i suppose in that it is the norm on that road to flash other road users to make them aware of the camera in that lay-by - shame no-one did this for you
pinchmeimdreamin said:
citizensm1th said:
Is it wrong to hope the op gets a ban?
Yes.Have you ever driven over snake pass ?
HertsBiker said:
Oh FFS. These camera cans really ought to be shut down by now. Lower speed limits are such a backward looking way of fixing problems. I dare say I did 120 on that road,,and didn't die. So 50 isn't such a biggie.
Be careful. I'm being accused of "riding like a cock on the road" on another thread, because I admit to riding / driving 5-10mph over the posted speed limit most of the time. Petrolhead95 said:
LoonR1 said:
Be careful. I'm being accused of "riding like a cock on the road" on another thread, because I admit to riding / driving 5-10mph over the posted speed limit most of the time.
Everyone on here is holier than holy though, didn't you know that? How do I know this ?
Because I'm riding/driving with them !
Not strictly related for you
I was most definitely speeding 3 years ago, and like you found the speed to be above what i felt i was doing. The photo evidence showed a movement in the gun so the 2 shots were not focused on my numberplate.
Maybe i should have contested but with a company car and £200 a year insurance on the bike I didn't feel like taking the cost of legal representation when I knew i was guilty. I plead guilty by post accepting that I was speeding however questioning the accuracy of the evidence against me and asking for leniency given I drive 30k miles a year alone for work. I got 5 points and an SP30 with a £250 fine.
Given I was on a motorcycle on the way to Bridlington where they hate bikers i feel i was very lucky.
I was most definitely speeding 3 years ago, and like you found the speed to be above what i felt i was doing. The photo evidence showed a movement in the gun so the 2 shots were not focused on my numberplate.
Maybe i should have contested but with a company car and £200 a year insurance on the bike I didn't feel like taking the cost of legal representation when I knew i was guilty. I plead guilty by post accepting that I was speeding however questioning the accuracy of the evidence against me and asking for leniency given I drive 30k miles a year alone for work. I got 5 points and an SP30 with a £250 fine.
Given I was on a motorcycle on the way to Bridlington where they hate bikers i feel i was very lucky.
We are being socially engineered not to speed...like we were socially engineered not to drink or drive (although I think we all agree that this was totally justified).
Speeding is ok if you are not causing anyone else any harm...99.9% of the time, that is until something unexpected goes wrong.
Speeding is ok if you are not causing anyone else any harm...99.9% of the time, that is until something unexpected goes wrong.
This whole fking website is full of twunts that take some perverse pleasure in castigating people who have been caught out by the hysterical enforcement of pointless limits, whinging about people driving past their houses at 35mph instead of 30mph, and banging on about how everyone who overtakes them is a lunatic. And now this - people lining up to have a go at someone who gets nicked doing 81 on a well-sighted stretch of beautiful a-road. Miles of room to stop in the distance he could see to be clear, no pedestrians, horses or mobility scooters in a 10 mile radius, only some miserable in a scamera van trying to make his target for the week.
OP: I am very sorry you got caught. Unless you drive like a myopic, 87 year old nun, you are now public enemy number one, and it's going to happen from time to time. Because the anachronistic 60mph limit has been dropped to a hysterical 50mph, you are now double-fked although your actions are no more dangerous than they were under the old limit. In fact, I highly doubt they caused any danger, distress or inconvenience to anyone, and I probably would have been going just as quick under the circumstances. It will probably happen to me one day and I will be fking livid.
Whingers: I can only presume you all drive stty diesel micras, and flash everyone who dares overtake you. This is Pistonheads, where we like sportscars, and we like to drive them quickly on nice flowing A & B-roads without bothering anyone. There may be other websites better suited to your needs.
Sorry for the rant, but 50% of the threads I've read this week have been largely populated by the holier-than-thou crowd who get a hard-on if they go 5mph over the limit.
OP: I am very sorry you got caught. Unless you drive like a myopic, 87 year old nun, you are now public enemy number one, and it's going to happen from time to time. Because the anachronistic 60mph limit has been dropped to a hysterical 50mph, you are now double-fked although your actions are no more dangerous than they were under the old limit. In fact, I highly doubt they caused any danger, distress or inconvenience to anyone, and I probably would have been going just as quick under the circumstances. It will probably happen to me one day and I will be fking livid.
Whingers: I can only presume you all drive stty diesel micras, and flash everyone who dares overtake you. This is Pistonheads, where we like sportscars, and we like to drive them quickly on nice flowing A & B-roads without bothering anyone. There may be other websites better suited to your needs.
Sorry for the rant, but 50% of the threads I've read this week have been largely populated by the holier-than-thou crowd who get a hard-on if they go 5mph over the limit.
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