81mph in 50mph - speed camera van - advice please?

81mph in 50mph - speed camera van - advice please?

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LoonR1

26,988 posts

176 months

Sunday 15th February 2015
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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'm now expecting to get flamed by the more compliant members on here.

Alfa159Ti

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827 posts

156 months

Sunday 15th February 2015
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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.




LoonR1

26,988 posts

176 months

Sunday 15th February 2015
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It might do, but you might get lucky. Send the forms back duly competed and see what happens. No point stressing it until it happens.

Terminator X

14,922 posts

203 months

Sunday 15th February 2015
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LoonR1 said:
It might do, but you might get lucky. Send the forms back duly competed and see what happens. No point stressing it until it happens.
At 31mph over the posted limit?!

TX.

LoonR1

26,988 posts

176 months

Sunday 15th February 2015
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Terminator X said:
At 31mph over the posted limit?!

TX.
Oh look I said "you might get lucky"

Bigbox

589 posts

210 months

Sunday 15th February 2015
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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

HertsBiker

6,300 posts

270 months

Sunday 15th February 2015
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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.


spaximus

4,230 posts

252 months

Sunday 15th February 2015
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pinchmeimdreamin said:
citizensm1th said:
Is it wrong to hope the op gets a ban?
Yes.

Have you ever driven over snake pass ?
If it wasn't for the draconian drop of limits on what is a wonderful road to drive, this would be a minor offence. So you would want to have him banned? No one died, he wasn't pulled over as they cannot be arsed to do it properly with police officers, so this deserves a ban. Jez PH is going all mumsnet for sure.

LoonR1

26,988 posts

176 months

Sunday 15th February 2015
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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

7,043 posts

153 months

Sunday 15th February 2015
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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?

Nigel Worc's

8,121 posts

187 months

Sunday 15th February 2015
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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?
Most people ride/drive over the speed limit most of the time .

How do I know this ?

Because I'm riding/driving with them !

LoonR1

26,988 posts

176 months

Sunday 15th February 2015
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Have a look at the bike thread in GG about the idiot who crashed. It's a bit later on in the thread when I join but it's happening.

Guybrush

4,330 posts

205 months

Monday 16th February 2015
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How strange (not) that the van was placed on the straight bit of road, where it's safer and easier to go faster than the stupidly low limit. One could become a bit cynical.

andburg

7,214 posts

168 months

Monday 16th February 2015
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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.


agtlaw

6,680 posts

205 months

Monday 16th February 2015
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andburg said:
I plead guilty by post accepting that I was speeding however questioning the accuracy of the evidence against me
It's not usually a good idea to enter an equivocal plea.

Edited by agtlaw on Monday 16th February 10:09

wongthecorrupter

2,382 posts

170 months

Monday 16th February 2015
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I got caught doing 78 in a 50 on a dual carriagway, i had to go to court. I did dress smart and said sorry. I got 6 points and a £280 fine plus court cost's. The snake pass is a different thing though

CTE

1,488 posts

239 months

Monday 16th February 2015
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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.

Clivey

5,108 posts

203 months

Monday 16th February 2015
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citizensm1th said:
the difference is if I was to get caught going 31 mph over the posted speed limit I would not post on here asking how to minimise the punishment I would be likely to get as a result
I would. - I choose to exceed certain speed limits because I disagree with them.

nickwilcock

1,522 posts

246 months

Tuesday 17th February 2015
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Alfa159Ti said:
If I was unaware of exactly how fast I was going, it was because I was concentrating on the road, not my speedo, as I would hope any other driver does when driving on the open road.
I would recommend that you don't say that in court, should you be summoned to appear.

aww999

2,068 posts

260 months

Tuesday 17th February 2015
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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.