Speeding: 42 in a 30 on a test drive

[Fastra]

Stevoox said:

No points, completely clean licence



Will hopefully hear more this week as I am waiting for a call from Sussex Police about the situation

Sorry, I was more meaning the salesman - perhaps this is why he's keen to shift it onto you.

[Stevoox]

Case has been dropped!

[Mr Trophy]

Stevoox said:

Case has been dropped!

Excellent result.

I hope you've asked for this in writing?

[jith]

Congrats Steve. Thing is, you wonder just how many more cases like this there are because people just accept it and pay up. Makes me sick.

J

[Stevoox]

Mr Trophy said:

Stevoox said:

Case has been dropped!

Excellent result.

I hope you've asked for this in writing?

Yep, letter is being sent to me to confirm in writing

[Stevoox]

jith said:

Congrats Steve. Thing is, you wonder just how many more cases like this there are because people just accept it and pay up. Makes me sick.

J

I was saying the same thing to a lady in the office a moment ago. With the amount of dealers around and cars being tested on a frequent basis you would assume it is fairly common.

Would also assume that in most cases the customer (EG: Me) would just have the mindset that they were driving the car so it was them, end of, so accept liability.

[oyster]

Lesson to learn from this one.

Do NOT sign the form at the dealer until you, and only you, are about to test drive the car. Not before someone else may drive the car.

[Sheepshanks]

oyster said:

Lesson to learn from this one.

Do NOT sign the form at the dealer until you, and only you, are about to test drive the car. Not before someone else may drive the car.

Why not? It's not like it made any difference. Indeed for all we know, more certainty over the timing could have worked against the OP.

[Digitalize]

Surely the lesson to learn is always have a passenger, and claim you can't be certain who was driving?

But yes, great result.

[LoonR1]

jith said:

Congrats Steve. Thing is, you wonder just how many more cases like this there are because people just accept it and pay up. Makes me sick.

J

Or there's the other argument that a main dealer is allowing their staff and customers to blatantly flout the law and speed with impunity by refusing to accept one of them is speeding.

Makes me sick.

Just for clarity for the hard of thinking. This is me playing Devils Advocate and should not necessarily be taken as a true reflection of my personal opinion.

[bad company]

Really that was the only possible outcome.

Still.

[Martin_M]

So essentially, both parties are off the hook?

Great result for you sir - really pleased to read this!

[scarble]

It's a shame the sales person is getting off the hook, by the sounds of it he's the kind of arrogant never excepts responsibility type that drives too fast for the conditions because he is a badman and one day he'll probably smash into someone's pride and joy.

Edited by scarble on Thursday 9th April 10:07

[Osinjak]

scarble said:

It's a shame the sales person is getting off the hook, by the sounds of it he's the kind of arrogant never excepts responsibility type that drives too fast for the conditions because he is a badman and one day he'll probably smash into someone's pride and joy.

Edited by scarble on Thursday 9th April 10:07

That's quite a leap of faith, good effort though.

[BertBert]

bigger than a leap, more of a flight of fancy.