M40 NIP for 79mph - speed awareness course?

[Little Bob]

Just received a NIP for 79mph southbound on the M40 on the 29th March - will I be offered a speed awareness course?

No points currently, bit annoyed I wasn't travelling a mile an hour or two less...

Oh, and I had Waze on and it didn't tell me until I'd already seen the van, by which time it was too late.

[cuprabob]

Yes, I would expect you will be offered a SAC.

[Little Bob]

Cheers Bob

[MC Bodge]

Little Bob said:

Just received a NIP for 79mph southbound on the M40 on the 29th March - will I be offered a speed awareness course?

in a 70mph limit?

[IJWS15]

IIRC enforcement starts at 10% plus 2 so 79mph in an nsl.

[Mr Squarekins]

Little Bob said:

Just received a NIP for 79mph southbound on the M40 on the 29th March - will I be offered a speed awareness course?

No points currently, bit annoyed I wasn't travelling a mile an hour or two less...

Oh, and I had Waze on and it didn't tell me until I'd already seen the van, by which time it was too late.

Just out of interest, whereabouts on the M40?

[MC Bodge]

Mr Squarekins said:

Little Bob said:

Just received a NIP for 79mph southbound on the M40 on the 29th March - will I be offered a speed awareness course?

No points currently, bit annoyed I wasn't travelling a mile an hour or two less...

Oh, and I had Waze on and it didn't tell me until I'd already seen the van, by which time it was too late.

Just out of interest, whereabouts on the M40?

He must have been the only car slow enough to catch?

[Little Bob]

Cheers Bob

[Little Bob]

MC Bodge said:

He must have been the only car slow enough to catch?

Indeed - a bit of a shock on the UK’s autobahn.

It was North of Warwick services - the NIP says B4463 M40 over bridge, Hampton Road, Sherbourne.

There were no road works, or speed restrictions, just the usual 70mph motorway.

[Dog Star]

Yep. I got a SAC for 79 on the M62. 1 mph less and I’d have got nothing.

And another SAC in 2012 for 36 in a 30. 1 mph less and I’d have got nothing.

[blank]

Presumably this was for "inconsiderate driving" or similar rather than the speed itself? I.e. driving too slowly?

[turbobloke]

Little Bob said:

Just received a NIP for 79mph southbound on the M40 on the 29th March - will I be offered a speed awareness course?

Dog Star said:

Yep. I got a SAC for 79 on the M62. 1 mph less and I’d have got nothing.

And another SAC in 2012 for 36 in a 30. 1 mph less and I’d have got nothing.

Ridiculous outcomes, but as we know, the law is the law is the law is the law is the law is the law...

[BertBert]

Dog Star said:

Yep. I got a SAC for 79 on the M62. 1 mph less and I’d have got nothing.

And another SAC in 2012 for 36 in a 30. 1 mph less and I’d have got nothing.

Your maths needs some work. Try doing 10%+2 in the 30. You'd need to be doing 2mph less.

[DaiB]

turbobloke said:

Ridiculous outcomes, but as we know, the law is the law is the law is the law is the law is the law...

You can generally break the speeding laws with impunity provided you keep within the well-publicised buffer. Enforcement has to start somewhere.

[KTMsm]

Not much excuse on the M way - even my van has cruise

Either set it for GPS 77 (to give you 1mph leeway) or at GPS 84 to do the same to avoid points, anything in between is pointless

[E-bmw]

KTMsm said:

Either set it for GPS 77 (to give you 1mph leeway) or at GPS 84 to do the same to avoid points, anything in between is pointless

Personally, I would say GPS 77 is a bit close, I use GPS 75 as a maximum.

Don't forget 84 won't avoid points if you have already had an SAC.

[cuprabob]

E-bmw said:

Don't forget 84 won't avoid points if you have already had an SAC.

Also if the offence is in Scotland where we don't get offered SACs.

[KTMsm]

E-bmw said:

Personally, I would say GPS 77 is a bit close, I use GPS 75 as a maximum.

Don't forget 84 won't avoid points if you have already had an SAC.

I've been through hundreds of cameras set to 77 on Waze

I haven't for almost 20 years - although that was a 2 day course - which clearly worked

[Pica-Pica]

The M40 has not been an ‘autobahn’ for a few years now.

[Mark V GTD]

Presumably if the actual speed was 79 the car's speedo will be reading 80 something. Just keep it beginning with a 7.

Edited by Mark V GTD on Sunday 14th April 11:13