A lesson learned

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The initial message was deleted from this topic on 05 November 2018 at 21:34

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EmmaJ said:

Well you've not said if you had any mitigation to offer.

But as you had representation I'll go with 14 days ban and £1000 fine based on the fact you said you have a good job.

How much did the lawyer cost BTW?

I went with a specialist firm £850 all in, I shopped about quite a bit too most wanted about 1200 but this one stood out when I spoke to them. . They gave me a barrister who was very good with my mitigation which was vehicle is a absolute must for my job.

I got 6 points and a £1200 fine plus a well deserved telling off from the magistrate.

Result!

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LordGrover said:

Any fine/costs relate to salary don't they? What do you earn?

I'm a contract Quality Inspector/Engineer working in aerostructures & defence. It's very lucrative.

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I was on a dual carriageway. Oops the 1200 was predictive text error I got fined £635 in total

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Nearly 100 posts woop woop

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EmmaJ said:

2 grand, hmmm I think I'd have declined to fill in the means test form (if that's still an option) and taken my chances

No is mistyped the fine it was 635 all in. I couldn't live with with even a short ban so I specified I'd rather take the points

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agtlaw said:

If you don't mind me asking, what was the fee split for counsel / solicitor. If you had a solicitor then what did he actually do? PM me if you don't want to post this info online.

Pm sent with details

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EmmaJ said:

Fair enough, but not that "lucrative" for a contractor as you'd have gotten a band B fine. Which is 100% of weekly wage....

http://www.mjpmotoring.co.uk/guidelines-speeding-o...

I seriously dread getting caught especially if you're forced to give salary info as I'd get clobbered for the max . That's with me on a low day rate by IT standards btw.....

Agreed. But where I make money is in the overtime, I only quoted my Base salary based on 37 hours which is what I'm contracted for

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LoonR1 said:

Love that and the backtracking from the OP. How £635 becomes £1200 with predictive text is beyond me.

Wonder if it was quoted high to boost his income levels on here and also prompt a "rip off Britain" set of rants from the pitchfork brigade.

Posting from phone I use an app called SwiftKey keyboard that does all the typing for you based on previous conversations so it's quite easily done.

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George111 said:

Why "well deserved" ? It always puzzles me why people say this . . . I assume nobody was injured or killed, you didn't do it on the local high street, you were on a motorway where such speeds are reasonably safe, your car was taxed and insured and you weren't drunk. So why "well deserved" punishment for not harming or even worrying anybody ?

I see what your saying and all the things you said are correct ie 5am so no risk to other road users. It's the wider risk to your family or livelihood in losing your license that is the well deserved ticking off I think