Speed awareness worth doing?

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Caught doing 70 on the M25 when apparently there was a 60 limit in place? Didn't even notice to be honest.

What are these awareness things like? Is it a day off work? If I don't do that is it just 3 pointer for that sort of speed do you think?

I cant really be doing with taking time off working fking about somewhere for a whole day if that is what it is, rather just take a small hit and get on with things.

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jagracer said:

If It's the Met it'll be 2 hours and they also run them in the evening, well worth it in my opinion for what you'll learn.

It was Kent Police if that makes any odds?

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I don't drive much so it doesn't matter to me whether I have 3 points or not really.

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jagracer said:

You didn't notice the limit so you probably need the course more than the points, I think Kent use the same course as the met.

Not many motorway drivers notice limits or abide by them. They're largely pointless. The m25 is self governing anyway.

So 3 points and half my weekly income according to that link..seems quite punchy? If that is true then far cheaper to head to the course.

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Roo said:

Or it could've been on the managed motorway section.

It says on the slip that it was by Clackett Lane.

Some irony in getting caught on a 5 lane road doing the exact speed it was designed for, it wasn't busy either. Pathetic, the whole thing.

I'll see what they say as I've only just scanned back the sheet confirming I was driving etc.

I do find it odd though, they sent this letter saying they had already sent one, I have never seen this alleged first letter, because apparently they only have 14 days to do something about it. I rang them up and the bloke said that on his system it was done in that time, but it made no difference that the letter didn't get to me. I said to him I found it totally bizarre that a fairly important and time sensitive document would be sent 2nd or 1st class non recorded and left at the will of the brain dead postman I seem to have. He said nothing, just made some noise.

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Sheepshanks said:

That would have endeared you to him.

It's the law (or at least a court procedure rule) that a notice is considered served 24hrs after putting it into 1st class post.

Obviously I didn't say that on the phone.

Well that is frankly an absurd law. Putting trust into a huge system which frequently lose things to serve an important notice.

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4 then, whatever, the point remains I think.

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Well today I went and did it, it was alright. I listened and we did what we had to do.

I seemed to be the only person who knew what ABS stood for and why car tyres have tread, quite worrying.

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Actually I would say the range of offences that the people in my group were huge, and some far worse than others.

Mine is fairly trivial, another guys was also fairly trivial, but one girl got done doing nearly 90 on a DC and her reason was that someone was 'chasing' her, and that it wasn't her fault. Mind blowing.