3 points - £100 - Harsh Acceleration

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A friend was stopped by two officers (non traffic) on Friday night. He was issued a FPN for 3 point and a £100 fine for "accelerate harshly" offence code 300002.

Anyone ever experienced this ticket before? Worth fighting?

Ticket from Police Scotland.

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HantsRat said:

Is that the exact offence? Are you sure it's not something such as 'Careless & Inconsiderate driving'?

This is the ticket.

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Cheers for your input.

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ORD said:

The "in the circumstances" part is essential. If your friend just ripped up from 30 to 60 at an NSL sign with nobody in front of him, that could not possibly be an offence.

If we come to a time when using the loud pedal is an offence, I will hang up my driving gloves (although I don't actually have any, so would need to borrow some).

Picked friend up from town. Evo 6 RS so not exactly quiet. Road in question has a large speed bump in the middle...

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TooMany2cvs said:

Quick google finds 300/002 referenced as Careless Driving, which doesn't seem inappropriate.

Usual FPN rules apply. "Your friend" can admit his guilt and pay the FP, or he can refuse it and go to court and argue the case in front of a magistrate.

Go on, be honest. What was "he" doing...?

It's not me. I was pulled for the same ste approx 3 hours earlier but no ticket was issued.

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simoid said:

Was this by any chance at a large gathering of cars on a promenade or equivalent?

No I was on my way home from getting some things for dinner at the shops.

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HantsRat said:

Because there really is no need to wheel spin off from a green light. It demonstrates incompetence, impatience and aggressiveness which are all charging points for this offence to be met.

If you can't pull away safely maintaining traction on the road you deserve this ticket. If you want to wheel spin off and accelerate as hard as you can then go on a track day but not on the public roads.

To be fair from all the posts here you have given a different angle to look at it with regards to aggressive etc. I'll see what he says when I pass it on.

Cheers.

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simoid said:

What's the question? Are you looking for someone to say your friend will be found not guilty...? Difficult to do that knowing very little about the situation.

Just interested if anyone else has had it before and if they took it or contested it.

It's the CD10 that's going to be a pain more than anything. Assuming it'll be a CD10.

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Driver101 said:

Did this incident with "your friend" involve a Golf R doing a launch start then exceeding the speed limit, although the officers couldn't prove the speed?

No.

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Cheers for input guys. Agtlaw etc.

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Quick update - after speaking to a few lawyers he has taken the points.

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ging84 said:

Guessing there was more to the story then considering that the advice of a motoring lawyer on here was take it to court

It was more the cost of representation he wasn't prepared to pay.

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economicpygmy said:

Shame for that reason.

Yup, not what I'd have done. I'm sure in a few years with a CD** on his licence he'll wish he'd at least tried to fight it.