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.

[Little Bob]

Cheers Bob

[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.

[Little Bob]

autumnsum said:

Aye, I was thinking that. He was well over 79mph as far as his non-gps speedo was concerned.

Perhaps you misunderstood- My post wasn’t looking for sympathy, or complaining that this was unjust.

I was simply enquiring whether I may be offered a SAC rather than a straight 3 points and fine.

It was a fair cop,

For info the car wasn’t a Mercedes, it was a 330d, and I estimate Speedo reads ~2mph over the actual speed.