It wasn't me, honest, guv.
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So. There I was. Pounding down the M4 as usual. Colleague in the passenger seat. Come to the 40mph roadworks limit before the Bath junction.
I happen to know it has a GATSO - but I slow to the speed limit for roadworks anyway.
So I'm doing 38mph in a 40. I'm doing it in Lane 1, of course. Red car whizzes by in Lane 3 as we pass the camera.
FLASH! FLASH!
Nice one, Stevie, its painted bright frickkin yellow and there are loads of signs saying "SPEED CAMERA" everywhere...
So now, of course, I am waiting to see if the nice man back at the Avon Safety Camera Bastardship actually checks the evidence properly before sending every registration number he's got photos of an NIP.
I have every faith. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
I absolutely will go to court if necessary - they're not getting £60 out of me when I'm actually [i]innocent[/i] and have a witness!
To add insult to injury some fecker on the way back - in Lane 2 - decided that he really wanted to overtake the car in front of him - despite the fact that I was alongside him in Lane 3. USE YOUR MIRRORS FECKWIT!
:furious: I thought it was only at the weekends they let the amateurs use the sodding roads. :furious:
And relax...
I happen to know it has a GATSO - but I slow to the speed limit for roadworks anyway.
So I'm doing 38mph in a 40. I'm doing it in Lane 1, of course. Red car whizzes by in Lane 3 as we pass the camera.
FLASH! FLASH!
Nice one, Stevie, its painted bright frickkin yellow and there are loads of signs saying "SPEED CAMERA" everywhere...
So now, of course, I am waiting to see if the nice man back at the Avon Safety Camera Bastardship actually checks the evidence properly before sending every registration number he's got photos of an NIP.
I have every faith. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
I absolutely will go to court if necessary - they're not getting £60 out of me when I'm actually [i]innocent[/i] and have a witness!
To add insult to injury some fecker on the way back - in Lane 2 - decided that he really wanted to overtake the car in front of him - despite the fact that I was alongside him in Lane 3. USE YOUR MIRRORS FECKWIT!
:furious: I thought it was only at the weekends they let the amateurs use the sodding roads. :furious:
And relax...
WildCat said:
they say they calculate based on your drive over the white lines...you should be OK.
Indeed they do. So now I am waiting to see if they actually DO what they say they do. IF they do
then I will hear nothing. If they simply send bills to anything they've got pictures of then I'll get an NIP.
IF I get an NIP I will say I was driving. Deny the offence. And insist on an independent assessment of the evidence from the white lines. And bring my witness to court. And and and...
But only because I know I'm right. If I'd been speeding I'd take my lumps.
Its not as if I hadn't seen some "excellent progress" earlier. Its just that I slow down for roadworks.
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