They got me.........

[Superflid]

79mph on the M180.

NIP came today.

3 lanes, almost empty.

I saw the van on the opposite side and thought, obviously wrongly, that I'd eased off enough.

I've driven past police cars at that speed!

S'pose I'll just smile and pay up.

>>> Edited by Superflid on Sunday 1st August 10:16

>>> Edited by Superflid on Sunday 1st August 10:17

[boredpilot]

Bugger. Bad luck

[puggit]

In those circumstances I'm amazed you didn't crash!!!

Tough luck

[mybrainhurts]

79?

That's 10%+2.

So what happened to guidelines?

Bunch of prats.

[C C]

I’m sure your donation will be most appreciated.

[Superflid]

Just before it happened,a BMW went past me at around 100mph, saw the van and stood on his brakes. He then went on his merry way at 100mph again......

[TripleS]

Superflid said:

79mph on the M180. NIP came today. 3 lanes, almost empty. I saw the van on the opposite side and thought, obviously wrongly, that I'd eased off enough. I've driven past police cars at that speed! S'pose I'll just smile and pay up.

Hard luck, I'm very sorry to hear that.
Absolutely ridiculous being done for that speed.

Best wishes all,
Dave.

[Boosted Ls1]

Don't pay up. Ask to see the photograph of the driver before you make a decision. Say you can't recall if it was yourself or your wife driving the car at the time in question.

[tja]

Boosted Ls1 said:

Don't pay up. Ask to see the photograph of the driver before you make a decision. Say you can't recall if it was yourself or your wife driving the car at the time in question.

Or even your foreign, non-EU friend

[mybrainhurts]

Or a bloody goblin..........

[dazren]

Kenneth, well fecked orf for you mate. I'm sure, that like myself you are well aware which Chancellor/Home Secretary started this near zero tolerance crap against motorists on statistically our safest roads..

DAZ

>> Edited by dazren on Sunday 1st August 01:11

[cortinaman]

surely the 10%+3 rule should apply for speedo innacuracies?......i'd personally make them fight for it......but thats me.

[Streetcop]

I agree...very unfair on that particular stretch of motorway...

Nevermind..not the end of the world...

Street

[Superflid]

Streetcop said:

I agree...very unfair on that particular stretch of motorway... Nevermind..not the end of the world... Street

Cheers Streetcop. I've lived through worse before.

It's just ferking irritating when I'm the car who holds up the school-run mums and coffin-dodgers in 30 and 40mph zones!
Inappropriate speed and all that.......


I might be wrong about who was driving. I'm sure it was somewhere along the M180 that I felt ill and we had to swap drivers........

>> Edited by Superflid on Sunday 1st August 09:20

[Streetcop]

Superflid said:

I might be wrong about who was driving. I'm sure it was somewhere along the M180 that I felt ill and we had to swap drivers........ >> Edited by Superflid on Sunday 1st August 09:20

If the speed was really 79mph on a motorway, then a change of driver could well have happened...

Street

[NugentS]

Fight it on principle - the chances are that it will just go away (based on my experiance)

www.pepipoo.com for how to do it. Just be very careful to follow the advice and do NOT enter into non-required correspondence

Sean


>> Edited by NugentS on Sunday 1st August 11:09

[Streetcop]

I think Sean is right...especially for 79 bloody miles per hour on a motorway and a van/camera at that.

If a patrol car was behind you and it had stopped you and you'd failed some serious test at the roadside, I could understand it, but the circumstances you describe are a bit OTT.

Street

[Deester]

79 mph? What a load of shite. Its getting very silly now.

I'm moving back to the UK next week and this sort of thing doesn't fill me with confidence.

At least where I am now I can 'pay my fine on the spot' and never hear anything else. Just don't ask for a receipt.

In fact, heres the pricing / bribery guidelines for Russia. And remember, always haggle.

Drink driving - 150 GBP
Speeding - 10 - 50 GBP (happens all the time)
No licence - 100 - 200 GBP

If you get caught unaware and don't have enough cash no problem, buy your licence back for 400GBP from the police.

[beljames]

tja said:

Or even your foreign, non-EU friend

Wouldn't count on it. Northants police pursued me back to Ghana for their £60!!

[hertsbiker]

So how many kiddies were playing on this road for it to have a disgusting scamera van on it?