Yet another 1 st speeding offence
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My missus after 30+ years of a faultless driving record has just recieved a NIP stating that she was doing 40 in a 30...exactly 40 apparently.
This occurred a long way from home on a road that she was not totally familiar with, and in essence she is not disputing it may have occurred. She remembers being diverted from her chosen route due to an accident and was a bit stressed so may have made a mistake...and ultimately that is what it was...she normally does not dare exceed the speed limit, and now she will become the person at the front of the queue hoding everyone up. Anyhow it looks like the machine has caught her, and to be fair it is painted yellow and can be seen froma distance, so she does not get any bonus points, and it was a 30mph area, although the road is wideish and she is was driving a modern insulated car where it is very easy to travel faster than you realise.
She has to complete the form and return it...it looks like she is getting 3 points and a fine. Is there anyway of appealing this and perhaps reducing it to a driver awareness course? Is it worth asking for the evidence?
The alledged offence occurred on the A377 Cowley Bridge Road, on the edge of Exeter.
This occurred a long way from home on a road that she was not totally familiar with, and in essence she is not disputing it may have occurred. She remembers being diverted from her chosen route due to an accident and was a bit stressed so may have made a mistake...and ultimately that is what it was...she normally does not dare exceed the speed limit, and now she will become the person at the front of the queue hoding everyone up. Anyhow it looks like the machine has caught her, and to be fair it is painted yellow and can be seen froma distance, so she does not get any bonus points, and it was a 30mph area, although the road is wideish and she is was driving a modern insulated car where it is very easy to travel faster than you realise.
She has to complete the form and return it...it looks like she is getting 3 points and a fine. Is there anyway of appealing this and perhaps reducing it to a driver awareness course? Is it worth asking for the evidence?
The alledged offence occurred on the A377 Cowley Bridge Road, on the edge of Exeter.
CTE said:
My missus after 30+ years of a faultless driving record has just recieved a NIP stating that she was doing 40 in a 30...exactly 40 apparently.
This occurred a long way from home on a road that she was not totally familiar with, and in essence she is not disputing it may have occurred. She remembers being diverted from her chosen route due to an accident and was a bit stressed so may have made a mistake...and ultimately that is what it was...she normally does not dare exceed the speed limit, and now she will become the person at the front of the queue hoding everyone up. Anyhow it looks like the machine has caught her, and to be fair it is painted yellow and can be seen froma distance, so she does not get any bonus points, and it was a 30mph area, although the road is wideish and she is was driving a modern insulated car where it is very easy to travel faster than you realise.
She has to complete the form and return it...it looks like she is getting 3 points and a fine. Is there anyway of appealing this and perhaps reducing it to a driver awareness course? Is it worth asking for the evidence?
The alledged offence occurred on the A377 Cowley Bridge Road, on the edge of Exeter.
WTF are you on about? She "doesn't dare exceed the speed limit and now she will become the person at the front of the queue holding everyone up". I'd suggest she already is, if she obeys every speed limit always. This occurred a long way from home on a road that she was not totally familiar with, and in essence she is not disputing it may have occurred. She remembers being diverted from her chosen route due to an accident and was a bit stressed so may have made a mistake...and ultimately that is what it was...she normally does not dare exceed the speed limit, and now she will become the person at the front of the queue hoding everyone up. Anyhow it looks like the machine has caught her, and to be fair it is painted yellow and can be seen froma distance, so she does not get any bonus points, and it was a 30mph area, although the road is wideish and she is was driving a modern insulated car where it is very easy to travel faster than you realise.
She has to complete the form and return it...it looks like she is getting 3 points and a fine. Is there anyway of appealing this and perhaps reducing it to a driver awareness course? Is it worth asking for the evidence?
The alledged offence occurred on the A377 Cowley Bridge Road, on the edge of Exeter.
As for the bit about her being on an unfamiliar road, so nervous, I'd suggest taking her licence off her would be a better option.
And why make the point about it being exactly 40? So what, it'd always be a number, this one happens to be 40 which would mean an indicated speed in excess of 40.
It's only 3 points, just take them, or accept the SAC if it's offered.
Loon, I don't know what your problem is, but I think you could do with a nice long holiday in the sun somewhere. You obviously have a vast knowledge of your field, but you just can't help yourself having a go at literally everyone who you reply to. What's wrong with just replying with sensible advice, or just ignoring the posts if you don't like them.
You're going to get high blood pressure going on the way you are.
You're going to get high blood pressure going on the way you are.
OMG First World Problem City Arizona!
Thirty years of faultless driving? Never exceeded a limit, never been in the wrong lane, never just nipped over a changing traffic light, never parked a bit funny, never pulled out of a junction and made someone else brake a bit, never been a bit too close to the car in front? What a paragon!
Thirty years of faultless driving? Never exceeded a limit, never been in the wrong lane, never just nipped over a changing traffic light, never parked a bit funny, never pulled out of a junction and made someone else brake a bit, never been a bit too close to the car in front? What a paragon!
Mk3Spitfire said:
Loon, I don't know what your problem is, but I think you could do with a nice long holiday in the sun somewhere. You obviously have a vast knowledge of your field, but you just can't help yourself having a go at literally everyone who you reply to. What's wrong with just replying with sensible advice, or just ignoring the posts if you don't like them.
You're going to get high blood pressure going on the way you are.
Will you be repeating that for Breadvan?You're going to get high blood pressure going on the way you are.
Thought not.
Why does it bother you how I post? I'm not stressed at all, in fact I find a little venting is quite refreshing.
£100 and 3 points (that are unlikely to be added to, by the sound of it) seems a fairly inconsequential punishment in the circumstances.
- Your OH was nervous, on a road she didn't know at all well, and her response was to drive considerably faster than she would have done otherwise
- She missed a fairly obvious, luminous box by the side of the road
- Her speed wasn't 'just over', it was significantly over
- Several child angels and at least 1 dozen kittens died as a result
- Your OH was nervous, on a road she didn't know at all well, and her response was to drive considerably faster than she would have done otherwise
- She missed a fairly obvious, luminous box by the side of the road
- Her speed wasn't 'just over', it was significantly over
- Several child angels and at least 1 dozen kittens died as a result
LoonR1 said:
Will you be repeating that for Breadvan?
Thought not.
Why does it bother you how I post? I'm not stressed at all, in fact I find a little venting is quite refreshing.
No, because not all his posts read like he's about to explode. Thought not.
Why does it bother you how I post? I'm not stressed at all, in fact I find a little venting is quite refreshing.
Perhaps it's best if you do vent then....I just hope you're not like this when talking to people in person.
Clearly you boys do not get it...for some people breaking (unknowingly or unintentionally) a law for the first time, or at least being caught is a big deal when you live your life trying to do the right thing...and yes well done it is not a big deal.
It was a simple question which I think one of you managed to answer...just, after you finished being offensive.
Oh and yes she is no more observant than the other 99% of incompetant road users!
It was a simple question which I think one of you managed to answer...just, after you finished being offensive.
Oh and yes she is no more observant than the other 99% of incompetant road users!
Mk3Spitfire said:
No, because not all his posts read like he's about to explode.
Perhaps it's best if you do vent then....I just hope you're not like this when talking to people in person.
That's down to you and the tone you're choosing to read my posts in. Read both of our comments on this thread in the same tone, I bet you can't tell us apart in terms of stress, or chilled out sarcasm. Perhaps it's best if you do vent then....I just hope you're not like this when talking to people in person.
CTE said:
Clearly you boys do not get it...for some people breaking (unknowingly or unintentionally) a law for the first time, or at least being caught is a big deal when you live your life trying to do the right thing...and yes well done it is not a big deal.
It was a simple question which I think one of you managed to answer...just, after you finished being offensive.
Oh and yes she is no more observant than the other 99% of incompetant road users!
Might I suggest if breaking the law was that much of a concern then she ought to have been paying more attention or defaulted to doing 30 on a road she didn't know the speed limit on?It was a simple question which I think one of you managed to answer...just, after you finished being offensive.
Oh and yes she is no more observant than the other 99% of incompetant road users!
Tbh if she gets nervous when on a detour she sounds dangerous anyway, or at easy like she isn't in a fit state to be driving.
On another note, mk3spitfire calm down tbh loon says 99% of the time what most people are thinking anyway.
Mk3Spitfire said:
LoonR1 said:
That's down to you and the tone you're choosing to read my posts in. Read both of our comments on this thread in the same tone, I bet you can't tell us apart in terms of stress, or chilled out sarcasm.
Chilled out sarcasm? Ok. At the end of the day s
t happens and we all make mistakes, you just have to accept it and move on. I certainly wouldn't go around holding the rest of the world up, that would be a really odd thing to do.Just fill the paper work in and see what happens, the chances are that a course will cost way more than the 3 points will.
Mk3Spitfire said:
Loon, I don't know what your problem is, but I think you could do with a nice long holiday in the sun somewhere. You obviously have a vast knowledge of your field, but you just can't help yourself having a go at literally everyone who you reply to. What's wrong with just replying with sensible advice, or just ignoring the posts if you don't like them.
You're going to get high blood pressure going on the way you are.
I cant believe it but I agree with your post completely.You're going to get high blood pressure going on the way you are.
Dude's posts irritate me I just skip them these days.
woody2846 said:
Breadvan72 said:
Heaven help them if ever they were exposed to actual real life banter.
Totally agree, a-lot of the posters on PH (especially recently) can't seem to understand banter.hole.If people post nonsense, why shouldn't others tease them? The OP claims that his wife is a flawless driver (inherently unlikely), but then indicates that she was so discombobbed by a diversion that she lost control of her car to the extent that she exceeded the speed limit by a factor of one third. He adds further drivelling excuses such as "it's a modern car". All laughable tosh, so why not laugh at it? Then the OP witters on about appealing a poxy three pointer on a clean licence, and generally goes a bit Drama Queen about something quite commonplace and non Earth shattering. Loon says: don't be so silly. He expresses himself firmly, but, so what; is the OP six?
Edited by anonymous-user on Friday 15th August 15:53
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