61 in a 50 - any chance of a speed awareness course?
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Well after 25 years of clean licence I finally got my first speeding ticket. It was an uphill section of two lane in one direction, one lane the other in the middle of no where. I saw the van but missed the fact that it was a 50mph, not a 60 so went blithely past at (what turns out to be) 61mph.
Totally safe, empty dry road, very capable car, blah blah, but counts for nothing of course - I'm the dangerous guy, someone driving past a school at home time at 29mph in a 30mph is the safe guy.
Anyway, moan over. Having never had one of these before, I'm wondering what chance there is of one of these safer driving courses I've heard about? I guess there's a speed threshold?
Also, any suggestions for speed camera detectors? Appreciate it wouldn't have helped in this situation, but one more of these and I'm half way to losing my licence, which is a sobering thought.
Totally safe, empty dry road, very capable car, blah blah, but counts for nothing of course - I'm the dangerous guy, someone driving past a school at home time at 29mph in a 30mph is the safe guy.
Anyway, moan over. Having never had one of these before, I'm wondering what chance there is of one of these safer driving courses I've heard about? I guess there's a speed threshold?
Also, any suggestions for speed camera detectors? Appreciate it wouldn't have helped in this situation, but one more of these and I'm half way to losing my licence, which is a sobering thought.
I was offered a course for 71 in a 60 so fingers crossed for you.
Interestingly I was the only one in the room of maybe 50 people that had been done in anything other than a 30 limit. Which probably says more about speed enforcement in towns vs country roads <shakes fist at Cumbria SCP> than anything else, but equally I know who I think was driving more dangerously.
Interestingly I was the only one in the room of maybe 50 people that had been done in anything other than a 30 limit. Which probably says more about speed enforcement in towns vs country roads <shakes fist at Cumbria SCP> than anything else, but equally I know who I think was driving more dangerously.
deckster said:
Interestingly I was the only one in the room of maybe 50 people that had been done in anything other than a 30 limit.
Exactly the same on the course I did - I was there for doing 82 in a 70 (empty dual carriageway, sunny clear day blah blah blah), but everyone else had been doing 37 in a 30 and the like and the course was clearly very much aimed at reducing speeding in built-up areas, rather than what I'd done. But at least it kept points off the licence.Ari said:
Well after 25 years of clean licence I finally got my first speeding ticket. It was an uphill section of two lane in one direction, one lane the other in the middle of no where. I saw the van but missed the fact that it was a 50mph, not a 60 so went blithely past at (what turns out to be) 61mph.
Sounds like what I got ... which region ? did a course yesterday, 59 in a 50 same description of road you mentioned... 
... I got caught in Dorset... ... some woman was on her 4th (!!) course!
Ari said:
Well after 25 years of clean licence I finally got my first speeding ticket. It was an uphill section of two lane in one direction, one lane the other in the middle of no where. I saw the van but missed the fact that it was a 50mph, not a 60 so went blithely past at (what turns out to be) 61mph.
Totally safe, empty dry road, very capable car, blah blah, but counts for nothing of course - I'm the dangerous guy, someone driving past a school at home time at 29mph in a 30mph is the safe guy.
Anyway, moan over. Having never had one of these before, I'm wondering what chance there is of one of these safer driving courses I've heard about? I guess there's a speed threshold?
Also, any suggestions for speed camera detectors? Appreciate it wouldn't have helped in this situation, but one more of these and I'm half way to losing my licence, which is a sobering thought.
I completed a speed awareness course a couple of years back for the exact same speed - 61 in a 50.Totally safe, empty dry road, very capable car, blah blah, but counts for nothing of course - I'm the dangerous guy, someone driving past a school at home time at 29mph in a 30mph is the safe guy.
Anyway, moan over. Having never had one of these before, I'm wondering what chance there is of one of these safer driving courses I've heard about? I guess there's a speed threshold?
Also, any suggestions for speed camera detectors? Appreciate it wouldn't have helped in this situation, but one more of these and I'm half way to losing my licence, which is a sobering thought.
Black_S3 said:
I think it would be extremely harsh if you got anymore than an awareness course for it as it clearly is a lapse of awareness... 61 in what could was assumed by mistake to be a 60. Is there anyway you can highlight this?
Sorry for crashing into your child, it was a lapse of awareness. My mistake. Soz. LosingGrip said:
Black_S3 said:
I think it would be extremely harsh if you got anymore than an awareness course for it as it clearly is a lapse of awareness... 61 in what could was assumed by mistake to be a 60. Is there anyway you can highlight this?
Sorry for crashing into your child, it was a lapse of awareness. My mistake. Soz. LosingGrip said:
Black_S3 said:
I think it would be extremely harsh if you got anymore than an awareness course for it as it clearly is a lapse of awareness... 61 in what could was assumed by mistake to be a 60. Is there anyway you can highlight this?
Sorry for crashing into your child, it was a lapse of awareness. My mistake. Soz. 
Fear not, there were no children on the road or anywhere near it to be harmed at 50mph, 61mph, 20mph or 100mph.
Ari said:
Lynchie999 said:
Sounds like what I got ... which region ? did a course yesterday, 59 in a 50 same description of road you mentioned... ... I got caught in Dorset...
... some woman was on her 4th (!!) course!
It was in Dorest, A35 near Bridport. ... I got caught in Dorset... ... some woman was on her 4th (!!) course!
Same section as I got caught on then... the courses are fairly straight forward ...
Ari said:
It was in Dorest, A35 near Bridport.
Was it by Eype? Near the service station? Stu08 said:
Not entirely sure if hitting a child at 50 or 60 MPH will make much difference to the outcome.
It was more a comment on someone saying is it worth raising it was a mistake as they thought it was 60 not 50. I've had something to eat now and less miserable ha. (But my point still stands, if you don't see a speed limit sign, what else are you missing?).
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