115mph in 70mph!! COURT RESULT!!

[themainlegend]

Hey all,

Went to court today after getting pulled over in july for doing 115mph in a 70mph limit! Just thought i would post the result to help anyone else who is in a similar situation. I got a clean license and have been driving for 4 years, i got 42 day ban, 200 fine and no points!! Pretty good i thought seeing as i'm off work for most of it anyway lol.

Hope this helps.

[Hooli]

sounds like time for a long ski hoilday in january then. not a bad result for breaking a law that shouldnt exist.

[FiveStar]

Glad you are happy with the result! At least you can drink as much as you want this xmas and have an excuse not to be the designated driver!!

[KillerJim]

Surely you will pay for the ban in other ways, such as greatly increase insurance costs?

KJ

[themainlegend]

Well doesn't seem that way cause when i renew my insurance in sept 2008, i will then be 25, 2 years no claims (hopefully) so she said even declaring the ban the insurance may still be around the same or lower.

Nice

[FiveStar]

so they dont increase the premium for this year? they just take the ban into account come renewal time?

[Mattt]

FiveStar said:

so they dont increase the premium for this year? they just take the ban into account come renewal time?

He must notify his insurer of the ban now (or at least when he starts driving again).

[cluelessboy]

I think a lot of the "you're gonna pay sky high insurance when you break the law/get banned" comes from the propaganda spread by the Traffic Police.

My brother's been banned for 14m DD-failure to provide, tried to see how much his insurance would be (putting forward all details 1year) with 3points 60mph in a 50zone and it was about 200quid dearer than normal. He does have 5 years no claims, 5yrs driving under his belt tho though.

[dan1981]

think your self you wern't in Wrexham.... could have cost you an extra £150 at least hehehe.

[FiveStar]

Mattt said:

FiveStar said:

so they dont increase the premium for this year? they just take the ban into account come renewal time?

He must notify his insurer of the ban now (or at least when he starts driving again).

he already has. its not what i was asking.

[derestrictor]

Hooli said:

sounds like time for a long ski hoilday in january then. not a bad result for breaking a law that shouldnt exist.

Well, er, yes.

Congrats, in a way: if the communists have to justify their existence by punishing abstract and harmless facets of human endeavour then the fine/no points thing would be vastly preferable.

The ban is of course, ridiculous, if indeed it was merely for going at a certain speed and not simultaneously beheading sock fetishists.

[red_zed]

good result there- lesson still to be learnt though!

even the main legend knows when he has been blessed with a touch of luck, does he not?!

might even give you a lift to the pub in the next 42 days if you are lucky

[PGM]

When I had a 14 day ban for 101mph about 10 years ago, it vastly affected insurance - only a few would actually insure me and then it was for much cash.

It was a nightmare to be honest, but then having no points is a big advantage.

I was 26 at the time with a company impreza turbo.

[claypigeon60]

I'm in a weird insurance position because of 2 speeding convictions (1xSP30, 1xSP50 - 3pts/60 quid for each)

I started a policy on my diesel Ibiza for my gf; because she did not have a previous policy but is my partner, my insurance company offered to mirror my (protected) No Claims Discount ... but then said I could not be added as a named driver and still claim the mirrored NCD because of the aforementioned 'convictions'.

So it's my car (as in, I paid for it). My accrued NCD. But I can't drive that car. I can drive my other car though, the one that has my own policy on it - that'll be the more powerful, more expensive Leon Cupra then.

She gets to drive either car ...

[Retard]

It's not a good result at all. You've been prosecuted and fined for doing nothing wrong.

[fluffnik]

Retard said:

It's not a good result at all. You've been prosecuted and fined for doing nothing wrong.

Exactly!

We must work to destroy our oppressors, not be glad when they oppress us only slightly.

[Hammerwerfer]

Strange how the EU is trying to ram speed limits down the throats of the Germans.

Why can't it be the other way around?

What the hell is wrong with driving at a sensible speed on a motorway?

[vonhosen]

Hammerwerfer said:

Strange how the EU is trying to ram speed limits down the throats of the Germans.

Why can't it be the other way around?

Because the Germans are the minority & the majority of governments don't share their view on policy ?

[Hammerwerfer]

vonhosen said:

Hammerwerfer said:

Strange how the EU is trying to ram speed limits down the throats of the Germans.

Why can't it be the other way around?

Because the Germans are the minority & the majority of governments don't share their view on policy ?

Possibly. But would it not be nice for saner minds to prevail and lift the damned limits?

The Germans have accepted the EU mandate that the Polizei have to change their uniforms from beige and green to blue as well as changing the colour of their marked patrol cars. Isn't that enough?

Shouldn't the rest of the EU now review their ludicrous speed limirs and bring them into line with Germany's?

[dcb]

vonhosen said:

Because the Germans are the minority & the majority of governments don't share their view on policy ?

Clearly a man who hasn't driven in Italy,
or it would appear, anywhere in Southern Europe.