94 in a 70 help needed
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I got a call from my 17 yr old sister last night at 2am.
called to tell me at 5pm that day she had been pulled over on the M27 by a patrol car and read all her rights etc and told her she had been caught speeding at 94.
shes been issued with a sumonds to go to caught.
where do you think she stands on keeping her licence. she has only been driving 4 months and dont worry i have given her a damn good lecture as has my dad...
but she wont be driving anywhere any time soon as at the stroke of midnight she totaled the car.
suprises me most of all as when i have been in the car with her shes been a good driver. but oh well.
ta in advance
that is shocking...getting pulled and then totalling the car after being driveing a matter of months. Normally for that speed it is 3 points but as it is a court it may be 4/5 points as its within the limits (by 2mph). I am wondering why she was sent to court when a FPN could have been given although other factors such as traffic and the age of your sister may come into it with regard to her being summoned to court. They may decide to give her the 6 to 'teach her a lesson' so to speak but it would be dependant on how she conducts herself in court.
Would sound even worse if it came out that she totalled the car on the same night as well so would try to keep quiet about that one, a simple i have since got rid of the car due to blah blah blah....may get you a better result without having to say how it has been got rid of.
How did she trash it anyway?
Would sound even worse if it came out that she totalled the car on the same night as well so would try to keep quiet about that one, a simple i have since got rid of the car due to blah blah blah....may get you a better result without having to say how it has been got rid of.
How did she trash it anyway?
Edited by wideload on Tuesday 1st January 22:03
wideload said:
that is shocking...getting pulled and then totalling the car after being driveing a matter of months.
You must be easily shocked. Person with virtually ZERO driving experience . Driving around at very high speeds (30% over the max UK limit). Totals car.My Gawd, imagine that!
We probably don't need twonks like this polluting our road space.
As per the title of your thread, exactly what type of help are you looking for?
I don't know what what the circumstances are surrounding the car getting totalled are but from the way your post reads it sounds as if your sister is better off without a licence for her own safety as well as everyone else's.
Look on the bright side at least her lack of experience and high speeds didn't end with a fatal accident.
I don't know what what the circumstances are surrounding the car getting totalled are but from the way your post reads it sounds as if your sister is better off without a licence for her own safety as well as everyone else's.
Look on the bright side at least her lack of experience and high speeds didn't end with a fatal accident.
well past experience of being stopped at similar speeds have lead to one lot of 3 points/sixty quid and one lot of off to court (not caught 
) and six points and a couple of hundred quid fine.
with a bit of luck she'll get the 6 points option, get her license taken away for a while, and hopefully this will give her time to calm down a bit.
) and six points and a couple of hundred quid fine.with a bit of luck she'll get the 6 points option, get her license taken away for a while, and hopefully this will give her time to calm down a bit.
Edited by eccles on Tuesday 1st January 23:30
Slowly slowly said:
I blame the parents...........
as do i what i meant in regarding help.. is what to expect punishment wise.
the car being totlaed.. hearing differnet things from different people.. all i know is that if i get to the car on friday and it can be repaired.. i'll take my damn sweet time over it.
i am hoping she gsts a 3pts and a fine.. but she is being put on a drivers ed course asap.
deadslow said:
wideload said:
that is shocking...getting pulled and then totalling the car after being driveing a matter of months.
You must be easily shocked. Person with virtually ZERO driving experience . Driving around at very high speeds (30% over the max UK limit). Totals car.My Gawd, imagine that!
We probably don't need twonks like this polluting our road space.
- Streaky
harsh I've been in a similar situation many years ago where I was caught doing 99mph in a 70mph zone and was offered a FPN (fixed penalty notice) IE 3 points and £60 fine but because I already had 3 points and passed my test after 1995 I had 2 choices – Accept the 3 points and the DVLA would revoke my licence and I’d have to re-pass my full test again, or go to court and ask for a SPD (Short period disqualification)
To complicate things at the time I was a field service engineer driving many miles through North Wales so I needed my licence or have a set period of time off the road so I could use my annual leave up instead of an uncertain time frame. So I went to court and upshot of it was the court gave me 4 points and £100 fine.
The DVLA revoked my licence about 3 weeks later and I had to re-pass my test which I did and with 1-2 minors within 3 weeks! So end the end turned out better as I don’t have any bans on my licence and the points have now left my licence.
Scary times though – Wouldn’t recommend to anyone; Lesson learnt.
To complicate things at the time I was a field service engineer driving many miles through North Wales so I needed my licence or have a set period of time off the road so I could use my annual leave up instead of an uncertain time frame. So I went to court and upshot of it was the court gave me 4 points and £100 fine.
The DVLA revoked my licence about 3 weeks later and I had to re-pass my test which I did and with 1-2 minors within 3 weeks! So end the end turned out better as I don’t have any bans on my licence and the points have now left my licence.
Scary times though – Wouldn’t recommend to anyone; Lesson learnt.
Edited by Northern-Loop on Wednesday 2nd January 11:51
Edited by Northern-Loop on Wednesday 2nd January 11:52
This is what happens throughout the country when we let children drive cars. It's total lunacy. Naturally when I was 18 I wanted to pass my test and become mobile but I really feel the driving age should be raised to 21 BEFORE anyone can start to learn.
Remember two things
1) Even basic cars of today are capable of very high speeds compared with cars,say,20-30 years ago, when you were lucky to get even 70 out of your first car, and that was pushing it!!
2) At the risk of sounding like an 0ld fart(I'm only 44!!) the youngsters of today seem far more immature than they were 20 years ago, and I'd also say that my generation were not as mature when we were young as my parents generation.
Next time you see some sort of prang take a close look. I reckon about 7/10 will be children driving cars. Let's face it, it's a very bad idea!!
Remember two things
1) Even basic cars of today are capable of very high speeds compared with cars,say,20-30 years ago, when you were lucky to get even 70 out of your first car, and that was pushing it!!
2) At the risk of sounding like an 0ld fart(I'm only 44!!) the youngsters of today seem far more immature than they were 20 years ago, and I'd also say that my generation were not as mature when we were young as my parents generation.
Next time you see some sort of prang take a close look. I reckon about 7/10 will be children driving cars. Let's face it, it's a very bad idea!!
I got 4 points for 99mph.
I love the whole 'Youngers seem far more immature these days' comment.
Perhaps it's because you are 20 years old yourself now?
Oh and starting to learn to drive at 21?
off.
So basically you are saying that I shouldn't have been let out on the roads 3 months after my 17th birthday when I passed? Having never ever crashed a car still now after 5 years????
I love the whole 'Youngers seem far more immature these days' comment.
Perhaps it's because you are 20 years old yourself now?
Oh and starting to learn to drive at 21?
off.So basically you are saying that I shouldn't have been let out on the roads 3 months after my 17th birthday when I passed? Having never ever crashed a car still now after 5 years????
Hopefully, she has learned from the experience and will become a better driver.
There are a lot of people on here who have been caught speeding by a fairly wide margin, judging by all the "Caught doing 98 in an NSL - what will happen?" type threads on here. I imagine a fair few will have written a car off.
The OP has asked what the punishment will be, not to have judgement passed by a bunch of hypocrites who are, of course, impeccable drivers.
There are a lot of people on here who have been caught speeding by a fairly wide margin, judging by all the "Caught doing 98 in an NSL - what will happen?" type threads on here. I imagine a fair few will have written a car off.
The OP has asked what the punishment will be, not to have judgement passed by a bunch of hypocrites who are, of course, impeccable drivers.
Pwig said:
I got 4 points for 99mph.
I love the whole 'Youngers seem far more immature these days' comment.
Perhaps it's because you are 20 years old yourself now?
Oh and starting to learn to drive at 21? off.
So basically you are saying that I shouldn't have been let out on the roads 3 months after my 17th birthday when I passed? Having never ever crashed a car still now after 5 years????
Erm........yes!! Just because you may be a safe driver has no relevance whatsoever. As I'm sure you will point out, there are thousands of 'older' people who are also useless drivers and a danger to others, but the statstics speak for themselves,the under 21s have considerably more accidents than any other ages group and the disparatity increases each year.I love the whole 'Youngers seem far more immature these days' comment.
Perhaps it's because you are 20 years old yourself now?
Oh and starting to learn to drive at 21?
off.So basically you are saying that I shouldn't have been let out on the roads 3 months after my 17th birthday when I passed? Having never ever crashed a car still now after 5 years????
Pwig said:
I got 4 points for 99mph.
I love the whole 'Youngers seem far more immature these days' comment.
Perhaps it's because you are 20 years old yourself now?
Oh and starting to learn to drive at 21? off.
So basically you are saying that I shouldn't have been let out on the roads 3 months after my 17th birthday when I passed? Having never ever crashed a car still now after 5 years????
When I was 17 I drove like an idiot. Rather suprisingly I managed to avoid any crashes or proscecutions. All I learned from that was the laws of physics didn't apply to me. Until I was 20. Then 3 non-injury accidents in 3 months, all mainly my fault... I started learning then.I love the whole 'Youngers seem far more immature these days' comment.
Perhaps it's because you are 20 years old yourself now?
Oh and starting to learn to drive at 21?
off.So basically you are saying that I shouldn't have been let out on the roads 3 months after my 17th birthday when I passed? Having never ever crashed a car still now after 5 years????
I suspect todays 17 year olds are no more or less sensible than in the past. Just drive safer cars...
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