Caught speeding....what will happen?

[E65Ross]

Got a NIP through the post today...

1st offence, 94mph in a 70mph limit. 3 points, or 6 points? Driver awareness course? Have to go to court? Not sure as it's pretty fast but not over the 100mph at least.

Currently just have a form to fill in to send back to say that I was indeed the driver. It says if I'm eligible for an awareness course I'll hear back shortly.

Thanks in advance

Ross

[hedgefinder]

A retired woman from BRAKE will come round to your house tonight and repeatedly stab you in the right leg...

[hedgefinder]

then you will get 3 points and a £60 fine..

Edited by hedgefinder on Friday 2nd May 19:11

[Northernchimp]

Exactly the same as my first points (ahhh memories), 94 on the A1, got 3 points and a £60 fine. No speed awareness as they said I was going too fast for that (Cambridgeshire).

[4rephill]

hedgefinder said:

then you will get 3 points and a £60 fine..

Edited by hedgefinder on Friday 2nd May 19:11

I think you'll find it's 3 points and a £100 fine!

[lbc]

hedgefinder said:

then you will get 3 points and a £60 fine..

Only if the OP was speeding in a time machine.

£100 is the starting fine now.

[E65Ross]

OK thanks chaps

never mind, eh!

[Johnnytheboy]

People in SPL will accuse you of being worse than Hitler.

[hedgefinder]

lbc said:

Only if the OP was speeding in a time machine.

£100 is the starting fine now.

just proves how long it is since I got stopped at 99.9...

[E65Ross]

Johnnytheboy said:

People in SPL will accuse you of being worse than Hitler.

Well I am.......I mean, I could have caused an accident as the guy behind me nearly went in the back of me as I put my brakes on when I saw the van

[Raize]

I don't know why they bother with the £100 fine.

[anonymous-user]

I guess they're covering all the bases, I've a clean licence so if I pick up 3 points I really wouldn't care but £100 would sting a bit. If I had six or nine points I'd be more worried about the points.

[LouD86]

E65Ross said:

Got a NIP through the post today...

1st offence, 94mph in a 70mph limit. 3 points, or 6 points? Driver awareness course? Have to go to court? Not sure as it's pretty fast but not over the 100mph at least.

Currently just have a form to fill in to send back to say that I was indeed the driver. It says if I'm eligible for an awareness course I'll hear back shortly.

Thanks in advance

Ross

Bollucks! Guess Im probably due one too then

[4rephill]

Raize said:

I don't know why they bother with the £100 fine.

In part because it helps to recoup some of the money spent dealing all the paperwork involved in issuing the speeding ticket.

As a Fine, it's pretty much a token gesture and seems to be seen as a trivial amount to have to pay (As you indicate yourself with your: "I don't know why they bother" comment).

Perhaps a Fine of £50 for every mph over the limit would make more sense to "bother" with and be a better deterrent to speeding?

In the case of the OP, that would be a Fine of £1200.

I suspect that for the majority of drivers, a £50 per mph over the limit Fine would be far less trivial amount to have to pay out.

Would a £50 per mph over the limit Fine be unfair? - I don't think so! Nobody is forced to break the speed limit. Most of us do it fully in the knowledge that we know we're breaking the Law but take the risk. If drivers felt the cost of a possible Fine isn't worth the risk then they wouldn't break the limit.

"What if you get caught out by a limit you weren't aware of though?":

If you're not sure of the limit then you should err on the side of caution and drive at a slower speed (Which should be a standard practice anyway!).

And if anyone thinks I'm some sort of anti-speeding, goody two-shoes, BRAKE supporting do-good er, over the last 24 years, I've had three speeding convictions and more than my fair share of Police stops where I have been advised to slow down a bit.

For each one of these incidents I was well aware that I was breaking the speed limit and getting caught was the risk I volunteered to take. If the fines had been £50 per mph over the limit though, I might just have thought better about breaking the speed limit (There are no guarantee's though! - As the saying goes: "Stupid is as stupid does!" )

[E65Ross]

Hi guys

3 points and £100 fine so not too bad really!

Only thing is it says to ensure the issue number for counterpart and photocard parts match up, my photocard says "11" yet the counterpart says "11A"

so are they different or what?

[vonhosen]

E65Ross said:

Hi guys

3 points and £100 fine so not too bad really!

Only thing is it says to ensure the issue number for counterpart and photocard parts match up, my photocard says "11" yet the counterpart says "11A"

so are they different or what?

They are part of the same licence - Corresponding numbers with the addition of an A on the counterpart.

[E65Ross]

vonhosen said:

E65Ross said:

Hi guys

3 points and £100 fine so not too bad really!

Only thing is it says to ensure the issue number for counterpart and photocard parts match up, my photocard says "11" yet the counterpart says "11A"

so are they different or what?

They are part of the same licence - Corresponding numbers with the addition of an A on the counterpart.

Perfect, thanks