Could they have caught me?
Could they have caught me?
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SS2.

14,712 posts

269 months

Wednesday 28th May 2014
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1. Maybe. Video / recording not strictly necessary. If 2 officers witnessed the incident, their word alone might be enough to convict.

2. Yes.

3. Not a problem issuing a NIP after the event.

4. Maybe, probably depends whether the police think you did a runner after spotting them..


MrBarry123

6,109 posts

152 months

Wednesday 28th May 2014
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I would have thought you'd be terribly unlucky to receive anything as a consequence of this little incident.

vonhosen

40,597 posts

248 months

Wednesday 28th May 2014
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Robboto said:
SS2. said:
1. Maybe. Video / recording not strictly necessary. If 2 officers witnessed the incident, their word alone might be enough to convict.

2. Yes.

3. Not a problem issuing a NIP after the event.

4. Maybe, probably depends whether the police think you did a runner after spotting them..
Thanks.

In regards to question 1, do you know if the ANPR system can scan plates up to 300m+ away?

Also, If as you say, two officers alone alledged I was doing X speed, surely I can challenge this, given they have no factual recordings of what speed I was doing?
You can challenge it if you like but on what basis?

Robboto said:
The road is a 40 zone and I was doing somewhere in the region of 60-70 (Dumb! I know).
You've just admitted on a public forum you think you were doing 60-70mph in a 40!!

Edited by vonhosen on Wednesday 28th May 20:27

Roo

11,504 posts

238 months

Wednesday 28th May 2014
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If the police don't get you the metric martyrs should.

SS2.

14,712 posts

269 months

Wednesday 28th May 2014
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Robboto said:
If as you say, two officers alone alledged I was doing X speed, surely I can challenge this, given they have no factual recordings of what speed I was doing?
You would have to counter long-standing case law if you challenged on that basis alone.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

32,880 posts

248 months

Wednesday 28th May 2014
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Roo said:
If the police don't get you the metric martyrs should.
If I had a kg for every time I'd heard that...

SS2.

14,712 posts

269 months

Wednesday 28th May 2014
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Robboto said:
..I'd like to believe GCHQ or whoever isn't going to be trawling through Pistonheads to make a speeding conviction.
You may (or may not) be surprised to learn that there are those who do trawl this site looking for 'interesting' snippets.

snipez999

305 posts

161 months

Wednesday 28th May 2014
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They may have been answering a call which had nothing to do with you and your car.
If they had clocked your numberplate you'd be receiving a visit from them quite shortly after the incident I would have thought (or are you cuffed at the moment?!)
Take it as a wake up call.....

ReaderScars

6,087 posts

207 months

Wednesday 28th May 2014
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zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz said:
If I had a kg for every time I'd heard that...
hehe



Johnnytheboy

24,499 posts

217 months

Wednesday 28th May 2014
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SS2. said:
Robboto said:
..I'd like to believe GCHQ or whoever isn't going to be trawling through Pistonheads to make a speeding conviction.
You may (or may not) be surprised to learn that there are those who do trawl this site looking for 'interesting' snippets.
Yes, they're called "aholes".

smile

dingg

4,566 posts

250 months

Wednesday 28th May 2014
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SS2. said:
You may (or may not) be surprised to learn that there are those who do trawl this site looking for 'interesting' snippets.
bks

SS2.

14,712 posts

269 months

Wednesday 28th May 2014
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dingg said:
bks
OK.


ging84

9,548 posts

177 months

Thursday 29th May 2014
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this thread seems to be missing an original post

i'm sure it used to say original post deleted in a box when that happened

Roo

11,504 posts

238 months

Thursday 29th May 2014
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Yes, sorry. I was being flippant.

ZZZZZZZ Understood what I was joking about.

jesta1865

3,453 posts

240 months

Thursday 29th May 2014
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Johnnytheboy said:
SS2. said:
Robboto said:
..I'd like to believe GCHQ or whoever isn't going to be trawling through Pistonheads to make a speeding conviction.
You may (or may not) be surprised to learn that there are those who do trawl this site looking for 'interesting' snippets.
Yes, they're called "aholes".

smile
yes they are, but it gets to plod and I know of one couple on a vw forum that posted about having got away with a ban etc for points as the partner had taken them for the other (not the hunes or however you spell their name). they posted about it and couple of weeks later were charged with PCJ and the original speeder lost their licence as well.

be careful out there