Did I get away with it?
Discussion
Last week it was 8 months since I saw a camera van when going over the limit (enough to not get just fpn). I saw the camera van trying to hide around a bend and some trees so shaved off the speed before I was in its proper line of sight. I was wondering if it somehow got me before the bend but it’s been 8 months now and the car has been registered to me for about 2 years. Have I got away with it?
There has been 3 instances where I've "met" a camera van at a decent amount above an acceptable speed. Thankfully the two in the UK have come to nothing and the other was in CZ in about 1995 and was a misery ( to me) on the spot fine.
As others have said - you were clear after a couple of weeks
As others have said - you were clear after a couple of weeks
TheDrownedApe said:
There has been 3 instances where I've "met" a camera van at a decent amount above an acceptable speed. Thankfully the two in the UK have come to nothing and the other was in CZ in about 1995 and was a misery ( to me) on the spot fine.
As others have said - you were clear after a couple of weeks
I thought their range was very long and they could get you from anywhere. Seems like not. As others have said - you were clear after a couple of weeks
321boost said:
I thought their range was very long and they could get you from anywhere. Seems like not.
Seems like yes. I got done by one from almost a mile away in January. Very deserving case, nothing else on a wide fast straight stretch of the A43 with no turn offs or slip roads, clearly a highly dangerous stretch. It's never about revenue though......321boost said:
littleredrooster said:
You actually 'got away with it' about 7.5 months ago if you weren't stopped and reported for it at the time...
Not stopped at the time.As said above you "got away with it" 14 days after the date as that was when a NIP was required - unless it was a lease or company car of course, in which case you'd have had to give it a month for the first NIP to arrive and then a subsequent one to arrive with your name on it.
Heaveho said:
321boost said:
I thought their range was very long and they could get you from anywhere. Seems like not.
Seems like yes. I got done by one from almost a mile away in January. Very deserving case, nothing else on a wide fast straight stretch of the A43 with no turn offs or slip roads, clearly a highly dangerous stretch. It's never about revenue though......
mikal83 said:
321boost said:
ThunderSpook said:
Yes, except you’ve now admitted it on the Internet so you’ll probably get 10 years or so.
How so? 
321boost said:
mikal83 said:
I got what you were trying to say but it will still be interesting to know what they can do with the information provided in this thread. What action would they take? martinbiz said:
321boost said:
mikal83 said:
I got what you were trying to say but it will still be interesting to know what they can do with the information provided in this thread. What action would they take? 321boost said:
But my question still is, I have admitted the offence can something be done about it?
Yes, the IP address (and hence your actual physical address) of every post on PH will be recorded on PH servers. It is a legal requirement that anything like this, where someone admits on line to doing something illegal, has to be reported to the police.Most servers will do this automatically however some are searched manually and it can take up to a year before the offense is recorded and acted on.
Heaveho said:
321boost said:
I thought their range was very long and they could get you from anywhere. Seems like not.
Seems like yes. I got done by one from almost a mile away in January. Very deserving case, nothing else on a wide fast straight stretch of the A43 with no turn offs or slip roads, clearly a highly dangerous stretch. It's never about revenue though......Derek Smith said:
If you've been sweating on this for eight months, I might suggest that 'getting away with it' doesn't apply.
Who said he was sweating? Or are you just trying not to seethe because a disgusting criminal escaped punishment? Old habits, eh!(in case you didn't know OP, 'Derek Smith' used to be a police officer, hence the 'old habits' and 'disgusting criminal' remark, purely tongue in cheek, hope you understand)
Edited by ReverendCounter on Tuesday 28th July 17:22
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