Pepipoo Magistrates Guidelines

[jezzaaa]

Chaps - I always understood that up to 24mph over the speed limit, you'd get a Fixed Penalty - so 3 points. Between there and up to 29mph over the limit, you're looking at a summons but not a ban. After that you're into ban territory.

Just looked at Pepipoo, and it's Magistrates Guidelines wizard gave me the following response: -

Magistrates' Guidelines for Speeding Offences
Speed limit: 70 mph
Your speed: 91mph
Road type: Motorway

Penalty Guidelines
COFP or Summons? COFP
Points: 4-5
Disqualification? No
Maximum fine: £ 2500

Is this correct? Or is this what happens if you refuse the FP and elect to go to court?

Cheers,
J.

[SS2.]

jezzaaa said:

Is this correct? Or is this what happens if you refuse the FP and elect to go to court?

If you are convicted in court, yes..

[jezzaaa]

Hi SS2...thanks alot mate. So I am presumably getting mags guidelines confused with the boundary speeds between getting a fixed penalty or a summons then!

So is it up to 24mph over the limit will get a fixed penalty? And over that gets a summons?

Cheers,
J.

[vonhosen]

It's not that simple.
The You could be summonsed for being 5mph over the limit, it's at the reporting officer's discretion.
The ACPO guidelines give the 'minimum' action expected of officers at those speeds (ie a positive instruction), but the officer is quite within their rights to take more stringent action prior to those speeds

[jezzaaa]

vonhosen said:

It's not that simple.
The You could be summonsed for being 5mph over the limit, it's at the reporting officer's discretion.
The ACPO guidelines give the 'minimum' action expected of officers at those speeds (ie a positive instruction), but the officer is quite within their rights to take more stringent action prior to those speeds

Hi Von - thanks. I was thinking more in terms of electronic enforcement...there aren't many traffic cops these days so the chances of there being any discretion required are minimal! I would have thought the partnerships would have various boundaries that they follow...although I guess different partnerships might use different boundaries?

Cheers,
J.

[SS2.]

jezzaaa said:

So is it up to 24mph over the limit will get a fixed penalty? And over that gets a summons?

The suggested Fixed Penalty speeds are:

35mph - 49mph in a 30
46mph - 65mph in a 40
57mph - 75mph in a 50
68mph - 85mph in a 60
79mph - 95mph in a 70

Prosecution of excess speeds below the minimum suggested enforcement threshold can occur if it is deemed appropriate to do so..

Speeds in excess of the upper limits are likely to proceed straight to summons.

[jezzaaa]

Hi SS2 - ok, many thanks for the info.

J.