Got away with speeding :-)
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Twas on the M25 "making swift progress" yesterday when I had the obigatory blue lights in my rear view mirror. Pulled over at a safe place and was "invited to join PC plod and his friend for a chat".
Turned out the video hadn't managed to get my speed, don't know whether this is due to incompetence or the system. But they said "we were doing over 120 to catch you up". As I only had an indicated 98/100 on the speedo I thought this to be a little strange.
I asked if they would like to put 120 in their notebook, knowing full well the Mags would throw that out with no video and the top speed in the manual of 94.
I asked if there was an issue with my driving, apart from the speed, to which they said it was fine. They confirmed I was indicating in time, using lane technique correctly etc. We spoke about the number of others hogging the middle lane, fog lights etc.
They also didn't have a copy of the PACE manual in the car, and didn't fancy the hassle of getting it.
Hence a warning to "slow down in the future sonny" and a producer thingy.
Result.
Turned out the video hadn't managed to get my speed, don't know whether this is due to incompetence or the system. But they said "we were doing over 120 to catch you up". As I only had an indicated 98/100 on the speedo I thought this to be a little strange.
I asked if they would like to put 120 in their notebook, knowing full well the Mags would throw that out with no video and the top speed in the manual of 94.
I asked if there was an issue with my driving, apart from the speed, to which they said it was fine. They confirmed I was indicating in time, using lane technique correctly etc. We spoke about the number of others hogging the middle lane, fog lights etc.
They also didn't have a copy of the PACE manual in the car, and didn't fancy the hassle of getting it.
Hence a warning to "slow down in the future sonny" and a producer thingy.
Result.
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