crazy ban.imho

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3yrs ago i was driving an integrale at approx 2000hrs up a hill in high wycombe...its a dual carriageway. with a central res. 40mph signage halfway up. caught at 53 mph in what apparently was a 30.ie before sign:have to assume its 30 until you see the 40 sign. cop pulls me over, i am not sure what for. still not sure..then he tells me i have been speeding....and AM going to be BANNED!!!. i said i'm not so sure officer,here is my insurannce and documents etc nil previous convictions,respectable community member etc. go to court. previous CLEAN LICENSE!, ie nil point. magistrate tells me since over 21 o'er limit i must be banned...2 week ban. I know its far to late to sort it but thats outrageous,isn't it?

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yeh . fair point.but what about all these tts with no insurance ,nicked car etc etc , if caught they still just get a ban. you'd really have to see the road i am talking about. still makes me angry. always have to say ,instead of NO to all insurance questions...have to explain some weird ban.

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yep,marlow hill..another question...why have they always got cameras on the way up the hill?cant see why this hill is targeted, it is not a blackspot.

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it is a boarding school so the kids live there... thats why you hardly ever see them...i have never seen ANYONE cross this road. apart from the zebra crossing at the bottom. when i got done there was no 30mph sign,it appeared 2 weeks after my day in court.i was done on the "you have to assume its a 30 because there are street lights" and the 40mph is half way up hill. also you'd be lucky to do 5mph when schools right at top of hill are chucking out. having said all of that, i accept that i was speeding however much i dont like it,it wasn't a fair cop but you have to accept it as an occupational hazard of driving imho normally.