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Hi all,
I am a little bit confused and seeking some clarification from you guys in the "know". So you are stopped by an marked police car doing 95mph. Can you contest this if these variables are present:
There was only one policeman
He used his speedo to work out the speed of the car for 1 1/2 miles.
I always thought that speedos were not accurate and also that two policeman had to present,
thanks for any help
all the best
adam
I am a little bit confused and seeking some clarification from you guys in the "know". So you are stopped by an marked police car doing 95mph. Can you contest this if these variables are present:
There was only one policeman
He used his speedo to work out the speed of the car for 1 1/2 miles.
I always thought that speedos were not accurate and also that two policeman had to present,
thanks for any help
all the best
adam
adamt said:
95mph but i think i was actually going quicker, still he was a nice guy and i showed him round the car afterwards as he had never seen one of those alpinas before lol 
all the best
adan
What most likely happened is that he may have known you were going quicker. He offered you 95 as at 96 you would have had to go to court, and the magistrates would not have offered you 3 points and £60 quid, it would have been a lot more.
I hope you snapped his hand off and ran!
adamt said:
95mph but i think i was actually going quicker, still he was a nice guy and i showed him round the car afterwards as he had never seen one of those alpinas before lol
all the best
adan
Of course now you've admitted it in a public forum, he won't need either the speedo or the officer...
What's the current penalty for failing to look in rear view mirror HW 
Hope it goes OK for you on this Adam. If I thought you were likely to be unsafe at that speed, and doubted your judgement as to conditions etc, it would be a different matter.
Were you too relaxed at such a low speed or something like that
Hope it goes OK for you on this Adam. If I thought you were likely to be unsafe at that speed, and doubted your judgement as to conditions etc, it would be a different matter.
Were you too relaxed at such a low speed or something like that
justinp1 said:
95mph but i think i was actually going quicker, still he was a nice guy and i showed him round the car afterwards as he had never seen one of those alpinas before lol
all the best
adan
What most likely happened is that he may have known you were going quicker. He offered you 95 as at 96 you would have had to go to court, and the magistrates would not have offered you 3 points and £60 quid, it would have been a lot more.
I hope you snapped his hand off and ran!
I was caught by a Biker PC going flat out on an empty Dual Carriageway, he said the same to me with a sly look on his face, "Recon you were going 97, but I don't have the equipment. Here's an FPN." "Thank you" Said I.
He did you a favour, be thankful.
turbobloke said:
What's the current penalty for failing to look in rear view mirror HW
From this thread it seems like it could be 3 points & a £60 fine.
Are we saying that danger doesn't exist behind you, so to be safe you only need to be aware of what's infront of you ?
That's the actions & thought processes of what you'd consider a safe driver is it ?
fangio said:
So you class a police car BEHIND you as a DANGER? Only to your licence and pocket! (Or did you teach that trafpol how to drive?)
The point is that if you don't check behind, you won't be aware of any dangers, whatever they may be, will you ?
Effective all round observations are a prerequisite of our most basic drivers & the faster you travel the more aware of dangers you have to be. With that it follows that the processes you operate with, within your driving plans, must also be upto the job & not checking your mirrors sufficiently falls short of that standard.
vonhosen said:
Are we saying that danger doesn't exist behind you, so to be safe you only need to be aware of what's infront of you ?
That's the actions & thought processes of what you'd consider a safe driver is it ?
This raises an issue: what dangers can exist behind you when you’re travelling down motorways at decent speeds?
Tailgaters are the only significant hazards I can think of but what could you safely do about them anyway? (apart from keep left when appropriate which everyone should be doing anyway?)
7db said:Given the number of drivers who still don't move over even when there are blues and twos right behind them, I think it safe to say the police will always assume that drivers in front haven't seen them and mitigate the situation appropriately, thereby ensuring they don’t pose a hazard.
Apart from police cars doing 130.
A runaway BMW with a driver who won’t disable the ignition is another matter………
justinp1 said:
95mph but i think i was actually going quicker, still he was a nice guy and i showed him round the car afterwards as he had never seen one of those alpinas before lol
all the best
adan
What most likely happened is that he may have known you were going quicker. He offered you 95 as at 96 you would have had to go to court, and the magistrates would not have offered you 3 points and £60 quid, it would have been a lot more.
I hope you snapped his hand off and ran!
Yep, this happened to a mate who was doing 98 but driving ok, the bib said he could do him for 96mph which was just the 60 quid and 3 points, or he could contest it in court and likely get really shafted for doing 98.
smeggy said:
Apart from police cars doing 130.
A runaway BMW with a driver who won’t disable the ignition is another matter………
Correct although it's a Police car in this case, you don't know who it's going to be. As you've eluded already it could be a runaway driver, a yob high on drugs in a stolen car, absolutely all kinds of variations. The safe thing is to know what is around you at all times, prioritise the riskier elements (where ever they may be) & deal with them on that basis, whilst continually updating your driving plans with that in my mind.
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