How Annoying! !

[andy g bmth]

Having finally advertised my car for sale last night on autotrader, I had a guy and his wife round to look at it this evening. Having had a look around the car and making positive noises we went for a test drive.

Precisely 3 minutes into test drive going along southbourne overcliffe , I get f@%#king caught for speeding by a really nice policeman hidden behind a hedge with a mobile gun.

Despite the lovely clear weather, perfect driving conditions and not another single car on the road in either direction - I get done for doing 37 in a 30.

20 minutes later, the buyer is looking rather bored as they proceeded to check the whole car over rather thoroughly even though they knew I was on a test drive! on purpose or not you decide.....

Luckily there was nothing they could pull me on and didn't even notice the 3/4 plate on front.

To say i'm pretty hacked off is an understatement but all you can do is laugh......

[TIPPER]

B ad luck. Did you sell the car?

[andy g bmth]

don't know yet, he's coming back at the weekend once he's arranged insurance so he can drive it.

At least he knows its not stolen!!

[gooby]

The local plod are are bl00dy nightmare! Petty and officious. As long as you dont do a "gooby" and tell them so. I figure if they are going to give me points and a fine I am going to get at least £60 worth of insults. What sort of attitude did he expect me to display? Gratitude?

[Hollywood Wheels]

Andy, thats a real pisser, he actually gave you a ticket for being just 7 mph over the limit?! Oh dear. I won't slag off my colleague, I don't know the road, but that sounds poor. Those traffic boys are pretty serious about what they do. Try not to let it get you down, and don't change the three-quarter sized plate, full size ones look plain silly on the Elise (speaking as someone who hasn't been stopped for mine yet!)...

HW

[Joe - Exige S]

andy g bmth said:

Having finally advertised my car for sale last night on autotrader, I had a guy and his wife round to look at it this evening. Having had a look around the car and making positive noises we went for a test drive.

Precisely 3 minutes into test drive going along southbourne overcliffe , I get f@%#king caught for speeding by a really nice policeman hidden behind a hedge with a mobile gun.

Despite the lovely clear weather, perfect driving conditions and not another single car on the road in either direction - I get done for doing 37 in a 30.

20 minutes later, the buyer is looking rather bored as they proceeded to check the whole car over rather thoroughly even though they knew I was on a test drive! on purpose or not you decide.....

Luckily there was nothing they could pull me on and didn't even notice the 3/4 plate on front.

To say i'm pretty hacked off is an understatement but all you can do is laugh......

Gulp !

I'm really sorry to hear that! B@stards!

If the police are going to use speed traps in such a blatant revenue generating manor (totally regardless of safety) then they should reduce the points you get to 1 and increase the fine in accordance to the amount over the speed limit you were caught at.

I was giving a friend a "demonstration" of the S along the bit of road that links Southbourne overcliff to Hengistbury head on Sunday ie that lovely "banked corner". I dread to think of the consequences that would have resulted from the speed I was doing.

Edited by Joe - Exige S on Tuesday 13th June 09:26

[S Works]

Nothing Joe, because it was all above board and legal

[Joe - Exige S]

S Works said:

Nothing Joe, because it was all above board and legal

Aaaahhhhhhhrrrrrrmmmm, Ah yes, quite right. At the speed I was going the consequences would have been a good pi$$ taking by my mates for driving like a granny and doing 20mph in a 30 zone.

[jb111s]

I'd recommend a road angel. It has a very handy "blackspot" detector built in which has prime revenue generating locations.

Went & showed my documents to plod yesterday after being caught. It was like something out of Dixon of dot green. 19 yr old who could barely string a sentence together behind the desk filling in a bit of paper for nearly 15 minutes whilst concentrating so hard it looked like a blood vessell was going to burst!

I then found out the guy who pulled me over had put the date as 20/05/2045!!!! And I'm the dangerous driver, at least I know what year it is

[Sublime]

jb111s said:

I'd recommend a road angel. It has a very handy "blackspot" detector built in which has prime revenue generating locations.

Went & showed my documents to plod yesterday after being caught. It was like something out of Dixon of dot green. 19 yr old who could barely string a sentence together behind the desk filling in a bit of paper for nearly 15 minutes whilst concentrating so hard it looked like a blood vessell was going to burst!

I then found out the guy who pulled me over had put the date as 20/05/2045!!!! And I'm the dangerous driver, at least I know what year it is

If they have put the date incorrectly on the ticket then I'd be inclined to think it's invalid and they can't prosecute you for the offence. Have that checked out by a legal representative.

[andy g bmth]

cheers for the replies

if i was going to get done whilst on a test drive, i should have got my moneys worth and opened it up so he could hear the exhaust. lol

6 other people got pulled whilst i was their being fully inspected - 5 of them women!

i dont think you could ask for a safer bit of road as it is really wide and straight, so i dont think it would register as a blackspot. - i do have a snooper but never fitted it due to lack of space, ironic really.

[cheekymonkey]

gutted for you andy... they are pesky b***ers around here. i narrowly escaped getting busted saturday night coming back from london, fortunately i was keeping my eyes open and saw a car approaching from behind at great speed, eased off, pulled in and up stormed a T5 to pull the car I'd been tucked in behind for the past 10-20 miles. i fear it may have been a bad due to the speed he was going!

[jb111s]

Sublime said:

jb111s said:

I'd recommend a road angel. It has a very handy "blackspot" detector built in which has prime revenue generating locations.

Went & showed my documents to plod yesterday after being caught. It was like something out of Dixon of dot green. 19 yr old who could barely string a sentence together behind the desk filling in a bit of paper for nearly 15 minutes whilst concentrating so hard it looked like a blood vessell was going to burst!

I then found out the guy who pulled me over had put the date as 20/05/2045!!!! And I'm the dangerous driver, at least I know what year it is

If they have put the date incorrectly on the ticket then I'd be inclined to think it's invalid and they can't prosecute you for the offence. Have that checked out by a legal representative.

I was wondering that!!! It's on the section where they have receipt of taking my driving licence. The main offence bit at the top has the correct date. Any legal eagles who can advise, would be greatly appreciated!!!