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Who on here has recent experience of having been clocked by the speeding police ......

Maybe yesterday on the M4 between 16 an 15, not sure it was a camera gun and I saw him quite early - obviously I wasn't going a bit fast;)

I had a 'friend' past a man wit a gun on the M4 a few weeks ago with the speedo at 93, but surrounded by other cars so ...

So what have you done?

Been clocked doing 46 in a 30.  No excuse was in Hungerford unfamiliar with road that went from 50 to 30 limit and didn't realise.

Think that's above the range for getting away with a course so may have to cough up a fine.

Ouch. Fixed camera or mobile?

Either way, er, good luck.

https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/offences/item/speeding-revised-2017/

(you won't get summonsed!).

is it your first offence? if so then likely be offered a driving improvement course, no points on license but will cost you about £70 and a few hours being told speeding is bad.

I got caught 82 on the 417 between Cirencester and Gloucester & my dad got caught doing 42 in a 30

Won't get offered the course - it's outside the parameters (or certainly was for the Berkshire constabulary). I got done for 41 in a 30 and I made the cut by 1mph.

http://www.safetycamera.org/faqs/speed-awareness-course

You were just under the new (April 2017) band C catagory which is 51 in a 30, 91 in a 60 and 101 in a 70 limit.

I was pulled at 92 on a motorway a couple of years back and was told they don't offer a driving improvement course unless you are under 25% of the speed limit. I was caught at 32% you were clocked at 54%.

To qualify for speed awareness course (if offered as not all forces offer it) you need to be in Band A (1 to 10mph over the limit is the normal guidance but is at officers discression).

I got a fine of £100 fine and 3 points on the licence.

Fines are calculated at £100 or a percentage of your weekly wage, whichever is higher.

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Its explained here.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/motors/3364890/speeding-fines-new-uk-laws-2017-april-penalties/

Just spoke to the department and been told it will be £100 fine and 3 points.

Lesson learnt.

Wait and see what the insurance impact of that is!!

My 3 points had no impact on insurance, it goes up if you get to 6 points, but you just have to tell them.

edit: answered own question. never mind.

I did the AA "Drive Tech" course recently for getting caught doing 35 in a 30, at the bottom of our road. It cost £80 and 4 hours of my time from 5pm to 9pm, instead of the £100 fine and 3 points.

The course was like a bad 'training day' at work - one presenter was good but the other guy just asked loads of pointless rhetorical questions like, "Do we want to hurt other people when we speed?" and so on.

Yesterday I got a new induction system fitted to my Mini JCW, boosting the hp by about 10%  :D

When I got pinged for similar a while back, I happily paid the fine... in fact I'd have paid extra to avoid the course. Such things fuck with your head

Stick to the speed limit like me and you'll be fine  ;)

Done two courses...not a complete waste of time but they do slant it.

Give lots of facts and stats but had no answer to the questions I asked:

1: what are the ratio to drivers v accidents on German motorways?

2: Has there been a huge spike in accidents at Camera black spots since Wiltshire turned off their cameras?

Be wary, colleague at work took a speeding course and his insurance company raised his premium. He was not best pleased.

Wouldn't have thought you'd get a course as you're over half the speed limit again. I was clocked at 45 entering a 30 (same scenario going from 50-30) but fortunately it was one of those community speed watch programs so only had a visit from the local PCSO.

With those community programs, they would never go to court or be fineable. Too much of a loop hole with 'gun' configurations etc..

Had something similar from Fairford to Lechlade.. Coming off the roundabout and it's 40 and then drops to 30 shortly after. My own fault, I wasn't paying attention. The police were showing kids interested in policing how the gun works etc. I was caught doing 42 in a 30. Had a stern telling off and letter through the post.