contesting fixed penalty speeding prosecution

[Arriba]

crafty fuckers have got me.
a road i use daily had its speed camera altered to nail truckers.used to go through it all the time no probs then one day bang bang,fucking nabbed me the cunting thing.49mph on a 60mph road :evil: .i should have been doing 40mph and holding up cars who then attempt dangerous overtaking manouvres on bends etc.
a collegue has been had too.

today i recieved notice of intended prosecution.
anyone ever been able to dodge this? as i want to keep my licence clean and not give those cunts any of my cash.

the 14 day notice wont come into play, as although i wasn't contacted until 18 days after the alleged offence.they would have contacted my employer-ie the registered keeper in time.
they even put in a letter pointing out how you cannot avoid prosecution.the cunts!

[Don Rogers Shop]

I dont understand

[Arriba]

i allegedly exceeded the speed limit by 9 miles an hour

[Barry Scott]

How can you get done for 49mph on a 60 road? Or is it a 40mph zone?

I'm surprised you got caught, i know most cameras have a 10-15mph tolerance to save too many tickets being issued, and all have a 10% tolerance, due to some speedo irregularity in all cars.

I think it's one of those things though and your clean license is no more!

EDIT: I understand the speed limit now.

[Don Rogers Shop]

Ah right sorry Arriba your post said 60mph zone mate

[Arriba]

it is a 60 road for cars-vans etc.but hgv's on a single carraigeway have a speed limit of 40mph on those roads.

[tans]

hgv is 40mph on a single carriageway then 50 on a dual i believe.

[Sippo]

The leeway for speeding is 10% +2. So you cannot get away with it unfortunately.

[Arriba]

i have heard that if you say you will go to court,the cps wont pursue it as the courts are clogged up as it is.and as its only 9mph over the limit they write off anything under 10 mph over the limit.
trouble is if i go to court and get found guilty,would my fine and points be increased to more than i'd get now?

[Bushey Boy]

Depends on your money, if it goes to court I think they can charge you a percentage of your annual salary.  My old man got done something stupid and took points as teh cost if they decided to go to court would of been a small fortune

[Batch]

And even 10%+2 is only a guideline AFAIK.

I guess you may get 'lucky' and get invited to attend a speed awareness course. Costs about the same as a fine but is in lieu of points. You have to be invited, you can't request it.

I sympathise and I guess most of us have been done at some point. But i can't see a way around it, you were speeding. I guess legal advice from an expert is the way to go if a clean license is a must.

[tans]

Have you had a clean record all your driving life arriba?

[BANGKOK RED]

Are Fire Engines/Ambulances/Police cars allowed to speed Tans?

[tans]

Only on emergency calls, you can do up to 25mph over the speed limit iirc. If you get flashed you have provide the old bill with a copy of the turnout ticket and an incident number.

[Arriba]

i accept i was speeding.but the way they now set these cameras to nail trucks is fucking out of order.people become familiar with the route then they change the camera to get trucks.
people are losing their jobs because of this.they aint driving like idiots and cars with worse drivers in alot of cases could go faster than the truckers are getting done for.
all about making money fuck all to do with safety.the truckers are actually making the road safer because those who drive at 40mph,then get frustrated car drivers behind them who tailgate,then try to overtake in dangerous situations.


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