contesting fixed penalty speeding prosecution

[Don Rogers Shop]

Tans takes the bait again

Arriba think you may just have to take it on the chin mate.

[DMR]

I always had you down as a copper yourself, arriba.

[Don Rogers Shop]

I thought that Dmr

I would love to be a copper

[tans]

You will prob be alright Arriba, theyll probably send you on a speed awareness course and a fine.

[Arriba]

I always had you down as a copper yourself, arriba.

haha. i've been to court 5 times and had community service.
not for 13 years mind

[DMR]

FWIW arriba, and I'm honestly not trying to wind you up- if you know the road then you should;ve been a bit more careful, it's like when be people don't pay for a parking ticket "cos I was only gonna be 5 minutes" and get a ticket.

People know the score.

[Arriba]

FWIW arriba, and I'm honestly not trying to wind you up- if you know the road then you should;ve been a bit more careful, it's like when be people don't pay for a parking ticket "cos I was only gonna be 5 minutes" and get a ticket.

People know the score.

i've learned my lesson.

guess i'll have to witness some more head on crashes from idiots with no patience.
some of the stuff i've seen beggars belief.
the birds showing me their tits,kisses blown by some hot chicks etc  has been pleasant though.

[Don Rogers Shop]

A lady does that on oxford road to me

[flammableBen]

If you could run really fast you could really confuse the police with speed cameras.

[genf_stfc]

I sympathise to a point that speed cameras are just there solely to pay for the bubbly at the policeman's ball,  but i don't get the argument that you driving your truck at 49mph makes it safer for everyone else than when you are at 40 and that there is some altruistic motive for this.

If you are doing 49 you are still going at least 11mph less than I want to when I get stuck behind you, so you are still in my way.  It also means I need to do get up to around 70 to get past you quickly.  if you are only doing 40 i can probably overtake you safely within the speed limit, I get longer to see the road ahead and my relative speed with oncoming traffic is less.  Admittedly I also have to look out for all the twats in BMWs behind me that will pull out the same time I do and try and overtake us both,  but there isn't much you can do about that and anyway I don't mind having something quick in front of me that can set off the cameras before I get to them.

So sorry you got ticketed, but unless there is some change in the laws of physics that mean that heavy goods vehicles can drive safely at 60+ you can't do much about it.

[flammableBen]

I sympathise to a point that speed cameras are just there solely to pay for the bubbly at the policeman's ball.

They fines go straight to the treasury and generally towards new speed cameras doesn't it?

I remember a mate telling me that (in national economic terms) the profit from speed cameras is so small that if it really was mainly a fund raising exercise it would be pretty pointless.

I've never been able to find the figures to back it up, although I imagine that they can't make that much.

[Arriba]

I sympathise to a point that speed cameras are just there solely to pay for the bubbly at the policeman's ball,  but i don't get the argument that you driving your truck at 49mph makes it safer for everyone else than when you are at 40 and that there is some altruistic motive for this.

If you are doing 49 you are still going at least 11mph less than I want to when I get stuck behind you, so you are still in my way.  It also means I need to do get up to around 70 to get past you quickly.  if you are only doing 40 i can probably overtake you safely within the speed limit, I get longer to see the road ahead and my relative speed with oncoming traffic is less.  Admittedly I also have to look out for all the twats in BMWs behind me that will pull out the same time I do and try and overtake us both,  but there isn't much you can do about that and anyway I don't mind having something quick in front of me that can set off the cameras before I get to them.

So sorry you got ticketed, but unless there is some change in the laws of physics that mean that heavy goods vehicles can drive safely at 60+ you can't do much about it.

you raise some good points.

i have found that if i drive as near to the limit as i can (56mph is what i can do tops)less drivers will overtake in dangerous situations.if i drive at 40mph the impatient idiots grow in number. and like i've said before some of the stuff i've seen beggars belief.
as for not being safe, i'd deffo beg to differ.

trucks driven on straight a roads are perfectly safe at 50-56 mph.there are of course occasions where it is not so but most truckers are familiar with the roads and drive accordingly.

[McLovin]

I never realised HGVs had a low limit on single roads at national speed limit! I thought the drivers were just all a bit retarded!

[Arriba]

I never realised HGVs had a low limit on single roads at national speed limit! I thought the drivers were just all a bit retarded!

hence, why car drivers become irate when behind trucks and attempt ridiculous overtaking manouvres.

[BANGKOK RED]

I get pissed off when a HGV driver travelling at 40.0002 MPH, feels the need to overtake another HGV travelling at 40 MPH on a dual-carriage way.