contesting fixed penalty speeding prosecution

[flammableBen]

I think that the speed awareness course is the best offer you'll get if you don't want the points.

Maybe you should go on it.

[Bogus Dave]

i'd do the course to be honest. its not gonna look as bad as points on your license

[Colin Todd]

Dont let teh fuckers win, just take the 3 pionts and carry on speeding

[Arriba]

fucking pain in the arse though.i still hope i could go down the court route and have it thrown out before it even gets there.most cases that go to court end up that way.it's a gamble though

[magicroundabout]

why go to court when you've affectivly been let off

[flammableBen]

because he's a cunt who thinks he can speed as much as he wants.

[flammableBen]

and I'm in a bad mood because I've got to clean up my house.

[Arriba]

because he's a cunt who thinks he can speed as much as he wants.

   i will resist the bait

[flammableBen]

I still think you might learn stuff from going on the speeding course. Didn't Ralphy or someone say they wouldn't speed again?

Although Ralphy is exactly the sort of idiot who'd take loads of emotional appealy bollocks to heart without looking at the actual details.. Oh wait the facts also say speeding is bad. Nice.

[neville w]

i've been offered a speed awareness course instead of a 3 point penalty.
 it would cost me £75,i'd have to go to either reading,milton keynes or bicester to do it.it would take up 4 1/2 hours of my time.and i'd have to lose a days holiday from work.

dunno whether to go not guilty and plead mitigating circumstances.(then hope the cps dont push it through)or just pay 60 quid have 3 points and be done with it?

I'd snap their hand off Arriba (not in a literal sense).  You never know what's going to happen in the future and as a professional driver you'd still be able to say you've got a clean license.

The fee won't be much different to the fine. Shame about the time off but it seems a fair trade to me

[Arriba]

it just fucks me off because i was doing 11 mph less than the limit for a car.i'd say i'm a better driver than most of them and still get hit with a fine and go on a course that will teach me fuck all.
if i got done in my car i'd accept it.just leaves a bitter taste when its been done the way i have.
i pride myself on being a good driver and dont drive like an idiot.
i had a clear road ahead of me,loads of impatient cars behind me, and went a bit faster than the law for hgv's on a straight a road with good vision and safe breaking distances infront of me.
the cunt weaving in and out to try to overtake on dangerous bends like a prick gets fuck all.
it aint justice imo.

[Simon Pieman]

Arriba if you go to court you will need the day off anyway.

Just accept you were wrong and take the punishment you see fit. If you really don't want to waste 4 1/2 hours of your time then take the points.

[flammableBen]

it just fucks me off because i was doing 11 mph less than the limit for a car.i'd say i'm a better driver than most of them and still get hit with a fine and go on a course that will teach me fuck all.
if i got done in my car i'd accept it.just leaves a bitter taste when its been done the way i have.
i pride myself on being a good driver and dont drive like an idiot.
i had a clear road ahead of me,loads of impatient cars behind me, and went a bit faster than the law for hgv's on a straight a road with good vision and safe breaking distances infront of me.
the cunt weaving in and out to try to overtake on dangerous bends like a prick gets fuck all.
it aint justice imo.

The problem is that big lorry things are harder to drive and take longer to stop. You might think you're a better driver than most but then the majority of people think that. The law isn't out there to get you it's out there to protect other people. You are moving around many tons of shit and great speed, that's a pretty lethal weapon.

It's tough luck, but you won't win any court case trying to claim that the law is wrong.

[Arriba]

it just fucks me off because i was doing 11 mph less than the limit for a car.i'd say i'm a better driver than most of them and still get hit with a fine and go on a course that will teach me fuck all.
if i got done in my car i'd accept it.just leaves a bitter taste when its been done the way i have.
i pride myself on being a good driver and dont drive like an idiot.
i had a clear road ahead of me,loads of impatient cars behind me, and went a bit faster than the law for hgv's on a straight a road with good vision and safe breaking distances infront of me.
the cunt weaving in and out to try to overtake on dangerous bends like a prick gets fuck all.
it aint justice imo.

The problem is that big lorry things are harder to drive and take longer to stop. You might think you're a better driver than most but then the majority of people think that. The law isn't out there to get you it's out there to protect other people. You are moving around many tons of shit and great speed, that's a pretty lethal weapon.

It's tough luck, but you won't win any court case trying to claim that the law is wrong.

i agree with all of your post ben.and have been driving long enough to know the vehicles.i passed 3 tests to get where i am.some of the lorries these days have shit hot brakes.and alot is down to that and the load on board etc.

 the amount of abuse from car and van drivers i get,as they get fucked off waiting behind me does my nut.many car drivers have no respect for truckers or the vehicles they are driving.

and i wouldn't try go get off byclaiming the law is wrong either.if i do  go not guilty i'll go for mitigating circumstances.

i'll probably pay the 60 quid and they can shove their course.you have to say sorry and shit like that on the course.i would end up arguing with the twat trying to lecture me

[Simon Pieman]

What were the mitigating circumstance? If you have a legitimate reason it may spare you but the court isn't stupid.

I think you're under-estimating the Magistrates, they're not pushovers and they can be equally as high and mighty as you and I.