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Anyone ever been caught before? I just got caught doing 41-42 in a 40, don't know if you can be done for that or not. Stupid Officer with speed gun, next time i'll bleddy run him over. :evil:

What makes it worse is i've only been driving for just over a week.

ouch. never been done but i'd be pretty gutted at getting stopped for doing a tiny bit over the limit.

christ knows i've driven past police cars doing 10mph more than the speedlimit without noticing, i must be lucky.

is your car modded/souped up?

No, don't see the point in it. I'm not a boy racer or owt, i was in a rush to get home and didn't realise i was doing just over the limit.

if you looked like a boyracer you'd be more likely to get stopped. i attribute the fact i've never been pulled over to the fact i drive a woman's car

If you were only 2 mph above the speed limit then you shouldn't have been done. The law has a 10% plus 2mph rule to allow for innaccuracies in the gun and calibration of your cars speedo.

The minimum you should get done for in a 40 zone is 47.........you sure you weren't in a 30 zone and didn't realise mate?

Well it's just a little 106, nothing big not even fast. Damn, i'm annoyed atm.

Seriously the Police should not be doing you for 1 or 2 mph in a 40 zone, I can only think you crept into a 30 zone. Did the copper issue you with a fixed penalty notice?

The leeway is 10% +2. So in 40 MPH you can 'do' 46. FACT.

how long to points take to clear off a licence? i got an sp50 back in feb 2004.

3 years for the points to come off, and 5 years before their completely removed from your record........I think thats how it works.

I've failed a drving test for doing 33mph in a 30 limit,   got no other majors in the whole drive, and only 3 minors

As glos said, I wouldn't put it past the copper to be standing in a 30mph limit but clocking you whilst you just came out of a 40mph. They really are sneaky cunts.

On my way home they stand just before the national speed limit sign in the 30 zone, just behind the bend  :x

Did a copper actually stop you after you passed the gun?

Iirc the handheld speedguns work in teams, that is one 'zaps' you and then calls his mate down the road who pulls you over and gives you a ticket.

And as other have said, you can't be prosecuted for 41-42 mph in a 40 limit.

41/42 in a 40 appeal as it'd get thrown out of court.

If the copper was stood just inside the 30mph zone I don't think that'd stand up either tbh.

If you've only been driving a week and get done for speeding staright away don't you lose your license for 6 months or something, or have I just made that up.

You only have 6pts before a ban instead of the usual 12, I think thats for the first 2/3 yrs IIRC?

:toppost: Spot on Matt.

It was more than likely he was in a 30 zone without even realising.

That's the one Matt!!

Bloody hell you'll be driving on a knife's edge from now on then!!

Agreed, whatever a knofe is! :wink:

Isn't a speeding offence noted as an SP30 for exceeeding a 30 limit, SP40, etc ?

Speed cameras have a given 5% error rate, so i guess u should be ok :D

SP30 just means exceeding the speed limit on a public road. So in the 40mph case you'd still get an SP30.

I have been really lucky. I have been stopped twice by guns. First time was a beautiful sunny day after a days work in Tesco. I wanted to get home and only lived a couple of miles down the road. I think I was doing nearly 40 in a 30 (which was lucky as I normally did about 50 in my young naive days) and got a warning to slow down. Second time was the same shitty metro and I was driving home from Edinburgh at silly o'clock in the morning. It was freezing cold and again I had been zapped doing about 40 in a 30. The copper (who had been standing at the top of a hill - sneaky git)  gave me a warning and basically said that even though there was nobody about, it was icy and I should watch my speed etc and let me on my way!

Actually there was another occasion. I was designated driver and I agreed to pick up some friends in town. This stupid girl in the back warned me to drive carefully so to try and put the shits up her I decided to zigzag up and down the highstreet to freak her out. Unbeknown to me, an unmarked police car was behind me and I remember almost browning my jockeys as I got breathalised and a warning for driving like a cunt.

More recently, driving back from Strasbourg I got flashed by a speed camera doing 180kmh in a 110kmh limit (sorry, don't know the MPH equivalent) but have never received anything in the post.

First 2 years - my missus just passed and says she's needs to be careful for the first two years

Don't break the speed limit and you won't get points.  Break the speed limit then don't complain when you are caught.

I don't give a shit whether the cops are being sneaky or not, I'm man enough to know the limits are not just put there for decoration,  If i decide to ignore it and get caught then it's my own fault.

People moaning about getting caught speeding really does wind me up.

Bob's Orange

More recently, driving back from Strasbourg I got flashed by a speed camera doing 180kmh in a 110kmh limit (sorry, don't know the MPH equivalent) but have never received anything in the post.

 :o

You were lucky....  That's 115mph in a 70mph!  That'd have been a ban if you'd been done in this country!

When I had my license...  :cry:  ... I was quite good, but still managed to get done for 71mph in a 60mph by a speed camera.  It was on a dual carriageway at night and the 60mph signs hadn't been lit up...  Didn't bother appealing though, as it isn't worth arguing with the fuzz.

Coming back from MK away! Mmmm, quite  :wink:

I was on that long stretch of road going past walmart so that's definelty a 40 as they have signs stating that. It was a man in the middle between the two roads with a speed gun. No one pulled me over on anything as he didn't have a car.

I weren't going that fast anyway, just got worried as i've only just started driving.

Beckett they don't need to pull you over nowadays, you'll just get a letter through the post if you were speeding.

Erm, why not? Aren't you supposed to slow down before you hit the 30mph zone?

The thing is, I didn't even realise I was driving at that speed. I normally sit at about 120-140kmh however in my car, doing 115mph doesn't seem very fast if that makes sense? If Ralphy was here he would agree with me, I miss Ralphy! :cry:

agree,if you speed then its tough if you get caught.
having said that, the way cameras are strategically placed just after limit changes is cuntinsh.especially on unfamilair roads to the drivers

They dont offer you to go on that course round here either do they??

Id much rather do that than get another 3 points - Im really unlucky when it comes to cars Ive had loads of crashes/speeding fines/parking tickets

well Im either unlucky or rubbish!

I know what my money's on... :wink:

nah just female  :)

last time I take you out in my sexy little car then Mr Blackcurrant  :wink:
admit it you want one like mine - just in yellow

Boooo!
Hmmmmm, i'm not so sure...

I agree, I was on the M6 the other week looked down and was doing 130mph didnt even realise.

tut tut  :nono:

I know but someone posted asking if i got pulled over or not..

If you didn't get pulled over, and you were sure you were only doing 41-42 you won't hear anymore about it. Just because they pointed the gun at you doesn't mean you were 'caught'

Some areas are now issuing official warning letters, saying that you were exceeding the speed limit , but no action will be taken on this occasion.

It'll still be in the back of my mind till the 11th july now  :x i worry too much.

fair enough if you're doing more than 5mph over the speed limit but there's not a single driver in this country who has never accidentally creeped over the speed limit. i do it every fucking day, especially as the roads around here are pretty quiet.

Sonic I never knew you were such a rebel!

You don't really notice it do you until you look and it shows your just doing over the speed limit, that's when they bleddy catch you.

i did 100mph on a dual carriageway in my rust bucket.

that's an achievement, not something to be ashamed of.

 :D What you got?

Didn't say I don't speed, just saying if I got done for it then it would be my fault, not the bloke or camera that caught me.

Plus the allowance is already built in for just creeping over the limit, we are talking doing more than 10% over the limit here.

There are certain roads where I do stick to the limit mind, such as Akers Way, probably our of respect more than anything.

There were some kids killed there a few years ago wasn't there?

a 1.2l m reg clio with a leaky roof, a broken passenger door and no heating

it's a beast.

Yep, went to school with 2 of them, not that we were friends of anything.  Think my parents also knew the guy responsible in some distant way.  Small place Swindon at times.

i know two of the people who were seriously injured in the akers way crash.they lived in my street when i  was younger,then they moved to moredon.
see one of them regularly as his daughter goes to the same school as my kids.

Hoi I wasn't very well!  Don't you mean Luton away?  Plus I was in a hurry to go out on the piss!!   :D

My mother-in-law had to nurse the cunt at PMH - lucky she took her duties professionally