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« Reply #15 on: Thursday, June 28, 2007, 08:17:56 » |
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You only have 6pts before a ban instead of the usual 12, I think thats for the first 2/3 yrs IIRC?
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Sippo
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« Reply #16 on: Thursday, June 28, 2007, 08:19:40 » |
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:toppost: Spot on Matt.
It was more than likely he was in a 30 zone without even realising.
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If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit...
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« Reply #17 on: Thursday, June 28, 2007, 08:31:57 » |
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You only have 6pts before a ban instead of the usual 12, I think thats for the first 2/3 yrs IIRC? That's the one Matt!! Bloody hell you'll be driving on a knife's edge from now on then!! |
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« Reply #18 on: Thursday, June 28, 2007, 08:33:52 » |
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You only have 6pts before a ban instead of the usual 12, I think thats for the first 2/3 yrs IIRC? That's the one Matt!! Bloody hell you'll be driving on a knofe's edge from now on then!! Agreed, whatever a knofe is!  |
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« Reply #19 on: Thursday, June 28, 2007, 09:02:25 » |
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Isn't a speeding offence noted as an SP30 for exceeeding a 30 limit, SP40, etc ?
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« Reply #20 on: Thursday, June 28, 2007, 09:03:46 » |
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Speed cameras have a given 5% error rate, so i guess u should be ok  |
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Sippo
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« Reply #21 on: Thursday, June 28, 2007, 09:04:32 » |
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SP30 just means exceeding the speed limit on a public road. So in the 40mph case you'd still get an SP30.
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If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit...
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« Reply #22 on: Thursday, June 28, 2007, 10:17:23 » |
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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.
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« Reply #23 on: Thursday, June 28, 2007, 12:27:26 » |
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You only have 6pts before a ban instead of the usual 12, I think thats for the first 2/3 yrs IIRC? First 2 years - my missus just passed and says she's needs to be careful for the first two years |
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« Reply #24 on: Thursday, June 28, 2007, 12:42:24 » |
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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.
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« Reply #25 on: Thursday, June 28, 2007, 12:46:03 » |
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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.  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...  ... 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. |
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« Reply #26 on: Thursday, June 28, 2007, 12:50:04 » |
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When I had my license... ... I was quite good Coming back from MK away! Mmmm, quite |
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« Reply #27 on: Thursday, June 28, 2007, 12:53:37 » |
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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.
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Sippo
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« Reply #28 on: Thursday, June 28, 2007, 12:55:24 » |
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Beckett they don't need to pull you over nowadays, you'll just get a letter through the post if you were speeding.
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If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit...
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« Reply #29 on: Thursday, June 28, 2007, 12:58:35 » |
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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. Erm, why not? Aren't you supposed to slow down before you hit the 30mph zone? |
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