mobile camera van nabbed me on monday coming out of leeds going on to the m62 ,NIP today 43mph in a 30mph zone(didnt know it was 30) ,totally cheesed off,what can i expect,no points atm
Hope for a speed awareness course
I’m not sure you’ll get the option of a speed awareness course. When I did mine we were told that it was only offered if you were no more than 9mph plus 10% over the limit. So that would be 42mph in a 30. Might be lucky because it’s well worth accepting that
never go home that way,3 lanes out of town,m1/m62 /another road.came round the bend into sunlight and hes over on the very left in a bus layby away from the 3 lanes.not sure I was going that fast ,lights were at red and I stopped.cant prove my speed .my dash cam recorded it but I cant find how to show the speed.showed the wife the footage and she couldnt see the van till it was too late either
To be fair, should be looking out for signage not the vans.
Well, I sympathise.
Some arseholes zoom around like rally drivers and never get flashed; the ones who keep to the limits but very occasionally miss a sign always get the nip.
So when you pay the fine or accept the course (because you don't really have any other option), don't forget - you have my sympathy.
Can expect a max fine of £1k plus victim surcharge etc and maybe 6 points.
I got a 30% discount for pleading guilty online and ended up with something like £580 but after court costs, victim surcharge and telling the insurance it was a grand in the end.
Speeding punishments have changed big time.
Victim surcharge?
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks long into you.........
Distance between street lights is often a clue.
Get an upto date Sat Nav that tells you the speed zones and has an alarm when your breaking limits,
sometimes signs are hidden behind some overgrowth or whatever.....
In a streetlit built- up area the limit us 30 unless there are signs indicating otherwise, like it or lump it that’s the rule and cameras will enforce it without discretion. It’s not the 1980s any longer.
Just accept the fine and pay up, no point moaning about it, I’ve been down that path and its futile. 43 is pushing it a bit, but hopefully you’ll get away with 3 points and £100 fine. Insurance may go up slightly for 5 years, which feels like being punished several times over.
Many years ago one of my more excitable colleagues went to court to contest a speeding fine, he ended up getting done for contempt of court when he lost his temper and called the female magistrate a ‘ f***ing swamp donkey’......... sometimes its best to suck it up and take your punishment.
Just got to suck it up.
low forties isn't difficult to get to if you take your eye off the speedo but to be honest if you're not a habitual speeder you're unlikely to get enough to tot up a ban.
I got my first points in the summer in 5 years which I was a bit miffed about(my own stupidity that is) however my insurance hasn't been affected.
It will make you a bit more aware for about 6 mts and your eyes will be super sensitised for mobile camera vans.
The last time that I was informed that I was allegedly speeding I advised them that I couldn’t find my licence and was told I would receive a summons to go to court and to explain to the judge why I didn’t accept the NIP. I am still waiting for the Royal Mail to deliver the summons scheduled to have arrived in May 2005.
Lucky I suppose that the speed camera didn’t pickup my 4 bald tyres and iffy brakes , and on my phone trying to get my mot booked ... only joking I’ll have to take it on the chin
Taking it on the chin is best.
Then using waze regardless of if you know where you're going. Also makes you less likely to pick the phone up if it's in a cradle.
Hi All
I was caught couple of weeks ago doing doing 62 in a 50 contraflow, £100 fine & 3 pts or Speed Awareness course which because of covid is now online in a Zoom call at home which costs £85 and lasts 3 hrs mine is in 3 weeks time ...it is what it is trouble with contraflows you just follow the person in front but there you go no one was hurt and you learn from it
The classic thing was taking the Daughter to Southampton Police Training Centre to have her Fingerprints taken as she has been accepted on the Police graduate scheme. I did have a word with them but they don't look after their own like they used to
Cheers
Were you a lot over?
As far as I know, fixed penalty's are the same as they ever were, if you get offered them, its when the speed is too high to get offered a fixed penalty or driving course and they summons you for a court day is when you get hammered with the new structure.
Cheers..
Jase
If it's the one near the Audi garage I don't see the point of it. Well, apart from a moneymaker.
Mrs Tiny got done on Christmas Day, 86mph in a 70mph zone (motorway). She was fully expecting the book to be thrown at her, six points, hefty fine kinda thing and instead got the chance to do the (virtual) speed awareness course and a £60 fine. This was West Yorkshire police too (m62 on the way over to St Anne’s for a socially distanced surprise present drop at her folks).
Ignore the self-righteous.
Most people exceed a limit now and then, but you got done fair and square, so you'll need to take the fine and the points, unless you get lucky with the speed awareness course, which is probably a more constructive outcome.
Insurance won't be dramatically altered by the points.
M
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Breitling Cosmonaute 809 - What's not to like?
58 in a 30 so fully deserved. Quiet country lane near my house so wasn't expecting to be done.
Worth looking at this OP as fines have changed and are based on your weekly income. The cap is £1k for most roads or £2.5k for motorways.
https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice/l...peeding-fines/
Speeding is endemic in the UK and enforcement is sporadic and inconsistent leading to these types of discussions.
I don’t know why the system isn’t standardised country wide with a published scale of fines/points then everyone knows the score and we have a bigger network of cameras.
We accept far too much road death and speed is a key factor. Not to mention the environmental damage of speeding.
Yep that’s the place. Even stopped at the lights at the side of the van, they know your focusing on the lanes so not looking for the van
Always use Waze if I'm going to areas I don't know as it will flash up and alert you to the fixed and mobile revenue collectors.
Anyone who believes speed cameras are anything other than highway robbers is very naïve, they have nothing to do with safety.
I would take a pragmatic view if I got caught speeding, pay the tax and consider all of the times that I didn't get caught, even the most self righteous amongst us speed, it is unavoidable, especially in modern quiet smooth cars. Most speeding fine are for a few miles over and not hooligans driving like complete tossers, as they know where the traps are.
Donkeys years ago (about 15 probably) I got 3 points and £60 for 45 in a 30.
I can’t view the photos online either system down! If it was about safety it would be a fixed camera not A van as that would catch 24hrs not just at peak busy times when it’s easier for an hour or so ...
Looks like 3 points and a £100 fine based on those circumstances.
I'd love someone who makes the rules on this to explain why someone who exceeds the speed limit more significantly isn't offered a speed awareness course. Surely these people need the course more. Even if you were to still give the points, I can't see why the awareness course shouldn't be more appropriate than a fine for a first offence. Of course, if the real goal is to generate revenue, that wouldn't be helpful.