Kiirsty
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I got caught speeding doing 58 in a 50 by a the camera.. Got a letter through saying the details of when and where it was etc and had to fill in the back of the letter with my details. On the letter it says photo/video evidence will be shown in a court hearing.
Any idea of what the outcome will be?
A few people said if I was going to get points and a fine it would of been on the letter they sent?
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Eck
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You can still be given points in Court. At most it'll be 3 and a £60 fine.
Edit: Was it a Gatso? If so, might be worth a punt going out and measuring the distance between the lines. Anything's worth a go to get off with it really.
[Edited on 22-09-2010 by Eck]
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Pete_vxl
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3 points and a fine or a driving course i would think.
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Kiirsty
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Okay thanks
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Kiirsty
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quote:
Originally posted by Eck
You can still be given points in Court. At most it'll be 3 and a £60 fine.
Edit: Was it a Gatso? If so, might be worth a punt going out and measuring the distance between the lines. Anything's worth a go to get off with it really.
[Edited on 22-09-2010 by Eck]
Whats a Gatso lol?
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Eck
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One of the fixed Camera's. The ones where there are white lines across the road. If it was a van though, you've had it!
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Kiirsty
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Ahh it was a fixed one lol .. I had to put a letter in with the form 'explaining my reasons'
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Andrew
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One of my mates said he needed a shit on his form 
Not heard anything back for about 6 months.
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Kiirsty
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Lmao!
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AndyKent
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Why do they ask you to explain your reasons? What a stupid question is that.
The only valid reason is that you are part of the emergency services on the way to an incident surely?
[Edited on 23-09-2010 by AndyKent]
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baza31
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tell them your car has Vtec and it couldnt be helped, one minute you was doing 45 next vtec sent you into oblivion
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Bart
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quote:
Originally posted by AndyKent
Why do they ask you to explain your reasons? What a stupid question is that.
i think its so they can access whether or not to put you on the course.
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dan_m1les
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Friend of mine got caught speeding doing 45ish in a 40, took it to court and they gave him an extra two point on top of the 3.
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by AndyKent
Why do they ask you to explain your reasons? What a stupid question is that.
The only valid reason is that you are part of the emergency services on the way to an incident surely?
[Edited on 23-09-2010 by AndyKent]
i think if you can prove you are taking your wife to hospital to have a baby then you could get off aswell.
no one wants placenta in their passenger footwell. that's just not cool.
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3CorsaMeal
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the only way to undo a speeding ticket is drive back past the same camera as fast as possible in reverse gear 
mucks the camera up
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sc0ott
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tbh 3 points for an extra 8mph isnt worth speeding.
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AndyKent
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Fair enough then, taking the missus to hospital might be valid. I'm sure they could cover it with tick boxes though
1. Emergency service person
2. Taking someone to hospital + evidence
3. Chased by the mafia
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alan-g-w
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quote:
Originally posted by Eck
One of the fixed Camera's. The ones where there are white lines across the road. If it was a van though, you've had it!
Not quite Eck, I got caught by a video van on the way up to Crail in Feb 2009. I got a letter from the Fyfe and something constbulary asking if it was me driving at that point and I sent it away saying yes. I got the other letter saying I've got 3 points and a £60 fine to get.
But in my time between sending the first letter away and receiving the second I read on the net that when they are doing video vans they don't have enough time to process the evidence needed for two thirds of the cases they send letters out about - basically they have a certain amount of time (a week iirc, mine came after 3 days anyway) to send out the letters and process the evidence. So for all the ones that they know they've caught they send out letters but can only process the evidence for a third of them - but if you admit you did it and send the cash they don't need to prove anything. For example, if they catch 90 people speeding one day they need to process all of those cases within a certain time, but they physically can't. But instead of not sending the letters out they just chance it to see who'll admit it fully.
Basically, I didn't send the second letter away and got away with it.
[Edited on 23-09-2010 by alan-g-w]
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sc0ott
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do the letters need a signature at the door before they can be posted because if they dont you can easily say you never recieved anything. if they do just ignore the postman chapping, lol.
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alan-g-w
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Nope mine didn't need signed for.
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N3CRO
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quote:
Originally posted by Kiirsty
quote:
Originally posted by Eck
You can still be given points in Court. At most it'll be 3 and a £60 fine.
Edit: Was it a Gatso? If so, might be worth a punt going out and measuring the distance between the lines. Anything's worth a go to get off with it really.
[Edited on 22-09-2010 by Eck]
Whats a Gatso lol?
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Kiirsty
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quote:
Originally posted by sc0ott
do the letters need a signature at the door before they can be posted because if they dont you can easily say you never recieved anything. if they do just ignore the postman chapping, lol.
Mine just came straight though lol
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Kiirsty
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quote:
Originally posted by sc0ott
tbh 3 points for an extra 8mph isnt worth speeding.
Didnt intend to do an extra 8mph for 3 points tbh.. Didn't even see the camera until it flashed at me, The road was a 60 straight into a 50 and I didn't see the 50 sign
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AndyCorsaSport
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I got caught at 55 in a 40, was 3points £60 fine, but that was a car hiding at the side of a bush. Not a fixed camera.
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Teddy
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To answer all questions about the NIP (notice of intended prosicution)
Have a look at this thread that I put together as an explaination, about the process and FAQ's and myths answered.
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=575300
[Edited on 23-09-2010 by Teddy]
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