rossnomore
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Registered: 18th Oct 06
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got caught speeding last nite, 3 points and a £60 fine, thing is though, the police were hiding behind a wall with their speed gun and i was told they had 2 be visible, can i appeal?
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Robin
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can you prove they were 'hiding'?
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corb
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Registered: 24th Apr 02
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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were you speeding?
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AK
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Location: Aberdeen City
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can you prove they were hiding... no... pay up
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deano87
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If you find what you thought to be correct, then yes. But if it goes to court, and you lose, you'll end up spending a damn site more than £60 imo.
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BarnshaW
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u dont have a chance mate lol
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Matt H
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You were going too fast to see them, they have proof
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rossnomore
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Registered: 18th Oct 06
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3 of my mates were behind me and never saw them, yeah i was speeding, my fault, ill admit it, but cant really deal with 3 points right now
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BarnshaW
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u were speeding mate, unfortunately u have to deal with them
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nathy_87
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Just pay up m8 its not worth the hassle
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AndyCorsaSport
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Tough. Should be more aware and be able to talk your way out of it, i was pulled doing 51mph on a 40mph road rushing for my aunties birthday party, and i talked my way out of it. He let me off.
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Meat-Pie-SRI
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quote:
Originally posted by Matt H
You were going too fast to see them, they have proof
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corb
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Registered: 24th Apr 02
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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If you were speeding, accept it. I got caught, fair enough, they caught me, not gonna try to argue about it, I shouldnt have been doing it in the first place.
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wilson_sri
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I agree with you mate, the Fife police are REALLY bad for this. My neighbour is in the force, and during a discussion with him while i detailed his car he even admitted that they get told to pull stunts like this. Iv even heard storys about the crouching down behind there cars to catch people, to me this is unacceptable.
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RKS
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if you dont speed you cant get caught  simple as really....
everyone knows that speeding carries 3 points if you dont want them dont speed.
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Brett
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Police hide all the time round here, thought it was the norm 
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mav
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You done it pay up and learn from it...A bit of a apin with them hiding but thats life really...
[Edited on 19-02-2007 by mav]
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jas-tec
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if they are hiding then dont pay like you said they got to be seen or they can make it up m8
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pdwhelan
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Why should the police be visible? you wouldnt speed if you saw the police would you? NO. So the police hiding behind that wall was a good thing! they caught you and thats that. if you dont want 3 points then its obvious, dont speed in the first place. I have nothing against you or anyone else that speeds but when they try and get them selfs out of it with excuses such as "they were hiding" then it gets a bit silly. Good luck with it though
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Ben G
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you my friend, are a PLEB! 
just pay the fine, take the points and remember not to speed next time you get the urge...
if you do, i've heard from a reliable source (a policeman that pulled me over for speeding) that you can thrash it all you like down country lanes.  
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wilson_sri
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They should be visible as its the law, i know its also the law to stay within the legal speed limits. But it makes the speeding offence void if they are not clearly visible.
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pdwhelan
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its going to be impossible to prove they were hiding though, if he had such a problem with the fine then he should of confronted the police at the scene with the mates as witnesses and he may of let him off!
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C4RL0
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Lawfully, the police are not aloud to hide when carrying out speed checks. They must be visible by a certain distance, which is different for different speed limits. If you are in a 30mph zone, then you have to calculate the thinking distance and braking distance it would take for you to come to halt at a speed of 30mph. The total distance is the distance that the police must be CLEARLY visable by. Obviously if you are in 60mph zone then the distance would be greater.
But I totally agree with what has been said, if you don't want points and a fine, then don't speed.
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VegasPhil
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Unlucky mate. 
I saw the ones round here hidden in a hedge before. 
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Mike
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Registered: 20th May 06
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I saw one around here hiding behind a wall with the gun rested on the wall. There's quite often police down there anyway so most people know.
Sneaky tho. 
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