G11_VTS
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Hi guys,
Well last weekend I took the girlfriend up north for her birthday and proposed to her, was a great weekend and she said yes. However on the way home I was stuck behind 4 lorries on the A9 doing 40 mph, this was slightly annoying after 20 miles so decided at the next overtaking lane I would get past them all. To my luck the police were sitting over the hill behind a grass verge and I passed them at 86mph in a 60! They stopped me and said I was going to fast for them to issue a £60 fine and 3 points and told me they would give my details to the proscuter fiscol ( spelt wrong, not sure how to!).
So what do you think I will get?!
I have 0 points so not a big deal but not looking forward to hearing!
Cheers
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G11_VTS
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anyone?
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Eck
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Congratulations on getting engaged mate  I'd reckon you'll get a bigger fine and 3 points.
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Jay
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Unlucky!
Shame about getting caught speeding too
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mwg
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6 points and a fine?
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SVM 286
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You shouldn't get a ban as you were doing less than a ton and you hadn't doubled the speed limit.
You were 20+mph over the limit though so may get something like 6 points and a heftyish fine. 
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Colin
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Your looking at 5 or 6 points & a fine. Unlucky you were 1mph over getting a fixed penalty!
Oh & congrats on the engagement, dont let this ruin your weekend. Ive been caught by the fuckers a couple times in the past 2 years doing nothing really & getting points & fines thrown at me, the British Police Force really should change their name to 'Cash Converters' PLC, its a shambles really the way this contry's controlled!.
[Edited on 01-12-2007 by Colin]
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G11_VTS
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6 points would be shi t! but better than a ban! I was seriously hoping for maybe 3 or 5, o well lol!
And cheers Eck!
Out tonight to celebrate!
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G11_VTS
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Is it 25 over to just get 3 points like?
Nightmare lol!
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Colin
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quote:
Originally posted by G11_VTS
Is it 25 over to just get 3 points like?
Nightmare lol!
After 85 in a 60 you get a day in court!
Limit Fixed Penalty Summons
20 mph 25 mph 35 mph
30 mph 35 mph 50 mph
40 mph 46 mph 66 mph
50 mph 57 mph 76 mph
60 mph 68 mph 86 mph
70 mph 79 mph 96 mph
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DJMartin07
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Unlucky, but when you see the police can you tell your constablury from me: your useless, as i've already said that to mine and Herts Police when my mate got assulted and when I was pulled over for a brake light out.  Congrats on the engagment.
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G11_VTS
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quote:
Originally posted by DJMartin07
Unlucky, but when you see the police can you tell your constablury from me: your useless, as i've already said that to mine and Herts Police when my mate got assulted and when I was pulled over for a brake light out. Congrats on the engagment.
No idea what you mean lol!!
But cheers mate 
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SVM 286
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quote:
Originally posted by G11_VTS
6 points would be shi t! but better than a ban! I was seriously hoping for maybe 3 or 5, o well lol!
I got 3 points and a £60 fine for doing 86mph on a 70mph motorway restriction.
Then another 3 and 60 for doing 37 in a 30.
Then I got banned and fined £375 for doing (according to the cuntstable without speed gun or camera) between 101 and 102mph for 2km on a motorway. (M4) It was a clear dry sunny day, the fast lane was straight and empty and I had observed the restrictions in the roadworks but this was not taken into account.
Policemen aren't either nice, or fair, on the whole.
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jr
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so you were doing 101.5mph ?
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SVM 286
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No, he wrote down on the ticket ''101 - 102mph''
Actually, it might have been ''100 - 101''
or ''101 - 103''
or ''101 - 105''
Anyway, you get the idea. It was one of those. I'll let you know if I can find the ticket.
He reckoned he'd seen me braking from at least 120 but couldn't prove it so was going to report me for the above.
How he worked that out i'll never know as he didn't have a VASCAR system and I never saw the car at all apart from when I was poodling along in road works.
Cock.
All academic really considering I had been doing 151.
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G11_VTS
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Nice SVM, I love driving fast lol!
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Dean B
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I got caught doing a similar speed. I got 3 points and a £60 fine.
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X 60RSA
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I got done at 59 in a 30 which resulted in me pleading guilty obviously, not bothering with court. Accepting 6 points and a fine of less than 200 notes, cant remember the exact figure.
[Edited on 01-12-2007 by X 60RSA]
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DarkBahamut
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quote:
Originally posted by SVM 286
quote:
Originally posted by G11_VTS
6 points would be shi t! but better than a ban! I was seriously hoping for maybe 3 or 5, o well lol!
I got 3 points and a £60 fine for doing 86mph on a 70mph motorway restriction.
Then another 3 and 60 for doing 37 in a 30.
Then I got banned and fined £375 for doing (according to the cuntstable without speed gun or camera) between 101 and 102mph for 2km on a motorway. (M4) It was a clear dry sunny day, the fast lane was straight and empty and I had observed the restrictions in the roadworks but this was not taken into account.
Policemen aren't either nice, or fair, on the whole.
Oh yes, it was completely unfair of them to not take into account that you stuck to the limit in the roadworks after you went off at well over double the limit on a motorway?
Fuck me, people think they deserve to get away with anything these days. 
[Edited on 01-12-2007 by DarkBahamut]
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SVM 286
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A warning would have sufficed.
I didn't drive recklessly or dangerously.
I travelled fast for a matter of seconds in perfect conditions on a straight stretch of motorway that was deserted in front of me.
It wasn't outside a school or hospital or down a high street or country lane.
I was 130 miles into a 165 mile drive and I broke the speed limit briefly. The prevalling conditions were more than fine and I did no harm to anyone.
I had adhered to the limit prior to and after that and as I said i'd pottered through the road works in the slow lane as I always do.
All I was asking for was a bit of consideration.
Had it been a traffic car I was stopped by, I almost certainly would have been treated with a less biased attitude.
I feel a ban and a large fine was unwarranted.
I'm still feeling the effects of both now and will do for some time.
We all speed at one time or another, so let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
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Steve
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nothing wrong with a bit of sport on the road eh g11_vts
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G11_VTS
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Nah not at all steve!
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Daimo B
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Did they give you any paperwork?
How did they catch you? Sounds liek to me they made an estimate and couldn't varify your speed. In whcih case, i wouldn't worry. Maybe 3 points and a fine, but nothing to worry about.
SVM, that sucks, i didn't get a ban for averaging a good 10-12mph more than that, and peaking about 20mph less that your previously (unseen) peak speed. But luckily they took my driving and jsut done me for speeding, and due to the road, it ended up being an SP30......
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G11_VTS
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No never gave me any paper work, They had a gun! Was gutted lol!
Also is it just me who thinks Steve is a tosser?!
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Steve
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quote:
Originally posted by G11_VTS
No never gave me any paper work, They had a gun! Was gutted lol!
Also is it just me who thinks Steve is a tosser?!
no its not just you, its the whole site, u2u ian griffiths to get me banned
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