Daveyroo
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A little while ago I was flashed by a speed camera coming out of cambridge late at night after picking my brother up, my speedo was broken so i matched the speed of a bus in front of me, got flashed and it turns out i was going 36mph in a 30. Got a letter through and im guessing im going to get a fine and points?
typical that my friend got flagged down by a cop with a speed gun going 50 in a 30, didnt get anything, not even a fine, the cop let him off but made him change his front wheel (both front tyres were completely bald)
Sods law I guess, theres me doing 36 in a 30 with no speedo, and someone else doing 50 in a 30 with two bald front tyres and they get off with nothing, i get points and a fine, what a wonderful world
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Steve
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illegal to drive without a speedo, or something that tells you your speed, you should think yourself lucky for not getting points for an unroadworthy vehicle aswell
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Paul_J
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heh, I accidently got zapped by a camera van today doing 80 in a 50 ... I've got 14 days of waiting ahead... oh well.
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chrisritch
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I got 6 points and a 366 fine for no insurance when moving a car off my drive.
My mums bf and my sister were nerly killed when a pallet of engine blocks fell off a wagon and they hit it as 50mph and all the driver got was 3 points and a £200 fine
Justice doesnt exist in this country
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Ingham
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Speeders gonna speed.
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mattant
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quote:
Originally posted by Daveyroo
A little while ago I was flashed by a speed camera coming out of cambridge late at night after picking my brother up, my speedo was broken so i matched the speed of a bus in front of me, got flashed and it turns out i was going 36mph in a 30. Got a letter through and im guessing im going to get a fine and points?
typical that my friend got flagged down by a cop with a speed gun going 50 in a 30, didnt get anything, not even a fine, the cop let him off but made him change his front wheel (both front tyres were completely bald)
Sods law I guess, theres me doing 36 in a 30 with no speedo, and someone else doing 50 in a 30 with two bald front tyres and they get off with nothing, i get points and a fine, what a wonderful world
That's because one is a speed camera and the other is a person. Speed cameras are machines that do what ever they are told, humans are unreliable and don't.
If you passed a police car doing 36 you probably wouldn't have even been noticed.
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daymoon
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^^ gtitim would have banned him for that.
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Rich H
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
heh, I accidently got zapped by a camera van today doing 80 in a 50 ... I've got 14 days of waiting ahead... oh well.
Is it not a month these days?!
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Daveskater
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quote:
Originally posted by chrisritch
I got 6 points and a 366 fine for no insurance when moving a car off my drive.
My mums bf and my sister were nerly killed when a pallet of engine blocks fell off a wagon and they hit it as 50mph and all the driver got was 3 points and a £200 fine
Justice doesnt exist in this country
Was probably Kerry and Russ dressed up as police officers getting you back for chastising them for communicating over twitter.
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I like you Dave, you are a man of men
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Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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mattant
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Maybe in 100 years all of the police will be replaced with robots and no one will get away with anything.
"In the future there will be robots"
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Paul_J
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quote:
Originally posted by Rich H
quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
heh, I accidently got zapped by a camera van today doing 80 in a 50 ... I've got 14 days of waiting ahead... oh well.
Is it not a month these days?!
no idea... I'm not losing much sleep over it.
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AndyCorsaSport
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Friend of mine was caught at 94 in a 40, summonsed to court, waited 5 months, went to court, 3 points and a £250 fine 
[Edited on 16-05-2011 by AndyCorsaSport]
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Rickavo
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I got caught doing 37 in a 30 i think and got offered to just take a speed awareness course which took 4 hours and was just a load of people sat in a room with a guy at the front talking.
Dont have to tell insurers but you only get the 1, next time its points
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Matty W
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Busses have a longer wheel base, it takes more time for the camera to register the front and rear wheels passing over the pressure pad hence why they can get away with doing 36. Just sayin
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oceansoul
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quote:
Originally posted by music1990
Busses have a longer wheel base, it takes more time for the camera to register the front and rear wheels passing over the pressure pad hence why they can get away with doing 36. Just sayin
Gatso cameras use radar 
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Butler
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quote:
Originally posted by Rickavo
I got caught doing 37 in a 30 i think and got offered to just take a speed awareness course which took 4 hours and was just a load of people sat in a room with a guy at the front talking.
Dont have to tell insurers but you only get the 1, next time its points
I did this, was a whole day though, not four hours and it still costs enough
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DaveyLC
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Registered: 8th Oct 08
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You'll probably get the offer for an speed awareness course at 36mph.
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Originally posted by Steve
illegal to drive without a speedo, or something that tells you your speed, you should think yourself lucky for not getting points for an unroadworthy vehicle aswell
No its not...
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DaveyLC
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Registered: 8th Oct 08
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quote:
Originally posted by music1990
Busses have a longer wheel base, it takes more time for the camera to register the front and rear wheels passing over the pressure pad hence why they can get away with doing 36. Just sayin
Not true,
The Truvelo cameras only need to measure the pressure from one axle thats why there are three strips.
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harrisp
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Registered: 15th Dec 07
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quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
You'll probably get the offer for an speed awareness course at 36mph.
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Originally posted by Steve
illegal to drive without a speedo, or something that tells you your speed, you should think yourself lucky for not getting points for an unroadworthy vehicle aswell
No its not...
MOT failure is it not? but not illegal to not have one.
Steve in misinformation non-shocker
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
You'll probably get the offer for an speed awareness course at 36mph.
quote:
Originally posted by Steve
illegal to drive without a speedo, or something that tells you your speed, you should think yourself lucky for not getting points for an unroadworthy vehicle aswell
No its not...
https://www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q601.htm
quote:
Any speedometer that is fitted to a vehicle must be kept in good working order whilst the vehicle is being used on a road. The penalty for failing to have a speedometer in good working order is a fine.
However, if the speedometer develops a fault whilst being used or a defect has been discovered then all steps must be taken to rectify the fault with reasonable expedition. This exception applies only when the defect develops and must be repaired before the next journey.
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harrisp
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
You'll probably get the offer for an speed awareness course at 36mph.
quote:
Originally posted by Steve
illegal to drive without a speedo, or something that tells you your speed, you should think yourself lucky for not getting points for an unroadworthy vehicle aswell
No its not...
https://www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q601.htm
quote:
Any speedometer that is fitted to a vehicle must be kept in good working order whilst the vehicle is being used on a road. The penalty for failing to have a speedometer in good working order is a fine.
However, if the speedometer develops a fault whilst being used or a defect has been discovered then all steps must be taken to rectify the fault with reasonable expedition. This exception applies only when the defect develops and must be repaired before the next journey.
You're still wrong though, no points
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Terry12
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quote:
Originally posted by harrisp
quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
You'll probably get the offer for an speed awareness course at 36mph.
quote:
Originally posted by Steve
illegal to drive without a speedo, or something that tells you your speed, you should think yourself lucky for not getting points for an unroadworthy vehicle aswell
No its not...
MOT failure is it not? but not illegal to not have one.
Steve in misinformation non-shocker
Not an MOT failure mate.
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Daveyroo
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Registered: 28th Feb 10
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i hope i get offered the course!
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DaveyLC
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
You'll probably get the offer for an speed awareness course at 36mph.
quote:
Originally posted by Steve
illegal to drive without a speedo, or something that tells you your speed, you should think yourself lucky for not getting points for an unroadworthy vehicle aswell
No its not...
https://www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q601.htm
quote:
Any speedometer that is fitted to a vehicle must be kept in good working order whilst the vehicle is being used on a road. The penalty for failing to have a speedometer in good working order is a fine.
However, if the speedometer develops a fault whilst being used or a defect has been discovered then all steps must be taken to rectify the fault with reasonable expedition. This exception applies only when the defect develops and must be repaired before the next journey.
Thats applicable to EVERYTHING on a vehicle, if its fitted it should work but you're not going to get points for it you numpty. 
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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you were implying its not illegal to drive without a speedo, as you said no its not, the only part of what i said which that would make sense to is "its illegal to drive without a speedo" which it is, now you are just picking out a small innacuracy in my statement to make it appear that you werent wrong, when in fact if you were talking about my comment regarding points you would have said "no you cant" or similar 
[Edited on 17-05-2011 by Steve]
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