Finally got caught :(

IAmATeaf

IAmATeaf

IAmATeaf

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Got caught doing an illegal right-turn today, Mr policeman was waiting on his cycle, blues and twos and ended up with a nice, rather slim yellow piece of paper. £60 fine and 3 points :(

Not too sure if the attached image will work but if you move ahead there's a road that crosses the roundabout, I did my deadly manoeuvre just after the lights

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...=_7IbhKwhcPhh1qJgbrny_Q&cbp=12,216.68,,0,1.46

I know I'm as guilty as hell but would appreciate the normal forum sympathy, in the meantime bear with me whilst I get this noose around my neck :)
 
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All done it, only a matter of luck that i have not been caught for this very offence loads of times.
 
So you turned right onto Wellington St/A4 instead of just going on around and joining it. A momentary lapse and you missed the signs. It’s easily done.
 
Jez said:
All done it, only a matter of luck that i have not been caught for this very offence loads of times.
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Well, although I pleaded ignorance to the officer, hoping he would let me off, I've actually been doing that right-turn-clyde manoeuvre for some 7+ years so getting a £60 fine for all those times seems like a rather good deal.

The officer said that 'people had complained' what people I thought, it's a roundabout with roads all around it so the only other people must be other motorist, damn, I now hate other drivers with a vengence :)

On a more serious note, I asked the officer and he claimed I had no need to notify my insurance company but would need to tell them come renewal, is that correct?
 
Slightly confused.... it's hardly worth not going round the roundabout from taking a quick peak, in fact it looks like you'd cost yourself petrol turning as you would have to get back upto speed again. Were you in traffic or something?

EDIT: Just seen your update: Doing it for seven years? lol. You need some more info on why you bothered. If someone saw you breaking the law everyday I suppose someone would eventually say something...
 
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IAmATeaf said:
On a more serious note, I asked the officer and he claimed I had no need to notify my insurance company but would need to tell them come renewal, is that correct?
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yes, so if you've renewed recently, you'll be fine for quite a while.:D
 
Scougar said:
Slightly confused.... it's hardly worth not going round the roundabout from taking a quick peak, in fact it looks like you'd cost yourself petrol turning as you would have to get back upto speed again. Were you in traffic or something?
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There are loads of lights and stops when going round the roundabout, thinking back on it, does seem hardly worth it, must have saved me all of 2 minutes each time I did this, so I ended up getting into work 2 minutes early. What was I thinking?
 
Anyway there's a certain level of hate lacking in this thread, so I'm going to have to ask :) any chance that I could plead for asylum and not have to take the fine and points?



























P.S. Cheques already in the post
 
If it had just been a u-turn would have been a bit steep, £60 fine would be adequate for the offence without the points, but you were also heading into oncoming traffic if I'm reading this right... so deserved imo.

EDIT: Was looking at it wrong, you were just being cheeky... so prolly not really deserving the points.
 
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