Court Summons

daveski · 6 May 2011 at 12:48

I think I was very lucky as I was caught doing 47 in a 30 and had the standard 3 points, £60 fine. If I had been going slightly quicker I would be in the same situation.

Follow the guidelines as mentioned above, my brother was very apologetic when he went to court a few years ago and was left off very lightly

Participant · 6 May 2011 at 12:51

SKILL said:
One of my speeding convictions was for 50 in a 30, got the summons and plead guilty by post, rather than bothering to go to court, I got 5 points and £120 fine (this was whilst working on placement as a student so £16k income and not a staggering amount of outgoings)

You still have to go to court if there's a chance of an instant ban.

Phil W · 6 May 2011 at 12:52

vonhelmet said:
Apologising certainly seems to be the way to go. Making excuses is just another way of saying you're above the law because of your circumstances, and that doesn't go down well.

Different scenarios, but a manager at work got away with undertaking coming off a roundabout at 90mph on a 60mph road on a motorbike and the next week for talking on his mobile while driving. Both times he apologised to the copper and admitted he was at fault. On the 90mph motorbike occasion the policeman said "I'm not going to report you, but I want you to understand that this is a bollocking" and that was that.

Getting caught by a camera and getting caught by a Police Officer are two different things though. Leniency tends to go out of the window where cameras are concerned.

Philz0r · 6 May 2011 at 12:55

52 in a 30 is one heck of a "i didnt notice".

kPATm · 6 May 2011 at 19:20

Yip. Shouldnt be driving if she cant really tell the difference between 52MPH and 30MPH

Westyfield2 · 6 May 2011 at 20:17

52 in a 30? I'd say your boyfriend is getting a short ban.

bainbridge · 6 May 2011 at 21:06

I got caught doing 51 in a 30 zone & had 6 points on licence at the time. When I got the NIP I wrote on there I know I was in the wrong but please don't ban me as I need my car for work. Got 5 pts & £125 fine

[TW]Fox · 6 May 2011 at 22:06

bainbridge said:
please don't ban me as I need my car for work

Don't we all? Lets just get rid of bans because we all need our cars, right?

Philz0r · 6 May 2011 at 22:21

I wouldnt care if it was about 33 in a 30 but 52? Your speedo was probly reading 55. No excuse. You should be banned.

GolfNovember90 · 7 May 2011 at 04:56

not eligible for speed awareness course, doubt there will be a ban of any sort. gonna give a guestimate of 6 or 8 points and around 100 - 250 quid fine

Biohazard · 7 May 2011 at 06:58

Surely a ban for anything under double the limit is pretty rare?

Lopéz · 7 May 2011 at 07:20

[TW]Fox;19074274 said:
Don't we all? Lets just get rid of bans because we all need our cars, right?

Don't hate the player, hate the game. I used it in my "defence" too (it wasn't a defence as such, I pleaded guilty but you know what I mean)

LeonT · 7 May 2011 at 09:38

I got caught doing 53 in a 30 in 2008

I received 6 points and a £265 fine. I pleaded guilty by post.

They expire in 2 weeks

Mud · 7 May 2011 at 10:47

LeonT said:
I got caught doing 53 in a 30 in 2008

I received 6 points and a £265 fine. I pleaded guilty by post.

They expire in 2 weeks

Not in the eyes of your insurance company, 106 weeks to go for you I think

LeonT · 7 May 2011 at 10:49

Mud said:
Not in the eyes of your insurance company

I know

But I did stupidly get caught for answering my phone. So I have 2 weeks of very careful driving ahead :eek:

allllec · 7 May 2011 at 11:18

Doubt you will get a ban. I got done for 59mph in a 30 and all I got was 3 points and £60.

Robbo · 7 May 2011 at 11:23

schnipps said:
She also does mobile hair dressing now and again coupled with driving to work and picking up our baby from places so a ban would be a bit of an issue.

Maybe she should have thought about that before doing twice the speed limit.

Having said that, a ban would be unlikely unless you are actually doing over twice the limit.

Mr Jack · 7 May 2011 at 11:43

Yeah, mentioning the child will really, really not count in her favour!

DannyDan · 7 May 2011 at 17:00

Biohazard said:
Surely a ban for anything under double the limit is pretty rare?

Are you suggesting I'd need to be doing 140+ on the motorway in order to receive a ban?

snowdog · 7 May 2011 at 17:58

A ban for only 22 mph over the limit? Bah punishments are harsh over there

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Maybe she should have thought about that before doing twice the speed limit.

She didn't.

And I thought punishments were harsh here... You'd have to drive at least 30mph over the limit to get a ban here.

52 mph on urban 30 mph dual carriageways isn't that special ( of course I don't know the location, time, situation, etc, but a 30 mph zone doesn't always necessarily mean a built up busy area) and this is hardly such a big offense that a driver deserves a ban for it.