How Far Would YOU Go To Fight A Ticket.?

[DereksDontRun]

seems like an obstinate bloke, unwilling to admit he might have been wrong.

i thought speed cameras took 2 photos in a specific time-frame, so you could see how far the car moved to remove any argument about a 2nd car triggering the camera. Or, is that only the old ones?

 

[Diagro]

I'm not going to spell it out for you all.

He made a comment, I replied. He didn't understand. Not my fault.

 

[cheesyboy]

He made a comment, I replied. He didn't understand. Not my fault.

It could be your fault, tbh - not very well communicated. I can't figure out your point either.

 

[Terminal_Boy]

Not that far

Snap.

£100 fine and an extra £100 on your insurance is way cheaper than £30K

 

[NVP]

if a police man said you were speeding, the court takes that as enough evidence.

you cant win

Not true. Their evidence has to conform to a standard.

 

[linktoinsanity]

Yeah screw that, just pay it or take the offer for a course if you can.

 

[thegreysquirrel]

I'm not going to spell it out for you all.

He made a comment, I replied. He didn't understand. Not my fault.

I don't think anyone understood and now I'm really curious. I know jokes aren't funny when you have to explain them but this really needs at least a clue.

 

[cheesyboy]

I don't think anyone understood and now I'm really curious. I know jokes aren't funny when you have to explain them but this really needs at least a clue.

My best guess is that @Diagro thought that @Hotwired 's post of "this guy used zero evidence to fight a camera and lost" was referring to Diagro as the "this guy". Even then, it's not making all that much sense - like we're missing a couple of lines of dialogue.

 

[tom_e]

I'm also totally lost yet intrigued.

 

[Diagro]

LOL oh my...

Yes I did indeed take @Hotwired post as referring to myself.

I have re read it whilst not in a rush, and can actually see it could be aimed at the guy in the article or at me. He obviously meant the other guy.

I then got miffed that he was confused, which caused me to moan.

Anyway, no ones hurt, all fun and games. Life moves on.

Back to my original point: I was told by a solicitor who dealt with speeding cases that the word of the Police Officer is taken as valid evidence. People have been convicted simply off the back of a Police Officers statement.

I suppose if you had witnesses and evidence saying otherwise, the Police Officer would need to substantiate their statement with further evidence.

I'm not a solicitor, so I don't know.

 

[Hotwired]

 

[Tute]

The whole setup is one big racket and an absolute affront to justice but i'm not sure i'd bother fighting it. There are too many people making sure it continues.

 

[Drumroll]

Would be cheaper to move to another continent and ignore the ticket. No point.

 

[Drumroll]

was right over my head too, I can't make sense of what his point was? :-/

3 points, apparently.

 

[NVP]

Would be cheaper to move to another continent and ignore the ticket. No point.

Hahaha I like that

 

[silversurfer]

Death and taxes, dont take it as a fine take it as your humble contribution to UK national debt.

4 lane road near me with metal fences either side and its 40mph so I'm doing 38 to be careful but I mix it up it does switch to 30mph at one stage while staying a massive clear road.
My bad, 6 points I got for that nonsense because I carefully made the same stupid mistake twice. This guy could have gone over by a few mph, unless he has a HUD or alarm on passing 30 its so small a thing its a pointless argument.

People have been convicted simply off the back of a Police Officers statement.

I've had the opposite when I failed to submit proper paperwork, prosecutor just spoke to the judge and said I was ok by them anyway.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Not that far. Would probably just suck it up - it's only a few quid and having never been done for speeding the likelihood of being done again and accruing points would be low.

 

[vanpeebles]

I bet he was like speeding fine?! Hold my beer! Not only did he get kicked in, his mate drank his beer as well.

 

[thegreysquirrel]

LOL oh my...

Yes I did indeed take @Hotwired post as referring to myself.

I have re read it whilst not in a rush, and can actually see it could be aimed at the guy in the article or at me. He obviously meant the other guy.

I then got miffed that he was confused, which caused me to moan.

Anyway, no ones hurt, all fun and games. Life moves on.

Well I appreciate the explanation, so thank you.

 

[Raymond Lin]

Life is too short.

Clearly at 71 years of age he still hasn't realised.

The lawyers aren't going to turn down a cash cow...it's just a day's work for them.