2 speeding tickets in one week! what to expect?

jej_knowles · 15 Dec 2013 at 11:12

So a couple of weeks ago I was caught off guard by the same mobile camera van on different days and in different locations, first on the dual carriageway and second in a 30 mph limit. This week the office informed me they had received notification from the police as follows .
First was 74mph on the dual carriageway which is 70mph limit and second was 40mph in a 30mph zone ! Also I was driving a transit van which means I shouldn't of been travelling over 60mph on the dual carriageway. What should I expect the outcome from these to be?

Rotty · 15 Dec 2013 at 12:14

I would expect you to get £60 and 3 pts for one of them and a speed awareness course for the other

worst scenario 2 x £60 and 6 points total

Dogbreath · 15 Dec 2013 at 13:36

Mandatory eyesight test I should think

Brace yourself for 6 points unless they offer you the course. Fine is £60 for a basic speed offence, and the courses are usually around £100.

Vertigo · 15 Dec 2013 at 14:10

It's £100 now.

Biohazard · 15 Dec 2013 at 14:14

74 in a 70. That's just being ****ing arsey.

jej_knowles · 15 Dec 2013 at 14:17

Biohazard said:
74 in a 70. That's just being ****ing arsey.

But the vehicle I was driving is restricted to 60mph

stoke1863 · 15 Dec 2013 at 14:21

i didnt think 74 in a 70 would get you.

When i did a speed awareness course (37 in a 30) the instructor said you have 10% discretion before being caught. (Derbyshire Police)

He asked us to raise our hands (at the speed we were caught at) as he read out speeds and the first people to raise there hands where 35's in a 30 zone.

He did say however it depends on the police area how strict they are he said south wales police don't have leniency at all

stoofa · 15 Dec 2013 at 18:10

jej_knowles said:
But the vehicle I was driving is restricted to 60mph

Then it was 74 in a 60.

Biohazard · 15 Dec 2013 at 18:13

Cosmic182 · 15 Dec 2013 at 18:20

A legitimate serious spanking by a big hairy grumpy high stocking motor oil greased up hair, moustached elf of a policeman with the price tag of £60 and 3 points, if hes not very festive, double that and weep.

jej_knowles · 15 Dec 2013 at 20:24

stoofa said:
Then it was 74 in a 60.

That's what I was trying to say but didn't want to be patronising as I'd already stated that in the first post

Luke · 15 Dec 2013 at 20:30

I've been done for 43 in a 40.

UTmaniac · 15 Dec 2013 at 20:32

But I was always under the impression there was 10% leniency on speed limits because car odometers are not perfectly calibrated.

Another urban myth that would be busted on QI?

SilverTongue · 15 Dec 2013 at 20:36

UTmaniac said:
But I was always under the impression there was 10% leniency on speed limits because car odometers are not perfectly calibrated.

Another urban myth that would be busted on QI?

There is a guideline, however it is down to the individual officer as to whether they will use that guideline or not.

Baiscally if your act like a complete **** to the officer that pulls you over be prepared to get 3 points and £100 even if it was only 31 in a 30

MooMoo444 · 15 Dec 2013 at 20:39

74 actual is more like 78-80 indicated tho, no? As in, clearly speeding and worth dropping you the ticket.

Terminal_Boy · 15 Dec 2013 at 20:40

I thought that too.

Something to do with the possible variance in tyre diameter due to low/high tyre pressure and tolerance stacking in cable-driven speedometers IIRC.

Burnsy2023 · 15 Dec 2013 at 21:59

SilverTongue said:
There is a guideline, however it is down to the individual officer as to whether they will use that guideline or not.

Baiscally if your act like a complete **** to the officer that pulls you over be prepared to get 3 points and £100 even if it was only 31 in a 30

I'm not sure about all forces, but in Hampshire Officers don't have that discretion any more. We can't give you a ticket for 43 in a 40 or anything below ACPO guidance. If we tried the central ticket office would bounce the ticket.

Luke said:
I've been done for 43 in a 40.

When was that? And when you say "done" what do you mean by that?

stoofa · 15 Dec 2013 at 22:37

Luke said:
I've been done for 43 in a 40.

Everyone knows someone who has been "done" for something like this. 32 in a 30, 43 in a 40, 52 in a 50 etc.
However for all the "I was" and "I know someone who was" I personally am yet to see anyone actually produce any kind of evidence.
I appreciate that if this happened a long time ago then there is no evidence remaining. It's just amazing just how many people apparently "get done" at these very low speeds yet seem unable to back it up.

But there, I've got no reason at all to disbelieve what you've said.

GeX · 15 Dec 2013 at 23:10

Why is a Transit limited to 60?

Luke · 15 Dec 2013 at 23:45

Burnsy2023 said:
I'm not sure about all forces, but in Hampshire Officers don't have that discretion any more. We can't give you a ticket for 43 in a 40 or anything below ACPO guidance. If we tried the central ticket office would bounce the ticket.

When was that? And when you say "done" what do you mean by that?

Meaning I was received a fixed penalty notice for driving in my personal car at 43mph in a 40 limit in 2007 in South Yorkshire.
No BS, no internet 'LULZ', just huge amounts of disbelief and frustration.

I was not offered a speed awareness course as I'd got a previous conviction in 1995.
If it wasn't for my personal circumstances at the time I would have taken it to court, but it would have been the straw that broke the camel's back.