Advice needed quickly speeding issue

bazola

bazola

bazola

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Hi Guys,

Been drivin a Lexus IS 200 Auto for the last two years. Picked up a Z4 3.0 yesterday and looks like i have been done by a camera van today.

The road in question is now a 40 and used to be a 60. There are no schools or children anywhere near, but i was wondering what is likely to happen.

I think i was doing between 60-65 in a 40 which i know is not good. Its only when i looked up at my speedo i realised i was going that quick.

I people that speed in built up areas, child killers etc.

I am really bricking it now. I do have a clean licence and have been driving more than three years but really worried i will have to go to court!

please can you give me some advice
 
I am worried about going to court. I dont want that to be the case.

I dont mind taking the points i know i was in the wrong just bricking it about going to court
 
Problem is i am really not sure what speed i was doing. It felt qute quick but going from a lexus to that. Speedo is totally different etc. I know its a poor excuse but i looked up and saw the van down in the dip and immediately put Must be between 55-65 i think
 
I feel so bad right now. I normally never speed in built up areas one of my pet hates. My insurance is high enough without this. If its three points I can live with it, but just worried it will more.

Do you think mitigating circumstances could be used due to new car being something i have never had before.

Lexus 2.0 Auto is a slightly different drive. I just didnt realise i was going that quick :(
 
The speed limit has been in force for over a year, so thats not really an excuse. I was trying to make the point that the road has no reason to be 40. Nothing anywhere near there. 60 the other side of the sign
 
I do hope so, I really feel I dont deserve this. The amount of people who live near us that go down my 30mph street at 90 + really annoys me
 
I guess i just have to pray i wasnt doing over 70. Im pretty sure i wasnt going that quick but it all happend so fast.

I guess i will just have to see
 
I will try and describe the situation.

Goes left a traffic lights onto a mini dual carriage way that is level for about 200 metres it then goes down hill into a dip. The camera van was parked in the dip with the back facing up the hill.

I would imagine that the camera van was pointing at the fast lane on the dual carriage way section which would mean as soon as i became visible at the top of the hill it would get me (:
 
I was driving towards the back of the van which was down at the bottom of the hill, but i didnt see a flash.

I thought camera vans work on infared an recording all the time

not flash
 
Yeah i bought the car yesterday so could be interesting.....

I am a little confused because the camera van was at the bottom of a hill on the other side of the road. I was coming from the other direction on a small part of dual carriage way at the top of the hill. I saw the camera van on the other side of the road and slowed down but not sure how quick i was going. The camera van had its back pointed up the road so i was oncoming to it although it was on the other side of the road.

Im not sure if it would get me because it would have to shoot across the other carriage way and because its down at the bottom of the hill any cars that go past it on the same side of the road as the camera van would block its site between me and it.

Anyone got any ideas on this?
 
Do you know if i was doing over 60 will i have to go to court or can i just accept the 6 points without this. Thats my real worry!

I dont think i was doing much above this if i was but not really sure
 
I am trying not to worry but its hard,

I am the worrying kind of person. Its also annoying cus its a new car so probably not in my name yet and asked them to put on my private plate. Will probably take like 2 months to find out which is bad.

Just praying i was doing under 60 so if anything get 3 points :(
 
Thanks mate....

I feel a lot easier now, you have explained it in Lame Mans terms. I have just been worrying so much i cant think straight.

Hopefully things will be rosie

Thanks for your help
 
I am hoping i was doing under 70,, i really am. My passenger thought that i was doing around 60 although neather was used to the car. It was a lovely sunny day no traffic and on a dual carriage way which used to be a 60 but now 40 no houses present. I never speed in built up areas, could not live with being a child killer !!!
 
Its not a nice feeling is it!!!

I know I just have to wait, its annoying cus if i knew the car better I would have known how quick I was going.

Either way cant do anything about it now. Just have to pray it didnt get me
 
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