Busted :(

Spartacus · 3 Jan 2013 at 12:06

pepsilol said:
What's the rule with doing 40 in a 40. And then someone goes for the overtake as you cross the nsl line?

I'm within my right to speed up, as it's gone from 40 to a 60 right?

Obviously if you speed up where the limit increases that is not what we are talking about here. If you had been driving 40 for the last 3 miles on a nsl road and then speed up just because the person stuck behind you is overtaking then you would be a **** trying to compensate for other inadequacies such as a small penis

Cheers

Linkex · 3 Jan 2013 at 12:43

This is why I love my bike. I don't care if you accelerate when I go past - you are still going backwards.

Bat · 3 Jan 2013 at 13:05

You might well get away with it. I've been flashed a few times and only ever had anything come from a scamera van, never from a GATSO.

pioneer2000 · 3 Jan 2013 at 13:23

BigDannyO said:
I really hope you're joking!

If not, you're one of the worst things about driving these days. What on earth does it matter what sort of car wants to overtake you?

If you're happy tootling along at 40 and the car behind wants to do 60, what difference does it make to you?

Don't suppose you ever look in your rear-view mirror and spot that massive queue of cars behind you do you.

And for what it's worth, 40mph in a 60 is two thirds the speed limit, it is THAT slow!

Perhaps because it's nigh on always the boy racers / moronic younger adults in their clio's / golf's / imprezas that seem to think they have to race everyone / get past to unleash their 2nd hand, chav mobile.

He couldn't have overtaken a car doing 40, without going above 60 in the distance available (hence the problem) and so any overtaking in this situation is a) illegal b) dangerous. It's a speed limit, depending on the conditions 40 may have well been a perfectly appropriate speed.

wingman · 3 Jan 2013 at 13:55

I feel somewhat sorry for you as it is incredibly infuriating when this happens, especially when you haven't got the power to get passed swiftly. The type of people who speed up when they've been doing circa 25% under the speed limit are a complete nuisance.

However, the type of people trying to overtake me when I am doing national speed limit get the same treatment as you had.

Besides, you appear somewhat hazy with the exact speeds you were completing. On one hand, you're certain you were travelling around 65mph when the camera flashed, however you were doing 75mph shortly before, and admitted you weren't looking at the speedo for some part of it, and never braked once.

Where is the road?

rodenal · 3 Jan 2013 at 14:04

wingman said:
However, the type of people trying to overtake me when I am doing national speed limit get the same treatment as you had.

Why would you bother? If someone wants to go quicker than me when i'm at the speed limit and they can pass safely then they're more than welcome to do so. Lets be honest it's fairly unusual for this to happen and when it does (to me at least) it tends to be something that can and does travel at warp speed along the road, their choice.

BigDannyO · 3 Jan 2013 at 14:08

pioneer2000 said:
Perhaps because it's nigh on always the boy racers / moronic younger adults in their clio's / golf's / imprezas that seem to think they have to race everyone / get past to unleash their 2nd hand, chav mobile.

Still don't see the relevance. I would want to overtake you doing 40 in a 60 and I'm neither moronic or the driver of a chav-mobile.

pioneer2000 said:
He couldn't have overtaken a car doing 40, without going above 60 in the distance available (hence the problem) and so any overtaking in this situation is a) illegal b) dangerous. It's a speed limit, depending on the conditions 40 may have well been a perfectly appropriate speed.

Although illegal, I disagree that exceeding the speed limit is automatically dangerous for the same reasons you suggest 40 may well have been an appropriate speed.

wingman said:
However, the type of people trying to overtake me when I am doing national speed limit get the same treatment as you had.

WHY?!

ZG002 · 3 Jan 2013 at 14:11

RoyMi6 said:
In some ways I think I'd prefer court, fine and a ban - would at least allow me to state my side of the story and as I don't drive much (~7,000 miles in 2 years) a ban would be fine.

For this reason though they'd probably not see fit to "just" ban me.

Getting points on my licence is going to jack up my insurance and mean I'll be paying for it for years to come

From your reaction, I'm taking it you have a clean licence? 3 points on your licence will normally make very little difference if any at all sometimes. A ban on the other hand would jack your prices up for sure.

You only got clocked a little over the limit really. 3 points and £60 fine, pay it and take it as a lesson, Wouldn't worry about it myself.

mikeo · 3 Jan 2013 at 14:12

OP ... as you say / imply "but willing to pay my dues". Just a case of swallowing whatever happens... just life at times.

Though I do feel the pain. I used to be a regular at Knockhill when I was working up Perthshire way and exact same thing happen to me when driving the Scooby back to Edinburgh on the back roads. Pretty sure he had spotted the plain unmarked white van sat on the side of the road in a pull-in. So that was NIP for me.

I'll keep my fingers crossed that you were lucky and got away with it. Easy to pontificate in these sorts of situations, but it happens to most drivers in the end at some point.

PS. Don't think anyone could accuse me of being a "boy racer" these days.... nearer 60 than 50 (doesn't time fly!).

Jayster · 3 Jan 2013 at 14:12

wingman said:
However, the type of people trying to overtake me when I am doing national speed limit get the same treatment as you had.

Why would you do that?

wingman · 3 Jan 2013 at 14:18

Jayster said:
Why would you do that?

Because...

Shimmy · 3 Jan 2013 at 14:24

I had similar but fortunately on the motorway.

I was in the middle lane and set the cruise to 70, approached a new shape Mondeo doing 65. I pull out to the outside lane to overtake still cruising at 70, he decides to speed up, I go to about 80 and then so does he. Cue me booting it to 95 to complete the overtake. Back he went to 65 :confused:

Pillock had his fog lights on too for no reason.

ZG002 · 3 Jan 2013 at 14:34

Had it coming back from Edinburgh just before Christmas also on the A1, Follow some guy doing about 50mph along the single lane NSL, It opens up into a dual so I crank up the cruise to 70mph and start to pull past. He speeds up and keeps with me too about 90mph. Get the over take done back to single lane I set cruise to 60mph and he falls back to 50mph and disappears.

Some people are just *****

Horse Pop · 3 Jan 2013 at 15:24

However, the type of people trying to overtake me when I am doing national speed limit get the same treatment as you had.

Why would engage in such silly behaviour?

It's potentially dangerous, against the highway code and may make people think you have a small willy.

Haggisman · 3 Jan 2013 at 15:58

wingman said:
Because...

A dangerous idiot more like :rolleyes:

Dr Who · 3 Jan 2013 at 16:08

iaind said:
I thought it was discretionary and up to the local authority, which results I'm quite a lot of variation? I'll bow to your superior knowledge though

It is, but not to follow ACPO guidelines is normally an angle to get a wriggle out. I haven't heard of a force that doesn't follow ACPO guidelines, but willing to be corrected.

apeksdiver · 3 Jan 2013 at 16:08

I doubt anything will come of it 65 in a 60 I bet you speedo over reads at that speed. Was it a single or double flash?

Dr Who · 3 Jan 2013 at 16:09

wingman said:
However, the type of people trying to overtake me when I am doing national speed limit get the same treatment as you had.

Then you are a bigger idiot than the person overtaking you. :rolleyes:

wingman · 3 Jan 2013 at 16:09

Horse Pop said:
Why would engage in such silly behaviour?

It's potentially dangerous, against the highway code and may make people think you have a small willy.

I suppose putting someone in their place makes me feel powerful. Not to forget that them speeding in the first place is against the highway code.

I couldn't care if people think I have a small penis, is it a problem if people think that of you?

Haggisman said:
A dangerous idiot more like

Sure. Fun, though.

RoyMi6 · 3 Jan 2013 at 16:17

wingman said:
Where is the road?

'twas this bad boy (going this direction): https://maps.google.co.uk/?ll=55.70...=c6k7H2Wk7x_5_g6GpHH8HA&cbp=12,103.03,,0,8.24 (would have linked earlier but forgot the AA route planner lets you see where the speed cameras are!)

wingman said:
I feel somewhat sorry for you as it is incredibly infuriating when this happens, especially when you haven't got the power to get passed swiftly. The type of people who speed up when they've been doing circa 25% under the speed limit are a complete nuisance.

Agreed

wingman said:
However, the type of people trying to overtake me when I am doing national speed limit get the same treatment as you had.

Dangerous but to each their own. I have a motto myself that I treat every car like a undercover police car so when sitting behind someone that's keeping up with the speed limit I'll never pass them.

In the same regard I don't think I'd ever find myself speeding up to stop someone over take me if they felt the urge.

wingman said:
Besides, you appear somewhat hazy with the exact speeds you were completing. On one hand, you're certain you were travelling around 65mph when the camera flashed, however you were doing 75mph shortly before, and admitted you weren't looking at the speedo for some part of it, and never braked once.

My car doesn't like going at 70 on a motorway in 5th let alone 75mph in 4th. As such engine braking paid a big part in my reduction in speed. I completed the overtake with some room to spare before the camera but with someone right up my rear I chose not to break. As I've admitted - there's a couple of things I could have done differently. I'm not without fault here - and I'll happily admit one of them could be my exact recall of the speeds I was doing. I am however not purposely over or under exaggerating, it would serve no purpose here.