Got caught speeding - no points or fine!!

Uriel · 6 May 2011 at 23:49

5th did nicely in my old Fabia for 30 - as long as I didn't need to accelerate at all.

Hades · 7 May 2011 at 00:44

6th is fine in my Golf (2.8 V6).

Nice win on the speeding

mattyg · 7 May 2011 at 00:51

Disco Boy said:
Personally I would give you a ban for slamming your brakes on when you saw a camera van, that's much more dangerous than speeding in my eyes.

Although if he's doing 50 in a 30 limit then hitting the brakes and slowing down to 30 will only put the child killer thats doing 50 behind him at risk. No-one doing 30 behind him will be anywhere near to him. I dont see anything wrong with him slamming on down to the limit.

2Thumbs · 7 May 2011 at 01:00

They can't prosecute for slamming your brakes on when seeing a camera/officer etc. They might give you a telling off though.

Scania · 7 May 2011 at 01:55

Sin_Chase said:
I have to say selecting 5th in a 30 zone is pretty silly.

Depends what your driving....

@ 30 Mph, I'm usually in 8th or 9th.

allllec · 7 May 2011 at 10:38

Disco Boy said:
Personally I would give you a ban for slamming your brakes on when you saw a camera van, that's much more dangerous than speeding in my eyes.

And how is this dangerous given the driver behind should leave ample room to react?

Vita · 7 May 2011 at 10:46

I was doing above the speed limit through a 30 zone, until I saw a Truvelo in front. I actually thought it had got me, 2 months passed, got nothing. Turns out it wasn't turned on as it was a new camera. Learnt my lesson that way, never again.

Duke · 7 May 2011 at 10:50

Vita said:
I was doing above the speed limit through a 30 zone, until I saw a Truvelo in front. I actually thought it had got me, 2 months passed, got nothing. Turns out it wasn't turned on as it was a new camera. Learnt my lesson that way, never again.

They flash purple so you would have known straight away.

Frozennova · 7 May 2011 at 10:53

R420LA6X2/4MNA said:
Depends what your driving....

@ 30 Mph, I'm usually in 8th or 9th.

And I have a 4 speed box so 5th isn't a option.

ng93 · 7 May 2011 at 11:04

So if you get caught but take the awareness test do you get any points?

Sin_Chase said:
I have to say selecting 5th in a 30 zone is pretty silly.

Depends on the car, my polo will do 30 in 5th no problem.

loltim · 7 May 2011 at 11:06

ng93 said:
So if you get caught but take the awareness test do you get any points?

no

NickXX · 7 May 2011 at 11:08

loltim said:
no

Hi loltim.

L0rdMike · 7 May 2011 at 11:11

Sin_Chase said:
I have to say selecting 5th in a 30 zone is pretty silly.

I dunno if you get upto 30 then put it in 5th you won't be able to speed as Honda got no torque lolol.

Vita · 7 May 2011 at 11:19

Duke said:
They flash purple so you would have known straight away.

Even in day light?

Disco Boy · 7 May 2011 at 11:21

bainbridge said:
just didn't notice the mobile camera van parked way ahead, about 200 metres up the road.

bainbridge said:
Incidentally I was using a bus lane out of hours (in readiness to take a left at some lights) while approaching a fixed speed camera, a woman in a Micra whizzed past using the normal lane & set off the camera. She DID slam on her brakes & stopped dead in the road. As I trundled past smirking at her she engaged reverse & backed up over the speed camera markings on the road, then moved forward over them again but slowly this time

I can only imagine she thought she could somehow undo the speeding offence she had just committed

So was it a mobile van or a gatso? Or was that an unrelated anecdote confirming that women in micras are morons?

Duke · 7 May 2011 at 11:38

Vita said:
Even in day light?

Yep. I followed a bike past one who set it off a while back.

bainbridge · 7 May 2011 at 13:39

Disco Boy said:
So was it a mobile van or a gatso? Or was that an unrelated anecdote confirming that women in micras are morons?

Yes that was unrelated