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to be fair its a lovely long straight hill, i always said to myself id return one day and thunder up it in my own car, dont think ill bother now 
I am such a muppet :(
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vanpeebles said:to be fair its a lovely long straight hill, i always said to myself id return one day and thunder up it in my own car, dont think ill bother now
Are you talking about Penglais Hill? Because i'm SURE i could do a 0-60 dash in about 6 seconds there!
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thats the one i think, the lovely long hill, goes from the top end of town at the bottom, to up the campus, ending at the supermarket at the top 
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Serj said:
yeah you might take out the bric-a-brac shop or the tattoo place
Putting this thread another way, had (God forbid) Stinky posted something like "Doing 58 in a 30, car appeared out of nowhere, I collided & killed the driver/passenger" would we be reading comments such as "bad luck" and "sorry to hear about that" ? Obviously not.
30 Limits are usually there for a damn good reason, to keep the likes of me & other road users safe.
Doing nearly double the limit, regardless of what you perceve to be a safe speed, is both silly and dangerous.
Expect a ban, frankly, its what you deserve.
Harsh, I know, its not rocket science sticking to limits, it would help if coppers ,for example, lead by example & stuck to the limits themselves!
Time & a place for speeding, 30 limits are not one of the said places I'm afraid.
Good luck stinky, you'll need it tbh.
30 Limits are usually there for a damn good reason, to keep the likes of me & other road users safe.
Doing nearly double the limit, regardless of what you perceve to be a safe speed, is both silly and dangerous.
Expect a ban, frankly, its what you deserve.
Harsh, I know, its not rocket science sticking to limits, it would help if coppers ,for example, lead by example & stuck to the limits themselves!
Time & a place for speeding, 30 limits are not one of the said places I'm afraid.
Good luck stinky, you'll need it tbh.
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One of the things i find quite shocking is you have only been driving 1 year, the courts will no doubt think you drive recklessly most of the time.
Ah the Dual Carragieway , People in a hurry love it.
TripleT said:Definately, and the bus lane is completely pointless
Ah the Dual Carragieway
, People in a hurry love it.
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R124/LA420 said:Putting this thread another way, had (God forbid) Stinky posted something like "Doing 58 in a 30, car appeared out of nowhere, I collided & killed the driver/passenger" would we be reading comments such as "bad luck" and "sorry to hear about that" ? Obviously not.
30 Limits are usually there for a damn good reason, to keep the likes of me & other road users safe.
Doing nearly double the limit, regardless of what you perceve to be a safe speed, is both silly and dangerous.
Expect a ban, frankly, its what you deserve.
Harsh, I know, its not rocket science sticking to limits, it would help if coppers ,for example, lead by example & stuck to the limits themselves!
Time & a place for speeding, 30 limits are not one of the said places I'm afraid.
Good luck stinky, you'll need it tbh.
One of the reasons why I've kept pretty quiet. 58mph in a 30mph area is pretty bad. Especially for such a new driver. But I'm not going to preach as I do speed from time to time - just not nearly double in a 30mph area
Good Luck
Stinky said:
Think about it.... no they don't. How would they "lie" they'd have to clock onto something that was going 58mph. They can get you from a long way away though so many it was earlier than you thought.
Plus as it's been mentioned, 58mph was your real speed, you clocks would have been showing at least over 60mph.
By the sounds of it you've confessed it already by accepting. Trying to deny it would be pretty pointless imo.
TripleT said:One of the reasons why I've kept pretty quiet. 58mph in a 30mph area is pretty bad. Especially for such a new driver. But I'm not going to preach as I do speed from time to time - just not nearly double in a 30mph area
Good Luck
I drive for a living, daily, I see what ,to me, are obviously inexperienced (or, bloody stupid) drivers taking daft risks, usually for little or no gain.
Road accidents are unpleasant, as anybody who, like I, has lost somebody close to them because of the actions of another driver will verify.
I drive more miles in 6 weeks than many people drive in a year, I feel almost dutybound to try to point out the errors of other peoples ways on the road, not as a point scoring exercise, more, a life saving one.
Sure I'm not a saint behind the wheel (I drive both an artic and a BMW, I must be a devil in most peoples eyes) but when I see ,for example, people undergoing a lesson in a driving school car, passing me doing an accurate legal limit speed (trucks have calibrated speedo's) I really fear for the future of our roads.
Another thing to consider, most car speedo's read fast, so, by that logic, chances are your speedo was reading higher than the 58MPH he clocked you at.
Again I mean you no offence stinky, I just sincerely hope you've learned your lesson regardless of whatever the court outcome is.
>> R124 off his soap box <<
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Stinky said:
As silly as this may be (I don't know, I'm not well up on courts & stuff
) I'd print out this thread and show it to the judge if you get the chance, it should certainly show him/her that you've seriously considered your actions....Better to arrive than to not arrive at all......