Just got my first points i think!

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Coming back down the M65 from Bolton, coming into Preston, im in the outside lane overtaking a van before the lanes merge.

You come over the top of the bridge over the M6 and then the motorway runs straight down to a really big roundabout of which theres only one exit to take and you go 3/4 of the way around it so you have to slow down anyway!

I pass the van and merge into the lane, not really 100% sure of what speed i was going, was paying more attention to the road, about 85 indicated at a guess.

White van at the bottom of the slope with two blacked rear windows and a small police sign underneath which was unreadable from any distance. Guessing thats my first 3 points SP50 isnt it!

Lazy barstewards, could have been somewhere its actually dangerous!

Two weeks wait now then, at least it doesnt seem to have any impact on my insurance quotes for renewal!
 
tonyyeb said:
From the experience of friends with points, the first 3 dont make hardly any diff to the insurance - Just make sure you tell them. My old man forgot and then wrote off my mums Civic. Luckily they just deducted the extra cost of the premium from the settlement figure.

Only leaves me with 3 more though, not had my license 2 years yet... if i do get them then ill be driving like the pope, get a NA diesel i think! :eek:

Lancashire offer those driver safety day things i think so can go watch some videos and crap they spin you and get no points perhaps, or is that just for the worse crime of speeding in a 30!? :confused:
 
I saw the camera again today, must be having a clamp down as ive not seen it previously and i go that way 5+ times a week to work/uni/girlfriends. Looked like the van on this page (not the mobile cam obviously!) Make with the Clicky! with cameras inside the top hood bit that looked similar to the SPECS system viewable from the top.

Also on the M61 just before Botany Bay/Chorley turnoff (for those that know it) there was a copper parked just on the hard shoulder (not in a laybay or police only area) with the window open leaning out with a gun. Guessing he would zap anyone and chase them down who were speeding?!
 
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