Police Speed Guns - How long before the ticket?

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Don
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Another "Speeding" thread. The difference is that I know it was my fault, I am just interested in knowing how long I have before I can breathe a sigh of relief and also how likely it is that I will get fined/ticketed?

I was driving down a dual carriage way, overtaking some cars, the speedometer showing 78/79mph (dial below 80) when I saw police women/men with a speedgun pointing at me on a narrow bridge above. I couldn't safely slow down so I carried on. No police car followed me and this would be my first offense.

It is a company car (black ford focus), so the company would be informed, but as I was not going that fast the worst I believe will happen is 3 points and a fine, though obviously I'd rather it did not.

It is totally my fault, I should have been going 70mph I know, but what can I expect? I know my speedometer is a little inaccurate so I was likely going around 73/74mph, would they bother following me up on that?
 
Thanks guys, thought this would be the case, just wanted to see what others thought. :)

DereksDontRun said:
78/79 on the speedo probably means you're really doing under 75, so you're probably/possibly fine - not to mention there's no guarantee they were scanning you with the speed gun.

As to your question, I think they have to inform you within 2 weeks that you've been done - either stating the points/fine/result there and then, or that you'll be contacted later with that info (I think this us up to 6 months and only if you've been even naughtier and have a courts summons). So, if your work doesn't hear anything in 2 weeks (plus a couple days for postage delays) then you're laughing, but I dont know how you can ask work this, without it making it sound like you've been ragging their car - guess it's down to how well you get on with whoever would receive such forms...
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I won't mentionh it to work unless something comes through. Thanks for answering regarding 2 weeks, I will update this thread in around 2-3 weeks, if I forget, assume all was fine. Thanks all. :)
 
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