Speeding ticket (help)

djxput · 16 Jan 2022 at 18:17

Basically wife was going 58 in a 40 ... was one of those highway slow down board led things and she didnt notice and they stick a speed camera on it.
In the mail she got something that didnt say a fine or points just said they will prosecute.

She hasnt had a ticket for years.

Advice please.

djxput · 16 Jan 2022 at 18:19

Thekwango said:
Advice on what?

anyway to get out of it? or have less of an impact on points/cost

djxput · 16 Jan 2022 at 18:21

MatsyLR said:
She was speeding and got a ticket, whats the issue? what exactly did she receive (photo with details edited out?)

no ticket was a prosecution notice whatever this means ...

djxput · 16 Jan 2022 at 18:52

MatsyLR said:
https://www.gov.uk/speeding-penalties
"Within 14 days of your car being caught speeding you’ll be sent an - Notice of Intended Prosecution (NIP)"
Its the same thing, you have to let the relevant people know who was driving and they will be given a Fixed Penalty Notice. You will either have to plead guilty and get 3 points on the relevant license or plead innocence and go to court and attempt to argue the case even though she was going well over the speed limit.

Not really any way out of it.

ahh thanks ...

djxput · 16 Jan 2022 at 18:54

Blackjack Davy said:
How long ago did it happen? I had something similar happen on xmas day still waiting for the letter, unless it got lost in the post. Wasn't going as fast as that though

31st and she was given the letter 13 days later. (in the mail).

djxput · 16 Jan 2022 at 20:17

inogen said:
Just pay the fine and take the points. I doubt her (or your) insurance company will really care.

I was running 9 points some time back. 3 SP30s, one of which was for doing 50+ in a 40. It made barely any difference to my premium and I was driving a 2.5L 190HP+ car.

I did get a speed awareness once too for doing 50+ (56 I think) in a 40. All depends on circumstances. That was on a triple lane raised overpass. I doubt you would on a residential dual carriageway.

My GF also had 9 for some of that time and both of our cars were still cheaper to insure with each other as named drivers.

Sorry Im from the states - she was driving on a highway that has 3-4 lanes - normally 70 but they had that errr electronic thing that said 40 ... wasnt residential ... good to know about the insurance; literally I think her last speeding ticket was 20 years ago she said.

djxput · 16 Jan 2022 at 23:55

Quartz said:
How about reviewing the dashcam video and showing that the board was hidden behind a lorry so she genuinely didn't see it?

To be honest my wife has a lead foot - would help if I installed this dash cam thats sitting here

but now I think shell need to slow it down

djxput · 17 Jan 2022 at 11:59

peterwalkley said:
Getting her out of it somehow isn't going to improve her observation skills or lead foot is it ? Tell her to own up to being in the wrong ffs !

Well in the states you can do all these 'weird' things to help get out of tickets (its been awhile since Ive been there and I never had to go through the process) but like talk about their accuracy of their speed cameras or you name it. You go to court etc ... in the states you really dont have speed cameras you have cops sitting on the side of the road with their radar guns - or in their cars. Here seems to be all cameras. (not sure why you guys let the cameras sit there ... but in the states they would probably be shot with a shotgun ... joking aside).