Speed camera got me boohoo

Vtrkidda · Post by **Vtrkidda** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 10:47 am

Just had a letter for the mr police man but it was in my very slow fiesta van,47 in a 30 the road is a 40 then drops to 30 they must have been waiting in a van ,

sly or what

Ive checked the road and there is no fixed camera its near newton le willows A572 newton road at the juction of golbourne dale rd

BEWARE

Ive used that many of times on my bike hope no more are coming

Plus ive used my speeding awareness course up last year points and a Â£60 fine for me

But im asking for a photo and what camera got me as it dosnt say just asking for the driver

Lesson learned must slow down

lloydie · Post by **lloydie** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 1:02 pm

You bad boy lol
Hypocritical of me a little 3 points lol

Vtrkidda · Post by **Vtrkidda** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 1:05 pm

Im hoping for 3

agentpineapple · Post by **agentpineapple** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 1:38 pm

sorry to hear it buddy, we've all done it, some of us get caught unfortunately....

lumpyv · Post by **lumpyv** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 2:19 pm

hard luck mate. worst one for me was getting done at 49 in a 50 in my works vivaro. apparently if the van is not derived from a car you knock 10mph off the speed limit?!.
they even enclosed a leaflet explaining this law with the summons as if to say "dont bother appealing" bar-stewards.

aces-high · Post by **aces-high** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 4:04 pm

lumpyv wrote:hard luck mate. worst one for me was getting done at 49 in a 50 in my works vivaro. apparently if the van is not derived from a car you knock 10mph off the speed limit?!.
they even enclosed a leaflet explaining this law with the summons as if to say "dont bother appealing" bar-stewards.

In a van you only knock 10 mph off on nation speed limit zones, so on A roads the max speed is 50 when cars can do 60 and on dual carriage ways its 60 when cars can do 70 but if its a 50 zone it doesn't become 40 or a 40 doesn't become 30.
and still 70 on motorways.

Vtrkidda wrote:

Plus ive used my speeding awareness course up last year

That awareness course worked then

Hard luck , as others have said we all do it from time to time, just hoping my luck holds out. Went passed a camera van about 3 or 4 times the other week with a smug look on my face as a was only doing about 25 mph. On the same road a few days latter I noticed it was a 20 zone

I know it doesn't make a difference but when I learned to drive/ride there wasn't any 20 zones and I was taught if you can't see a sign to assume it's a 30 zone.
so I now have an anxious wait for the postman.

Vtrkidda · Post by **Vtrkidda** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 4:23 pm

Ye it did they ass holes

The van must of been in camo ,just been up there on the storm after work today ,there is no fixed camera but a big parking space where a nice camera van could hide ,it must of seen me far back and ive slowed down to late ,

Next time ill slow down

in the van any way

agentpineapple · Post by **agentpineapple** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 4:27 pm

when i was younger i got caught doing 80 in a 30(oneway street 3 lanes wide, just didn't want anyone to think it was outside a school), it wasn't big and it wasn't clever, i got away with a Â£300 fine and 6 points, thats the most points you can get for speeding, the next step is a ban, i was incredibly lucky, i went to court suited and booted, yes sir/no sir and i had a solicitor with me. it must have worked.
i sold my bike 2 weeks later (vfr800) it was only 18mths old aswell, it was to tempting and if i got caught again i would have lost my license for sure.
it all comes down to luck really.......

lumpyv · Post by **lumpyv** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:52 pm

[quote="aces-high"]

In a van you only knock 10 mph off on nation speed limit zones, so on A roads the max speed is 50 when cars can do 60 and on dual carriage ways its 60 when cars can do 70 but if its a 50 zone it doesn't become 40 or a 40 doesn't become 30.
and still 70 on motorways.

i remember it being quite complicated , reading all the blurb they sent and thinking they wer,nt going to change their mind so i sent the money

benny hedges · Post by **benny hedges** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 9:54 pm

Vtrkidda wrote:Just had a letter for the mr police man but it was in my very slow fiesta van,47 in a 30 the road is a 40
But im asking for a photo and what camera got me as it dosnt say just asking for the driver

there will be a unique number on the NIP and a link to a website,
if you look at the website using that unique number as the reference, you can view the offence, cal certs, position of camera, statements etc....

just be aware that if you look at it, you cant later say you weren't the one driving.
3 pointer that tbh.... but might be more than Â£60 fine if its not a fixed penalty.

you could alsways do what i did and plead that you need a clean license for work.... i told them i cant have more than 6 points or i have to have my own insurance which i cant afford....
then ask for a discretionary suspension of a week - 14 days....no points, just a short holiday.

my licence is down to 3 points in a few weeks thanks to this - otherwise i'd still be on 12.

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