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caught doing 102 mph on the A9 in a 60 mph zone
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driving north on the a9 in the 60 mph zone stopped by the police just wondering what might happen ?
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I don’t know if you are interested in a considered answer now, Bmw-Rider, after more than twelve hours of “
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14:39 Tue 02nd Nov 2010
I don’t know if you are interested in a considered answer now, Bmw-Rider, after more than twelve hours of “Chatter”, but if you are here goes:
Magistrates’ sentencing guidelines (for England and Wales – I think they are the same in Scotland) only cover speeds up to 100mph in a 60mph zone. For that speed the recommended penalty is a fine of half a week’s net income (reduced by a third if you plead guilty) and either six penalty points (which is the maximum) or a disqualification of up to 42 days.
There are a few points of correction to mention from some previous answers:
- There is no automatic ban of six months or indeed of any other period for speeding excessively. The penalty rests with the Magistrates who will consider the offence in the light of their guidelines and all the circumstances surrounding the offence and the offender.
- All motoring offences which carry an endorsement can result in either penalty points being added to the driver’s record or a disqualification. However, you cannot be both disqualified and have penalty points awarded for a single offence or group of offences which arose from a single incident. It has to be one or the other.
- You cannot go to prison for speeding now matter how excessive your speed or how many times you are convicted of the offence.
- Excessive speed alone does not support a charge of dangerous driving (for which you can be imprisoned for up to two years). If a charge of dangerous driving was being considered you should have been warned at the time you were stopped.
Hope this helps.
Magistrates’ sentencing guidelines (for England and Wales – I think they are the same in Scotland) only cover speeds up to 100mph in a 60mph zone. For that speed the recommended penalty is a fine of half a week’s net income (reduced by a third if you plead guilty) and either six penalty points (which is the maximum) or a disqualification of up to 42 days.
There are a few points of correction to mention from some previous answers:
- There is no automatic ban of six months or indeed of any other period for speeding excessively. The penalty rests with the Magistrates who will consider the offence in the light of their guidelines and all the circumstances surrounding the offence and the offender.
- All motoring offences which carry an endorsement can result in either penalty points being added to the driver’s record or a disqualification. However, you cannot be both disqualified and have penalty points awarded for a single offence or group of offences which arose from a single incident. It has to be one or the other.
- You cannot go to prison for speeding now matter how excessive your speed or how many times you are convicted of the offence.
- Excessive speed alone does not support a charge of dangerous driving (for which you can be imprisoned for up to two years). If a charge of dangerous driving was being considered you should have been warned at the time you were stopped.
Hope this helps.
here is an extract from 2007 - this woman was subsequently killed on the same road in a crash involving her sports car and a bus carrying school children. She had been previously convicted of speeding nearby where she was killed :
Ms Banks had been convicted at Inverness Sheriff Court in January of speeding on the A9 at Daviot, a few miles north of the spot where she died. She had been travelling at 102mph on a stretch of the dual carriageway last May, and was fined £500 and had six penalty points imposed on her licence.
here is the full story:
http://www.heraldscot...us-on-the-a9-1.857312
Ms Banks had been convicted at Inverness Sheriff Court in January of speeding on the A9 at Daviot, a few miles north of the spot where she died. She had been travelling at 102mph on a stretch of the dual carriageway last May, and was fined £500 and had six penalty points imposed on her licence.
here is the full story:
http://www.heraldscot...us-on-the-a9-1.857312
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