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No best answer has yet been selected by rebby. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.
For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I wouldn't get too hung up about it. It's not like drunk driving where somebody is being deliberately wreckless, pretty much anybody can miss a speed restriction sign or have a moments distraction these days and get caught by a camera.
My stepfather had a replacement hip recently and drives like he walks and he got caught recently at 3mph over with a caravan.
You'll have to be caught anothre 3 times in the next 3 years to loose your license and from your past record that's unlikely.
rebby i am not going to patronise you but you should never have admitted the offence.
Next time go to court and build a defence. Trust me there are sooooooo many out there.
For example I got off a speeding fine just because i had my car radio on. That particular gun they used has a small variant with electical output. The seed of doubt was there with the local magistrate and hey presto my case won.
Trust me.
rebby ignore peasants like Gef. Don't know what his problem is. Like he has never sped in his life?? Must be a vicar.
My point is I admire your ultimate honesty. But speed guns, gatso, radar, uncalibrated Police speedometers etc etc can be wrong.
YOU are entitled to a free and fair trial. That does not make you dishonest. It's called BRITISH LAW.
PS Gef I have got off about �800 worth of fines, have a totally clean license, great insurance premiums and a clear conscience. All because I believe in justice? And you have the rudness and ignorance to call me an idiot?
PPS I don't mean to sound as offish as I do, so I apologise to you rebby, you sound decent.
In response I agree with you. Yes I am an excellant driver. I know what you are thinking "bragging so and so" but surely I can only working on evidence?
Never had an accident, never caused one. Never worn a clutch due to ultra smooth gear changes. never speed in the wet/fog/built up areas. Only drive tip top condition cars and estimate about 30-40 thousand miles a year. always wear a seatbelt, always change and check tyres.
Getting off my fines is something to brag about. It's not like i get off with rape or murder is it? It is my point that the question setter has set. Get it? Big deal she went 7mph too fast (if she accepts she did). We pay enough taxes and revenue to this grabbing govt. and I can assure you speeding tickets are just a money spinner. As I said I do not speed in built up areas so if I did get one near a school or blind person home or whatever I would challenge my conscience. Yes I would still get off with it but believe me my driving attitude will change.
Speed does not kill on its own merit. Further I must add that ALL my tickets have come from mobile patrols who (against the rules!) have been hidden away. How dangerous can that stretch of road be if the Police/Local auth. will not place a permanent camera there and are happy for a mobil traffic cop to set up a gun? I ask you!
Minter mate - few points for the hard-of-thinking.
Being entitled to a free and fair trial does not make anyone dishonest. Saying you didn't do it, when you did makes you dishonest.
You say you're an excellent driver but if you've been caught so many times (bearing in mind, these are just when you've been caught) that you've managed to evade �800 worth of fines means you are more likely to be a sh!t driver.
Not having had an accident or caused an accident doesn't necessarily make you a good driver. I have seen countless incidents, including 2 in the last 7 days, where accidents nearly happened because of speeding drivers. These accidents were averted purely because of the excellent driving of the innocent party.
Getting away with something is not the same as being innocent.
It's not the stretch of road that's dangerous, it's fcukwits speeding on that stretch of road that are dangerous.
rebby - this happened to me after 17 years of very careful and considerate driving. I was caught fair and square at 4am on some roadworks where a temporary rstriction was in place. I do not agree with the above that you should have denied it, particularly as you remember the incident and probably the 'flash'. But what I would suggest is that you request the photographic evidence, at least for reassurance that it was your vehicle caught at the time of the offence.
I was awarded 3 points and a �60 fine (who gives training options or warnings nowadays????), and if anyone says that it is difficult to accumulate 12 points in 3 years they are talking pap. If you offend you pay the penalty simple as that. It is hard to accept that you have broken the law, but take this as a warning and drive safely in the future.