Speeding Fines

[shanley]

My boyfriend was flashed by a speed camera in a 30mph zone doing 58mph, does anybody know what the fine will be? & how many points will be taken off?

[Moog]

First of all it depends whether there was film in that particular camera [the perecentage of gatsos with film in is not given out but estimated to be below 50] secondly it depends where he was, different authorities have deifferent fine structures, as a guide a friend of mune was recently caught doing 61 in 40 zone was fined �80 and three points

[sft42]

Regardless of whether he's a little boy racer or a company director i hope it's loss of licence for as long as possible....a 30 mph zone is a residential area where kids could be playing and if you collide with a person at 30 mph there is a very good chance they will survive at 40 much less so and at 50 only about a 10% chance (Govt figures) so it is reckless endangerment of life he should be charged with not a motoring offence.

[Gef]

I agree entirely with what sft has written. It is easy for anyone to lose concentration and creep above 30 mph but to actually know that you are doing 58 mph is a deliberate and disgraceful act.

[sddsddean]

I was caught doing 36 in a 30. My fault, no excuses. Northants C C run a speed awareness course. You have to pay them the �60 rather than the Police, so its still a fine of sorts, the course lasts 3 hours, but you get no points. They said at one place they caught a bloke doing 60 in a 30 and he lost his licence for 28 days, so beware. As a matter of interest, the fastest speed they caught on a camera in Northants was in Northampton town centre, 2pm in the afternoon, and someone went by at 113 mph. I know the bit of road and have no idea how they did it!!!

[woodpam]

I think you'll find that the points are put on rather than taken off. I got three and a �60 fine for doing 48 in a 40 zone on a dual carriageway where the speed limit drops sharply. My fault entirely for not seeing the camera warning sign or the big yellow box itself in time. I was rushing to get to the bedside of a sick relative and it taught me a valuable lesson about concentrating on the job in hand and not driving on autopilot. It may cost your boyfriend in cash, but it may save his, or someone else's, life.

[darth vader]

Doing double the speed limit is an automatic loss of license so expect something harsh (up to 50 mph then there is a 100 mph threshold where you lose your licence anyway regardless of speed). If your boyfriend is a Manchester United player/employee i wouldn't worry though......

[Pickle]

He's going to be banned for a while, unless they are feeling nice that day. sddsddean, I can't imagine anyone doing over 100mph in Northampton at all, let alone in the Town Centre!

[mikewall01]

Re Northampton. SHE would not be doing 100 mph "in" Northampton, but 100 mph to get "out" of the place.

[RCP]

I'm not proud of this but when I was 20 I managed to get up to 105 mph on the Boughton Green Rd in Northampton at 2am and just managed to brake at the bottom before the junction. Young & extremely stupid - I hope I can instil a bit of sense into my own son.

[comloulou]

HAHAHA I love that you all hate Northampton, I grew up there and it's an evil town of the damned.

[sddsddean]

Well as you are all so interested, the bloke said the camera that the bloke went by at 113 was the one on the Harborough Road. If you come down Boughton Green Rd(RCP) and turn left toward Kingsthorpe, past the Cock Hotel and the camera is at the next set of lights by Grose's (but the other side of the junction).

[RCP]

sads - at 2 in the afternoon, wow! I have to agree with you about not knowing how it was done. That would be far too busy surely. My mum used to work at Grose's but she's retired now so it wasn't her after a long lunch!

[shanley]

THERE IS NO EXCUSE, BUT IT WAS NOT IN A BUILT UP AREA, IT WAS ON AN A ROAD IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, WHERE THE LIMIT IS USUALLY 70MPH, BUT AS THEY WERE DOING WORK ON IT THEY DECIDED TO ENFORCE A TEMPORARY SPEED RESTRICTION, SO LESS OF THE JIP PLEASE, HE WAS NO ENDANGERING ANYBODY'S LIVES.

[Gef]

Shanley, there is no need to shout. I, and others, simply expressed our opinions about speeding in 30 mph zones. I understand what you are saying about it 'normally' being a 70 mph limit but the facts are that temporary restrictions are clearly signed and, in fact, are there to protect the workforce and also drivers who may well be driving in narrow lanes etc. If the incident took place at say, 3am, when no work was being done then your boyfriend may well get away with it.. However, we must all remember that speed limits are there for a reason and are to be obeyed.

[mikewall01]

Shanley, travelling at twice the speed limit whenever or wherever is a totally irresponsible act. Your boyfriend deserves to be heavily fined, banned from driving and locked up for a while to reflect on his actions. As you seem hellbent on defending him then perhaps you should also be locked up until you cool down.

[shanley]

I KNOW HE DESERVES TO BE FINED, BUT IT WAS AT 4.00AM IN THE MORNING WHEN HE WAS RUNNING HIS PARENTS TO THE AIRPORT & WAS A BIT TENSE & IN A BIT OF A HURRY, HE'S BEEN DRIVING 12 YRS WITH NO PENALTY'S, SO WAS CURIOUS WHAT THE FINE WOULD BE.

[shanley]

And as for me being locked up don't you think your being a bit rude? I am not defending him in any shape or form, but if you want me to say I think he should be locked up & the key thrown away, the answer is no.

[mikewall01]

OK, calm down. I've said my piece. The maximum fine is One Thousand Pounds. With luck, and with you defending him, he may get away with about �750 fine and 12 month ban, or 3 months in prison

[woodpam]

Shanley, your last response read as if your boyfriend was speeding to find out what the penalty would be. If there were no clear warning signs that there was a speed restriction as you seem to suggest, it would be worth his while defending his case. We've ALL done things impulsively and lived to regret them and usually got stick off other people for our stupidity. If the criticism of what your boyfriend did hurts, that's how life is, you do something wrong and sometimes you pay for it. He will probably find that in addition to any fine his car insurance will go up too.

[Gef]

A bit of calm here please! To woodpam, I think you have misinterpreted shanley's reply. Her boyfriend was wondering what his punishment would be AFTER the incident. To shanley, in case you don't know this but TYPING IN CAPITALS IS REGARDED AS SHOUTING AND IS NOT NECESSARY.