Bigw2069

Received a NIP through the door this morning, caught at 103mph in an NSL area.

Before the self righteous squad start, I take full responsibility for my own actions and understand what I have done, and i do not condone this.

It was Saturday morning and i was going to have my car serviced at Star performance, Stuck behind a queue of about five cars we came up to a straight about a mile long had a peek and nothing coming the other way, WOT and out past them, as i passed the last car i seen the scamera van on the horizon, pulled in and returned to NSL. Beautiful clear day and only seconds above speed limit.

No current points on driving licence,

I suppose the question is, has anyone any experienced how big the book is that may be thrown at me? had a look at http://www.speed-trap.co.uk but the people on that site just seem to want off 100% Scott free on technicalities, Obviously that would be great but I really just need to keep my licence to stay in a job, 120 Mile commute every day.

Any Insight would be appreciated

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Dr Zoidberg

Probably a 14 day ban and fine of a few hundred quid.

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Windy

Bad luck Mate,

I got caught on the A47 in Norfolk doing 99mph in a 60, no ban, six points and a nice fine!!!

flatfourburble

Aye I'd say a short ban and a fine.

My was a month for a speed over a ton. Late night empty motorway etc. Be very sorry, it's your first offence, explain you need your licence for work and maybe a family member that relies on it do your best blue eyed boy act too.

If you lucky you will get a short ban and a little fine. But most important of all say you are sorry and you regret you've done it/ say your stupid etc.

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Goochie

Ask your employer very nicely for a letter saying how you must have your car for work etc. This can be produced by your solicitor in court and they may then offset not banning you with a much heavier fine.

Get some legal representation ASAP.

Check your household insurance (yes, household insurance) as some policies include legal cover for you and your family relating to any matter. Direct Line even have an advice line you can call for free advice.

TaviaRS

For similar I got 6 points and a £230 fine + costs of £20.

This was given to "encourage" me to stay below the speed limit for the next 3 years as, if I got caught again at a silly speed it would be an automatic ban.

Worked well at keeping me sensible.

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SCOTIA

Bad luck mate i almost got caught going into Dysart just outside Star,probably same van i would take advice just in case.

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yaktrebor

A guy at work has recommended this site;

http://www.justiceforeveryone.co.uk/

He has been sent an e-mail saying you can get the standard letter for £33 at the moment as he bought a Talex GPS camera thingy from an associated company.

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DGW

5ive-o.org is another good site to visit for advice, and PePiPoo too.

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cheezemonkhai

I'm sorry, I wanted to get back on my side of the road ASAP, I realise it was stupid etc seems to be the way to go.

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Lance

Magistates look very dimly at 30mph over any speed limit and as a general rule,
100mph+ is a ban, albeit usually a short one.

Humble pie and legal representation are the order of the day, as is a letter from your employer.

Lance

devonutopia

Spooky. Had a phone call from someone local to me who also got caught at 103mph, on a motorway. Bad luck.

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TaviaRS

Actually mine was on a motorway, just realised yours was on an A road So in effect you were doing over 40 above the limit. According to magistrates guidelines, that is autmatic ban territory.

Bend over, it's rhino time springs to mind

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Goochie

was it a forward facing camera?

Do you have a twin brother?

WW_VRS

In some respects a ban is potentially better as you won't get points on your license, on the other hand it s*x more as you are going to be without a car

I got VERY lucky at 3 digit speeds, roughly same as yours, and 3 points + fixed penalty were given as an option (or court). Guess which one I opted for..

Bad luck though & hope the judge is in a reasonable mood that day.

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Bigw2069

Thanks For the Input so far, kindof what i was expecting, Having a trawl at the moment for a decent Lawyer that wont take my bollox as a down payment.



I do have a similar looking brother and it was a front facing Scamera too, but as he's a Travelling rep of sorts I doubt he would agree to any unmentionable acts

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Goochie

Hypotheticly, if you cant remember who was driving, no one will get banned. You (as the registered keeper) would get a big fine and they would be very upset if you tried to pull this one off.

Dont do this as it is naughty.

Ask for the photo in order to assist your defence.

Also, I believe that digital camera images can be shown to be useless because they are not stored in a secure format and hence, coul dbe tampered with = no evidence. You need a clever/expensive solicitor for this one though.

See this too: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770

and this: http://www.localbroker.co.uk/news/lo...6.asp?SRC=L000

and this (last paragraphs of first page, in particular) http://www.channel4.com/4car/news/ne...75&ref=archive

Google is your friend http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...UK%7CcountryGB

David Norrish

Its normally on the way back from StarPerformance that we can get caught!
If anyone doesnt know this outfit you should.........my 100bhp re-profile makes the car fly..........

andy2407

This is a slightly unusual method of attempting to get off a speeding fine that was reported on the North West news last night. Unsurprisingly, it didn't work!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...er/5145368.stm

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yaktrebor

My work mate has given me this link:

www.justiceforeveryone.co.uk/adam.htm

Apparently, you get a guarantee of your money back if it does not overturn your speeding fine.

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TaviaRS

FPMSL!

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ScoobyChris

Brilliant! People in Rochdale are very resourceful

Chris

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Bigw2069

Well, got me a solicitors appointment booked for Friday afternoon so thats the first steps i suppose

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johnjohnhealy

You need an innocent party who relies on you to transport them to places - i.e. children that cannot get to school via public transport, a disabled/elderly relative that you take to care sessions/hospital/day centres etc or family members/colleagues that rely on you to get them to work due to lack of public transport. that could save you a ban. but you'll still get the points and a hefty fine.

Goochie

Why on earth did he press his face against the sign ??