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Wolfie
Is a lunp
sat nav reading for the speed, a speed awareness course? that will not be nice having to travel 300 miles to do a course.
They give you a choice of locations. You need a clean licence to start with though I think.
Rheumatoid
B.I.R.D Intellectual
closest suffolk offered me was Bury St Edmunds. Be surprised if you got offered one doing that speed though. Usually within 10% +2 I think. I reckon you looking at 3 pts and ?60 - If he clocked you that is. I have been in the field of view of one doing 85ish on M11 before and never heard anything.
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bishbosh
Guest
Hope that wasn't the ride to the BASH or just your previous mental lapse ;-0))
General rule of thumb for excess speed on the Motorway is under 100 = Points and fine, over the 100 Disqualification.
Not all areas offer the driver improvement/speed awareness courses so sometimes it is the luck of the draw.
The other side of the coin is that their a fewer courts covering the Motorways and there can be substantial variations even in the same area.
In my area the M4 is covered by Maidenhead and Newbury. Maidenhead you can virtually guarantee losing your licence regardless of how much you were over by, Newbury they will give you a pat on the back and a lollipop by comparison.
But being under the 100, you should not need to have any fear of losing your licence.
Not all areas offer the driver improvement/speed awareness courses so sometimes it is the luck of the draw.
The other side of the coin is that their a fewer courts covering the Motorways and there can be substantial variations even in the same area.
In my area the M4 is covered by Maidenhead and Newbury. Maidenhead you can virtually guarantee losing your licence regardless of how much you were over by, Newbury they will give you a pat on the back and a lollipop by comparison.
But being under the 100, you should not need to have any fear of losing your licence.
My opinion only.
I was clocked at 97mph on the motorway coming out of Scotland a few years ago. The Speed Camera van wasa parked on a flyover looking down a curve in the road.
My speedo (Renault Megane) was reading 80mph which my passenger confirmed and there was a vehicle overtaking me in the outside lane while the inside lane was clear (I'd just overtaken another vehicle & had yet to pull in).
I wrote to them stating these facts as I saw them, requesting a copy of the photo/video, confirmation of the specific speed measuring device and that it had been calibrated that morning.
What I got back was a very short response stating that this information would only be made available at court and that if I wanted to avoid the cost of attending court, with all the associated travel costs & hotel accommodation, to accept the fine & points.
This letter was hand delivered by a PC from the local constabulary (under instruction of his Scottish colleagues to make sure I got it) who informed me that the Scottish police were bastards & would pursue this all the way to the courts if I didn't hold my hands up, which I did. 3 points £60 fine for an alleged 97mph.
Unless you've already got 9 points, I'd just suck it up & accept the points & £60 fine, it's by far the easiest option for your bank balance.
I was clocked at 97mph on the motorway coming out of Scotland a few years ago. The Speed Camera van wasa parked on a flyover looking down a curve in the road.
My speedo (Renault Megane) was reading 80mph which my passenger confirmed and there was a vehicle overtaking me in the outside lane while the inside lane was clear (I'd just overtaken another vehicle & had yet to pull in).
I wrote to them stating these facts as I saw them, requesting a copy of the photo/video, confirmation of the specific speed measuring device and that it had been calibrated that morning.
What I got back was a very short response stating that this information would only be made available at court and that if I wanted to avoid the cost of attending court, with all the associated travel costs & hotel accommodation, to accept the fine & points.
This letter was hand delivered by a PC from the local constabulary (under instruction of his Scottish colleagues to make sure I got it) who informed me that the Scottish police were bastards & would pursue this all the way to the courts if I didn't hold my hands up, which I did. 3 points £60 fine for an alleged 97mph.
Unless you've already got 9 points, I'd just suck it up & accept the points & £60 fine, it's by far the easiest option for your bank balance.
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Zipfast
Guest
I believe you can take one every three years.
No, mine were within a few months, it seems that different constabularies do not share the same database.
just for interest, Clarkson on top gear said that the dreaded average speed cameras only monitor one lane, so if you change lanes after you pass each one you are not registered, don't know if its true, but a riding strategy lane change strategy seems worthwhile!
Good luck
grant
just for interest, Clarkson on top gear said that the dreaded average speed cameras only monitor one lane, so if you change lanes after you pass each one you are not registered, don't know if its true, but a riding strategy lane change strategy seems worthwhile!
Good luck
grant
Tinytim
Registered User
That's assuming you have room to change lanes...try the M1 for example, Wakey OR south of Sheffield...specs cameras and a 50 mph limit means every coont is bunched up to the eyeballs and lane changing though not impossible is fekkin hard work. Rode back from Nottingham basically parallel to the M1 omn A and B roads and it was fekkin quicker and no cameras to worry about.
ianrobbo1
good looking AND modest
All the camera's in the south and West Yorkshite area's, have the ability to track the car regardless of what lane they are in, and they can change the distance they track, so able to miss out sets of camera's from their calculations altogether, :dunno: so if there are say 8 camera's over the stretch of road it "may be" the start and end camera's are doing the calculating whilst all the others are dead, and or any combination of cameras can be "live" and calculating!! blame the advance in computer technology and the increased budgets brought by the same camera's!! :dunno:
"some" also have a ANPR ability, but they keep that very quite!! h1d1ng2
"some" also have a ANPR ability, but they keep that very quite!! h1d1ng2
I would guess most if not all have ANPR capability now.
That's one of the reasons given for no longer needing a VED disc from october.
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McMuckles
Guest
Noted the remarks regarding Scottish Police being barstewards, historically if you were caught on the A74/M74 (which most of you English Fellas will use to enter and exit Gods country) by Dumfries & Galloway Police, fact is they will pursue you to the ends of the earth, hand delivering letters etc.
We now have one Police force (Police Scotland) but have no reason to believe the old "Dumfries & Galloway" will be any different
We now have one Police force (Police Scotland) but have no reason to believe the old "Dumfries & Galloway" will be any different
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SimonC
Guest
Err, who cares about specs, which are forward facing, e.g. only the front number plate..... when on a bike? h1d1ng2
ianrobbo1
good looking AND modest
Don't fool yourself, there's more scamera's about on the M1 M62 facing the back of the cars, these are placed especially for the likes of bikes :dunno: and can be linked to the spec's if they aren't full time already. :dunno:
Tinytim
Registered User
Redigest my fekkin post.. it doesn't matter which way they face ( and rear facing are getting more and more common) if the other traffic is bunching up and not allowing you to wheely up the motorway.
fekkin 'ard work on 'ere sometimes.
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