Speeding

Of course you realise that while the points may have beed removed from
the totting-up perspective, the endorsement (as it used to be called)
is still there, and the offences still need to be declared to insco or
plod if they ask.

 

What's wrong with drink driving?

 

It's mandatory for 30mph over the limit.

I suspect the "luck" was in just getting a 140 quid slap on the wrist and
ONLY a 28 day ban.

I could be wrong, but I seem to remember that if you get a ban, you don't
get points too, but like I say....

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It's not, you know. Magistrates' guidelines recommend it, but plenty
of people have done 30+ and escaped a ban.

Yes, I'd agree. Low fine and a short ban: result, I'd say.

 

You might spill it.

 

No. Time has given the government an opportunity to change the rules.
I must admit that I didn't know they had changed but it doesn't really
matter to an old git with a clean licence.
There doesn't seem to be anything definitive on the DVLA website.

 

My Dad being one of them - caught doing 125 (ish). He was decelerating
hard at the time..

Managed to get away with an eye-watering fine and 9 points on his
(hitherto-clean) license.

Admittedly this was a fair few years ago.

Phil.

 

Christ, I'd rather take a 6 week ban than 9 points.

I spent a year on 9 points and it was horrible. Knowing that one minor
slip-up would score me 6 months on public transport and make insurance a
pain for the next five years.

 

I can remember as a kid, actually thinking that the "don't drink and
drive" thing was because it was dangerous to take one's eyes off the road
to take a swig. Didn't help that my dad confirmed my belief. He also told
me it was much harder to drive uphill as one has to push the throttle
pedal down so much harder. Such larks, Pip.

 

Does one get the choice?

Maybe it was a deliberate decision by the magistrate for the reasons you
elaborated on.

 

The margin varies by limit broken and it's not attendance at court that
becomes mandatory, it's fixed penalties that become non-applicable.

On a motorway anything up to 95mph can be dealt with by FPN. Anything
over that is summons territory.

 

Probably depends how bored they are.

 

Probably just luck. He probably had somewhere to get to PDQ, and
stopping you would have just delayed him.

 

I've already got 12 points on mine.

 

goody 2 shoes

 

The magistrates said they'd taken into account he'd pleaded guilty
and that he was presently on JobSeekers Allowance. Also the officers
report said driving conditions were good ( sunny, dry road and very
light traffic).

They also noted he already had three points on his licence but as
they expired within four days they wouldn't take them into account.

As some have said it could have been a lot worse.

 

94.

 

It's not quite that simple. It depends on the speed limit you've broken:

Limit Speed at which you're looking at a summons rather than FPN
20 35
30 50
40 66
50 76
60 86
70 96

http://www.pepipoo.com/files/ACPO/ACPO_enforcement_guidelines.htm

Once in court, these are the sentencing guidelines:

http://www.sentencing-
guidelines.gov.uk/docs/magistrates_court_sentencing_guidelines_update.pd
f

 

What, no guidline for 180? Sweet, must be time to flout the law again soon
then...

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Nige,

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I'd read the fact that the speeding guidelines stop at 110 as meaning
you can expect them to try and throw careless or dangerous at you for
111. Guidelines for which are in the same document.