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20 December 2005, 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
I was caught speeding in a Calibra about 10 years ago - in a 30 - coppa hiding in a conifer bush with a gun ...........................
I hated it, thought it was sneaky, wanted to get off ...... but, I was a grown up - I was speeding, I paid up and learned my lesson.
Would you object to a child killer getting caught by stealth?? No, thought not - so why should a speeding criminal in a car be any different??
BOTH kill children!!
Pete
I hated it, thought it was sneaky, wanted to get off ...... but, I was a grown up - I was speeding, I paid up and learned my lesson.
Would you object to a child killer getting caught by stealth?? No, thought not - so why should a speeding criminal in a car be any different??
BOTH kill children!!
Pete
......and I cant see a criminal speeding away in your motor slowing down because he doesnt wanna get you a fine for speeding...Hello!!!
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Originally Posted by pslewis
Yeah, like 30 outside schools????
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20 December 2005, 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
I was caught speeding in a Calibra about 10 years ago - in a 30 - coppa hiding in a conifer bush with a gun ...........................
I hated it, thought it was sneaky, wanted to get off ...... but, I was a grown up - I was speeding, I paid up and learned my lesson.
Would you object to a child killer getting caught by stealth?? No, thought not - so why should a speeding criminal in a car be any different??
BOTH kill children!!
Pete
I hated it, thought it was sneaky, wanted to get off ...... but, I was a grown up - I was speeding, I paid up and learned my lesson.
Would you object to a child killer getting caught by stealth?? No, thought not - so why should a speeding criminal in a car be any different??
BOTH kill children!!
Pete
20 December 2005, 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by SCOOBYRICH740-20-0
dont mind paying the fines or points BUT surely they cant hide from you. Having a baby boy 3 weeks ago it has slowed me down and made me think i feel i wasnt doing that speed and feel it unfair
Forgive me ............... but the kid has **** all to do with the speed you were travelling - that speed was 42, the gun says so!!
And they CAN hide from you .... there will be a camera warning sign somewhere ahead of the officer.
For your childs sake, and the safety of all those children playing on the sides of the 30MPH roads .............. SLOW DOWN!
Just take it as the lesson it is, and do some growing up.
Pete
20 December 2005, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Raartoot
We not on about a speeding criminal............are we?????????
......and I cant see a criminal speeding away in your motor slowing down because he doesnt wanna get you a fine for speeding...Hello!!!
......and I cant see a criminal speeding away in your motor slowing down because he doesnt wanna get you a fine for speeding...Hello!!!
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20 December 2005, 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
"Please Mr Magistrate, I have a 3 week old baby boy so I couldn't possibly have been doing that speed"
Forgive me ............... but the kid has **** all to do with the speed you were travelling - that speed was 42, the gun says so!!
And they CAN hide from you .... there will be a camera warning sign somewhere ahead of the officer.
For your childs sake, and the safety of all those children playing on the sides of the 30MPH roads .............. SLOW DOWN!
Just take it as the lesson it is, and do some growing up.
Pete
Forgive me ............... but the kid has **** all to do with the speed you were travelling - that speed was 42, the gun says so!!
And they CAN hide from you .... there will be a camera warning sign somewhere ahead of the officer.
For your childs sake, and the safety of all those children playing on the sides of the 30MPH roads .............. SLOW DOWN!
Just take it as the lesson it is, and do some growing up.
Pete
u ever mention my son again and u will find out ( what a ****** only wanted advice ) many thanks to all you sensible scooby nets 
20 December 2005, 10:07 PM
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Bloody hell Mr pslewis... Chill out FFS
! The bloke asked for advise not a bloody
bo!!ocking!
Granted......he was speeding, but there 's no need to go off on one!
You may not speed after your "lesson", but we are all human and we all make mistakes from time to time.
So your saying, on every journey you make, you are bang on the speed limit, all the time???..I think not.
! The bloke asked for advise not a bloody bo!!ocking!
Granted......he was speeding, but there 's no need to go off on one!
You may not speed after your "lesson", but we are all human and we all make mistakes from time to time.
So your saying, on every journey you make, you are bang on the speed limit, all the time???..I think not.
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20 December 2005, 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Mass.
Bloody hell... Chill out FFS ! The bloke asked for advise not a bloody
bo!!ocking!
Granted......he was speeding, but there 's no need to go off on one!
You may not speed after your "lesson", but we are all human and we all make mistakes from time to time.
So your saying, on every journey you make, you are bang on the speed limit, all the time???..I think not.
! The bloke asked for advise not a bloody bo!!ocking!
Granted......he was speeding, but there 's no need to go off on one!
You may not speed after your "lesson", but we are all human and we all make mistakes from time to time.
So your saying, on every journey you make, you are bang on the speed limit, all the time???..I think not.
20 December 2005, 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by SCOOBYRICH740-20-0
SORRY ALL SCOOBY NET USERS BUT WHAT A **** u ever mention my son again and u will find out ( what a ****** only wanted advice ) many thanks to all you sensible scooby nets
u ever mention my son again and u will find out ( what a ****** only wanted advice ) many thanks to all you sensible scooby nets 
Don't EVER let my good nature make you think I am soft!!YOU are the one who mentioned your little boy in your defence - I am clearly stating that using your boy like that is NO DEFENCE whatsoever.
Now, grow up - pay the fine - and shut your face!! RIGHT??
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20 December 2005, 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by SCOOBYRICH740-20-0
SORRY ALL SCOOBY NET USERS BUT WHAT A **** u ever mention my son again and u will find out ( what a ****** only wanted advice ) many thanks to all you sensible scooby nets
u ever mention my son again and u will find out ( what a ****** only wanted advice ) many thanks to all you sensible scooby nets Agreed mate.............after that last post, he SEEMS like a right tit!
20 December 2005, 10:12 PM
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Sorry mate - but can't resist....
Cha'Mone, If you don't wanna do the time, then don't do the mother**ckin crime...
Cha'Mone, If you don't wanna do the time, then don't do the mother**ckin crime...
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20 December 2005, 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
Not sure if you are threatening me ,....... if you are then you are stupid!! Don't EVER let my good nature make you think I am soft!!
YOU are the one who mentioned your little boy in your defence - I am clearly stating that using your boy like that is NO DEFENCE whatsoever.
Now, grow up - pay the fine - and shut your face!! RIGHT??
Pete
Don't EVER let my good nature make you think I am soft!!YOU are the one who mentioned your little boy in your defence - I am clearly stating that using your boy like that is NO DEFENCE whatsoever.
Now, grow up - pay the fine - and shut your face!! RIGHT??
Pete
but may i say sorry to all other scooby net users what a **** u are
20 December 2005, 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
Not sure if you are threatening me ,....... if you are then you are stupid!! Don't EVER let my good nature make you think I am soft!!
YOU are the one who mentioned your little boy in your defence - I am clearly stating that using your boy like that is NO DEFENCE whatsoever.
Now, grow up - pay the fine - and shut your face!! RIGHT??
Pete
Don't EVER let my good nature make you think I am soft!!YOU are the one who mentioned your little boy in your defence - I am clearly stating that using your boy like that is NO DEFENCE whatsoever.
Now, grow up - pay the fine - and shut your face!! RIGHT??
Pete
i bet if you had your way you would have this guy put behind bars where he would meet all us other guys who have broke the speed limit occasionally
20 December 2005, 10:37 PM
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what you like at parties i bet you back up trafick wardens back ilegal imigrants support teenage pregnancies and the like
i bet if you had your way you would have this guy put behind bars where he would meet all us other guys who have broke the speed limit occasionally
i bet if you had your way you would have this guy put behind bars where he would meet all us other guys who have broke the speed limit occasionally
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20 December 2005, 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
Thats a good likkle boy
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20 December 2005, 10:47 PM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
Speeding is a criminal offence ............ if you are speeding, you ARE a speeding criminal and should be treated as such!
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20 December 2005, 10:50 PM
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I must say that it really makes me laugh how people react to Pete's comments. He does have an opinion on everything and rightly so. But people do tend to bite when he posts his thoughts and then he just reels them in for more. Fair play to you Pete.
If you want a laugh then look at the threads Pete has started or commented on and you'll soon realise what I mean.
If you want a laugh then look at the threads Pete has started or commented on and you'll soon realise what I mean.
20 December 2005, 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted by T20Driver
This is the best advice you've been given to date by the look of it.
Best advice is to do what the original poster is going to do - pay up, smile and get on with your life ...... he has a young lad, Xmas is coming, he was only doing 42MPH, he should just put it down to experience.
Fighting a speeding offence is, generally, futile and a waste of life!!
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20 December 2005, 11:09 PM
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Absolutely...
Had hours of fun dredging through some old threads, like you said, there's some very interesting material in there, there is a lot of mileage on this Board
No point asking for a calibration certificate anyhow. Do you honestly think they would send a unit to work without a calibrated instrument? There would be no point for obvious reasons.
I guess you would also pay for this priviledge and to no avail. Like Mr. Lewis says they will only look harder, increasing your exposure to nit-picking vehicle scrutiny etc, etc.
Only real getout card is if they don't notify you within a reasonable time of the offence. I believe we are talking 2 weeks here. The reason being is that beyond that, it is deemed unreasonable for the defendant to correlate the punishment with a crime that they most likely didn't know they had committed.
This 2 weeks can be extended if, for example you changed address and the V5 no longer tallies - therefor it took time to locate you within a reasonable period.
Remember mate, if all criminals were smart, then they (Police) would be out of a job
Bad luck, it's all too easily done.
"There but for the grace of God" an' all that....
No point asking for a calibration certificate anyhow. Do you honestly think they would send a unit to work without a calibrated instrument? There would be no point for obvious reasons.
I guess you would also pay for this priviledge and to no avail. Like Mr. Lewis says they will only look harder, increasing your exposure to nit-picking vehicle scrutiny etc, etc.
Only real getout card is if they don't notify you within a reasonable time of the offence. I believe we are talking 2 weeks here. The reason being is that beyond that, it is deemed unreasonable for the defendant to correlate the punishment with a crime that they most likely didn't know they had committed.
This 2 weeks can be extended if, for example you changed address and the V5 no longer tallies - therefor it took time to locate you within a reasonable period.
Remember mate, if all criminals were smart, then they (Police) would be out of a job
Bad luck, it's all too easily done.
"There but for the grace of God" an' all that....
20 December 2005, 11:11 PM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
Fighting a speeding offence is, generally, futile and a waste of life!!
Don't roll over and die,just cos plod tells you to!!!!
Inaccuracies in hand held radar equipment have often been highlighted,there are many other factors that can effect the actual given readout.
I've successfully got off my last two nips
....and one was for 'alledgedly' doing 74 in a 30
,yeh right,as if
20 December 2005, 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by M1BJR
No point asking for a calibration certificate anyhow. Do you honestly think they would send a unit to work without a calibrated instrument?
20 December 2005, 11:17 PM
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On the contrary,if you genuinely believe that you weren't speeding.Then it's always worth contesting
Don't roll over and die,just cos plod tells you to!!!!
Inaccuracies in hand held radar equipment have often been highlighted,there are many other factors that can effect the actual given readout.
I've successfully got off my last two nips
....and one was for 'alledgedly' doing 74 in a 30,yeh right,as if
Don't roll over and die,just cos plod tells you to!!!!
Inaccuracies in hand held radar equipment have often been highlighted,there are many other factors that can effect the actual given readout.
I've successfully got off my last two nips
....and one was for 'alledgedly' doing 74 in a 30
,yeh right,as ifPete
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By the way
Outrageous really but its true, a plod on foot suitably experienced, can stand in court alone and testify they saw you exceeding the speed limit for that area. They need not know exactly how fast you were travelling, only that you were obviously exceeding the given speed limit.
Now, as its a Magistrate who decides and not some public Jury of twelve as some people might imagine, how likely do you think it that you will be prosecuted?
Put it like this, if you saw a sports car tearing down your neighbourhood road surely you could be 100% sure if was obviously exceeding a 30mph limit? Say if it were travelling at a very real 70mph. I know I could. (and if you could honestly not judge it then you ought not to be driving anything in my opinion) Now, if I was a copper in a court room.... who is that Magistrate going to believe?
On the above, how did you get off the two nips? Was it technicalities then?
Steve.
Now, as its a Magistrate who decides and not some public Jury of twelve as some people might imagine, how likely do you think it that you will be prosecuted?
Put it like this, if you saw a sports car tearing down your neighbourhood road surely you could be 100% sure if was obviously exceeding a 30mph limit? Say if it were travelling at a very real 70mph. I know I could. (and if you could honestly not judge it then you ought not to be driving anything in my opinion) Now, if I was a copper in a court room.... who is that Magistrate going to believe?
On the above, how did you get off the two nips? Was it technicalities then?
Steve.
