It must be in the blood or something?

my cousin cant stand someone over/undertaking him and makes a point of `getting past them whatever the cost/speed.

i witnessed this whilst we were on the way to silverstone, i just plodded on at 60m.p.h

cousin or not hes a lovely bloke but when hes driving hes a complete ****.

 

Ditto previous comments, got off pretty lightly. The fact they hammered the Vectra driver with a much longer ban probably explains it though - they've accepted he was the real instigator, so they had to reflect that in an easier sentence for you and your mate.

Would be very interested to know what kind of legal help you got with this, and how much that cost you.

 

To Steve, sorry to hear about the loss of your mate 'Luke'. Your right it does bring it home to you when you loose a good friend or family member.

To the OP, you have clearly been very lucky and im pleased you got a good outcome, well at least not banned. However it appears its time to grow up a little and leave the racing and/or heavy right foot for track days etc. I think you have clearly learned your lesson and its time to move on. If you havent heard of Scoobyshootout then I would suggest you look into this and use the event(s) to compete yourself thus leaving any aggressive driving for the track

Rob

 

they said it would either be 6 points or a ban, and because i have 9 already points would give me a long ban and they decided a shorter ban was more appropriate.

I had no legal help, went into court representing myself. i think the police were leniant towards us as we were told at the roadside that the offence we would be charged with would be racing on a public highway (MS50), but when it came to court the charge was reduced to just speeding (SP30)

 

would just like to say cheers for all the input you have given me, and that i have definitely learnt my lesson. very rarely put my foot down since the incident and even then only on a nice country b road (at appropriate times).

 

Well you wont be putting it down for the next 6 weeks mate and then you will have to try and find a insurer who will touch you with a barge poll

Had a fair result though with the ban

 

have checked and quotes are pretty much the same price as what i am paying at the moment, have a quote from admiral with everything declared and it is literally £24 more than what i pay at the moment

 

Got off lightly then!

 

2 rob thanks mate it was a big loss 2 alot of us. with so meny events to go to all over the country now no one needs to drive stupid on the road but you will always get someone like vectra guy who thinks his car is musturd and will have a go.if only these pr1cks would take us on at the track.

 

An SP30 even in ban form doesnt hammer you that much, just try some with and without the ban quotes. There will be some Insurance companies that wont give you a quote mind, only a handful though.

How long are you still sat on 9 points for? (ie when was your first 3 point conviction).
6 points is the minimum at that speed but they can ban you instead as you found out....sods law would be to get 3 points just after you start driving again and get a 6 months totting up ban! (assuming you are on 9 points in 40-odd days time).