Aaquil

Hello all

Got a letter quite scary actually stating 'NOTICE OF INTENDED PROSECUTION' was speeding apparently and they got me on a camera. Must have been a Mobile one.

I have to fill in the back of the letter and send it back.

The road is a long wide, bendy free flowing road and not really residential at all...well not the part I put my foot down on. Lots of farmland and fields.

It is the first time I have been in this kind of situation the letter makes me feel like a real criminal!!! So what happens now is it 3 points and £60 fine? Can I expect my Insurance to go sky high?

Aaquil.

pslewis

What speed?? In what limit??

Pete

Aaquil

40

GaryCat

Insurance won't be affected if it's your first offence.

pslewis

In a 30??

Good grief ............ this is like extracting teeth!!!

Pete

Mitchy260

40 in a 30 is 3pts £60 fine.

Very doubtful your insurance will go up

Aaquil

Nothing is as bad or as fun as pulling out teeth!!!

Thanks for the info guys I feel a bit better. Lesson learnt for now I hope.

unclebuck

Yep. Don't vote for New Labour.

Brendan Hughes

Aaquil, is this after or before your purchase of an RS4?

lpski1

got nicked on the way to York last Sunday morning around peterborough, 110mph, 3 points and £60 fine or court !!

errrm points please copper must be having a good day

Aaquil

No RS4 mate had to settle for the next best thing...Octavia 1.8T 4x4!!!

Petem95

Top motors those mate, the thinking mans sports-saloon!

Little Miss WRX

One of the users on here has an Octavia 1.8T 4x4 estate version and tuned it. I went out a few times in it during some of the North runs and it is a nifty piece of kit. Not bad on three wheels either.

Aaquil, you *should* cop a 3 point and 60 GPB fine with little effect on your insurance. Long time no speak, I hope all is well?

slickrick

does anyone know what you can expect for doing 105mph on a dual carrigeway?

Big Den

Aaquil

Might be worth having a read of some of the info on http://www.pepipoo.com/NewForums2/viewforum.php?f=5

Den

Brendan Hughes

A bit of sympathy, then a poster saying you deserved it, then some "high horse" comments, then some "why else would you buy a Subaru" comments...

Aaquil

Well guys thanks for all the replies.

To my dear friend Little Miss WRX...'Long time no speak...' yes there haven't any controversial Islamic Thread recently have there!!! I hope you are well.

Den thanks for the link but I have already sent the form off.

Brendan...I'll have that RS4 one day probably when they are 15 years old and very unreliable (kinda like my very old Legacy I got rid of).

Cool Chick

I got three points and £60 fine for doing 40 in a 30 and my insurance went up by £100 per year! Couldn't believe how much it went up by!!

Then I got another three points 4 weeks later..........

Brendan Hughes

Aaquil - and then you'll sell it to me, I expect

vindaloo

ianc

Aaquil, saw the light at last then, good choice

Who was that then?

Gutmann pug

I would suggest an extra £60-£100 per year onto your insurance, depending on who you're with of course.

Gary

Aaquil

Brendan...I don't think so...what do you drive anyway.

Ianc I had no choice the 'Need to save up for a house' Rover 200 gave up the ghost in glorious fashion. Head gasket and exhaust. I was advised replace engine (recon) and new exhaust it was just not worth it. I was thinking of tuning next year (possible more favourable Insurance) I don't know whats going to happen now!!! Can you give me a list of your mods and who are you Insured with.

Thanks to all for the helpful posts.

Aaquil.

Lum

The vast majority (if not all) Scam Pratnerships will send you straight to court for 26mph above the speed limit (eg. 96 in a 70)

So that's a maximum of 6pts and £1000 fine (£2500 if motorway) for the speeding offence. It's also possible they may push for dangerous driving, but it's not that common until you reach the kind of speeds that gets you on the news like that biker doing 150.

I suggest you get a job with the police force some time between now and your court date, then you'll get let off.

Abdabz

33.33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 333333333333333333% recurring over the limit...
How did you miss that? Not a built up area? no signs? Cr@p driver? Not concentrating=cr@p driver? incompetent?
Hopefully a double premium and a few hours of bench painting but you'll probably get off with a £60 fine and 3 paltry poins with a slight rise in insurance at renenal ~ 20%... Its a daft world

Lum

Actually, the vast majority of Pratnerships will instigate some soft of proceedings at 35 in a 30. Depending on which one it is, you will either get a caution, an offer to go on a speed awareness course or the normal 3/£60

The exception to this is Tyneside which will do you at 31

Abdabz

Ahhhh 35 is slightly mushy and cruel, like my mums shephards pie... 40 however is simply poor unnatentive driving....

Aaquil

Not as poor as your spelling!!!

Leslie

To get done at 31 is totally ridiculous. No measuring equipment is accurate enough for that! 35 is unrealistic as well for 3 points and £60 unless it is a very constricted and dangerous area.

Les

WRXPete

35 quite happily sits at the 10% +2 limit, can certainly expect to get a ticket for it.

As for chappy getting offered a ticket at 110mph i'd be interested to know the circumstances cos you are a lucky chappy, normally it's straight to court who will often give at least a 28 days ban.

Unless the cop really was having a good day then i'd say he either didn't have the proper equipment and therefore estimated from his own speedo...at that speed it'll obvious you are breaking the limit, but it still needs to be measured properly. I would think he didn't have this and estimated knowing that you'd gladly have a ticket then have to got to court and get a ban.

Let it be noted that there's nothing really wrong in this...he could have still reported for summons and explained to a court the circumstance, but chances are they would turn around and say is with no accurate speed measure the best they can give is due care....which'd probably get you £60 and 3 points as usual (personally i'd have gone striaght for that under the circumstance), so he figured why waste court time.....all conjecture of course m'lud!!!