35MPH in a 30MPH zone

delirious

I have recently passed my driving test and decided to go for a drive down the motorway to visit my mum. As I came off the motorway the road was a 30MPH zone and I was doing 35MPH (ish) and there was a police camera van there.

I bought the car a few weeks ago and the garage has since closed down and I haven't received a log book (I doubt I will now without applying for one due to the garage closing).

What are the chances of me getting a ticket? I read somewhere that the allowance is 10% +1 over. Is that right?

Flearoy

delirious wrote: »

I have recently passed my driving test and decided to go for a drive down the motorway to visit my mum. As I came off the motorway the road was a 30MPH zone and I was doing 35MPH (ish) and there was a police camera van there.

I bought the car a few weeks ago and the garage has since closed down and I haven't received a log book (I doubt I will now without applying for one due to the garage closing).

What are the chances of me getting a ticket? I read somewhere that the allowance is 10% +1 over. Is that right?

You should have been given the new keepers supplement of the V5. The seller should have sent off the rest of the document with your details to the DVLA. If they have not done that, then the DVLA won't know that you owned the car at the time of the 'offence'. However, it wouldn't take a genius to check the national insurance database for that car, which unless you are very naughty indeed, will show that you have insurance for it, and presumably from what date you have had insurance.

As for allowances, don't bank on it. It says 30mph, not 34mph. In any event, you were doing 35, nearly 17% over the limit.

Paradigm

The ACPO guidelines are 10% + 2 which puts you in fixed penalty territory but as most speedo's overead you were probably only travelling at 31-32....

Hintza

Get your docs sorted out asap and then keep your fingers crossed.

delirious

Paradigm wrote: »

The ACPO guidelines are 10% + 2 which puts you in fixed penalty territory but as most speedo's overead you were probably only travelling at 31-32....

Is there any way I can check whether my speedo overeads?

Yes the car is insured.

PZH

delirious wrote: »

I have recently passed my driving test and decided to go for a drive down the motorway to visit my mum. As I came off the motorway the road was a 30MPH zone and I was doing 35MPH (ish) and there was a police camera van there....

Don't want to sound cruel, but.... how did they teach you to drive during your lessons ? I bet it wasn't 35MPH (ish) ?

Paradigm

phoodless wrote: »

And how did they teach you to drive during your lessons ? I bet it wasn't 35MPH (ish) ?

Doesn't take long does it?

Coveredinbees!!!!

doubt 35ish will get you a ticket with speedo error. Of course no one else ever goes 1mph over the speed limit on these forums

Barny1979

I love the responses to these types of threads, like all other posters have never gone over a speed limit

james2005

Lol, dont worry about it, just fill in the back saying that you leant the car to John Laden and pull an address out of the phone book and use that on the back of the form.

Think thats job done, i know of a few people that done this years ago and got away with it

king100

My car is fitted with anti speeding device that makes sure that I cannot go over the speed limit.








Its call my son who always points out what speed I am doing.