driving without due care and attention

anewman

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sassy_one

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Just had a look, I see what you mean.

How spooky!

I guess his one post was the best on the forum, so far

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Dave101t

oncomng police vehicles cant track your speed.

sassy_one

Dave101t wrote: »

oncomng police vehicles cant track your speed.

They need to be behind you and check your speed over wo different points, for example a house could be the starting point of the check, to the shop down the road, that's two points.

I warn drivers, recently I have seen six mobile speed camera vans, since the new budget came in - it's obvious they are going to try and catch ANYONE now, due to each council having a limited budget, to recover there budget losses.

Watch out, never had a camera van parked on a road near me, ever, in 10 years, the other day, one was tucked away between a van and a car! - Be warned!!!

hudsonb202

I was cautioned at the time an signed it in his notebook that I told them i was doing 40mph. Is speeding classed as driving without due care and attention tho ??

sarahg1969

sassy-one wrote: »

They need to be behind you and check your speed over wo different points, for example a house could be the starting point of the check, to the shop down the road, that's two points.

They would only need that if they were using the vehicle's speedo plus the opinion of an officer as evidence. In this case, they are relying the opinion of two police officers, who believe the OP was speeding. (Not helped by the fact that he said he was!)

corbyboy

Wow, who is training these police officers to be able to judge the speed of a car to the nearest 5mph while driving in the opposite direction? Was it Robocop or something?

kwaks

sassy-one wrote: »

Please re-read my first post on this thread.

Fact, OP admitted the offence, if he was placed under caution, that's all the evidence the CPS require and enough to charge.

Hence the Caution, anything you say from Caution CAN and MAY be used in evidence, an admission is 'evidence' therefore, OP is in sh*t if he was cautioned, if he wasn't, then it's down to the Police to prove he did say it, although, the CPS often believe officers witness statements over a suspected offender/public.

Admitting is enough for the CPS to charge, though not enough on its own for a conviction


The police a pulling a bit of a fast one, due care comes down to their opinion, whereas speeding is quantifiable. More and more common now, but at worst I would make them work to convict, so not guilty and they can waste a day in court. Could get lucky in that the officer is transferred or on holiday etc and the case is abandoned.

Paradigm

In your position I'd be pleading not guilty to DCA. There's not a lot of evidence for DCA IMO.

There's a chance that, rather than take it to court, they will drop the DCA charge & offer you 3 points & £60 fine for the speeding you have admitted too.