12 points!

sillygoose

evs50 wrote: »

I am not a courier but i cannot do my job without my car, both physically and officially.

Me neither, looks like your in for a career break then. I wouldn't get too excited about what a solicitor tells you, he is going to lay the seeds of hope as he wants your business/money and has nothing to lose himself either way. It really went wrong when you got the tyre changed/disposed of, I would have swapped it for the spare - you thought you were being diligent but it could equally look like trying to get rid of the evidence.

Did they take pictures of the tyre? presume they took some precise details off the tyre? (make, type, size, year?) Wonder whats stopping someone going to one of those places that sell part worn tyres and getting a just about legal identical one and claiming they measured it wrong. Just a thought.

Altarf

evs50 wrote: »

I have been stopped today and had a tyre under the legal limit (the others were brand new on MOT 8 weeks ago, so i was suprised by this). I have received a ticket for this and I understand that it will involve points on my licence. I already have 9 points unfortunately, for minor speeding violations (37 in a 30 kind of thing). I really need my licence for my job.

evs50 wrote: »

they are all within the last three years i believe. Aug 08 Aug 09 and May 10

So when they did the MOT 8 weeks ago, did they not flag the 4th tyre as near the limit on an advisory? Or did you do a monster mileage in the last 8 weeks?

As for contacting the police, it is in the system, so you will be wasting your time.

So your options are -

a) Research bus timetables; or

b) Pay a local solicitor who knows the bench whether it is worth pleading to avoid the ban.

And if you do avoid a ban, it is fairly usual for all the points to stay put, so you would be on 12 points and would certainly get a ban if you did anything wrong again.

And declaring 12 points on your insurance will bring an interesting response come renewal time.

Rolandtheroadie

Altarf wrote: »

And declaring 12 points on your insurance will bring an interesting response come renewal time.

"Are you sure you should still be driving sir?"

Gene_Hunt_2

evs50 wrote: »

I dont think the biker frenzy chap meant they were targeting just me to make up the deficit. I am sure other people will be receiving tickets too.

Not if they are legal.;)

evs50

Not really no. Breaking a law doesn't mean you have total disregard for it. Doing 37 in a 30mph limit can hardly be put in deathwish territory. The tyre wasn't bald, but it was below the legal limit despite passing the MOT 8 weeks ago. I agree with d-seven that people seem keen to judge but the law of averages suggests probably quite a few of them have gone over the speed limit today and also a few might have borderline legal tyres. Lecturing would suggest i was learning something from your mindless "told you so" style tyrades, this is not the case. All i am encountering is self-righteous people with no interest in helping others, just huge ammounts of shadenfreude. Also people who seem to have nothing better to do than criticise to boost their own flagging self-esteem. I am here looking for help on a forum for which is its intended purpose. The hyper-critical and angry mass represent all that is wrong with the internet.

Gene_Hunt_2

evs50 wrote: »

Argument being is it really a good use of public money and endangering somebodys livelyhood? Any thoughts on this?

Very good use.

Defective tyres endanger lives.:D

Gordon_Hose

Help for what though? No one here can help you...what's done is done, and now you'll just have to wait and see if the Magistrate is feeling lenient or not.

bikerfrenzy

evs50 wrote: »

I dont think the biker frenzy chap meant they were targeting just me to make up the deficit. I am sure other people will be receiving tickets too.

indeed I spend a lot of time on the road and the police have got speed traps everywhere at the moment it would be interesting to know how much money has been raised in fines this last quarter compared to the same time last year..the police are more like tax collectors issuing fines for speeding etc is just about at the limit of their ability.

Gene_Hunt_2

evs50 wrote: »

I am here looking for help on a forum for which is its intended purpose.

I'll help you, tell me where you live and work and I'll google some train times for you.:)

Altarf

evs50 wrote: »

Doing 37 in a 30mph limit can hardly be put in deathwish territory.

In most cars doing 37, the speedo is indicating over 40 (in a 30), and is indicating to the police, "please nick me".

Doing it once, unfortunate. Doing it three times shows you don't learn or don't care.

evs50 wrote: »

The tyre wasn't bald, but it was below the legal limit despite passing the MOT 8 weeks ago.

So was it on an advisory at the MOT?