Notice of Intended Prosecution for speeding

Lum

Mids_Costcutter wrote: »

No one is claiming that by sticking to the speed limit you will be 100% safe and never have an accident, but speed has been proven to be an important factor in both the incidence and severity of crashes.

"a factor" in 4% of crashes according to the latest DFT figures.

The old 33% figure has been widely discredited.

johnfarquhar74

Lum wrote: »

"a factor" in 4% of crashes according to the latest DFT figures.

The old 33% figure has been widely discredited.

PEDANT ALERT
I would have thought that speed was a factor in all crashes/incidents? If vehicles involved have zero speed then what has happened to cause an accident.

Seriously though, the average shunt or rear end or failing to stop in time is because the driver has generally misread a particular situation and by the time they realise something is amiss, they are going too fast to stop or don't have sufficient time to stop. There are other incidents where mechanical failure can cause problems but regardless whether they were on or under the 'legal limit' if they were going slower they would have had more time to react or get the situation under control, unless off course the vehicle spontaneously combusts then it's not so much how fast you were going but how fast you can get out;)

BillTrac

OP,

if the car is registered in your name then any NIP would come addressed to you as the registered keeper. No-one else

You then return it naming the driver at the time of the offence.

Doesn't matter who is insured on a car otherwise where there are multiple insured drivers (not fleet/company) everyone would receive a NIP..:eek:

Lum

johnfarquhar74 wrote: »

Seriously though, the average shunt or rear end or failing to stop in time is because the driver has generally misread a particular situation and by the time they realise something is amiss, they are going too fast to stop or don't have sufficient time to stop. There are other incidents where mechanical failure can cause problems but regardless whether they were on or under the 'legal limit' if they were going slower they would have had more time to react or get the situation under control, unless off course the vehicle spontaneously combusts then it's not so much how fast you were going but how fast you can get out;)

The most common factors in accidents are things like "failed to correctly judge other vehicle's speed or distance" and "looked but did not see", both of which come under the heading of observation. That first one was one of the many factors grouped under "speeding" to arrive at the original 33% figure.

hubert_cumberdale

I looked at a hot girl once while driving only to then proceed to get my car inside the back of a tranist

who thought it was funny as he was looking at her aswell

Trebor16

Oldfatgrumpy wrote: »

I don't know how readily the police give out the photographic evidence, when I was done by what I suspect was a faulty camera 3 years ago and wanted to see the photos, I was told by the police that the only way I could get to see them was by refusing to admit the offence, so it would go to court, the photos would then be brought to court where I could see them. Going to court without seeing the evidence beforehand would render me a hostage to fortune: I didn't fancy my chances standing in the dock with a calculator and a couple of pictures trying to prove my speed, and if found guilty, having to pay a fine plus costs etc., so I just admitted the offence and paid up to cut my possible losses. As I was checking my speedometer entering a 30 zone from a 40 zone, and was doing 33 and still decelerating when the camera flashed and apparently recorded me doing 46, I was a bit gutted though!

Its the way you ask for the photo that counts. If you ask to see photographic evidence then you will get the response from the police that you got. If you ask them to send a photo to assist you with identifying who was driving the vehicle at the time then they will usually assist. Just makesure you leave out the word "evidence" in your request.