Speed awareness course..taking points for someone else?

pendulum

bobthedambuilder wrote: »

She was front seat passenger in a car (BMW) that was going too fast, failed to negotiate a bend, hit the opposite kerb and flipped end to end into a field, hitting a tree on the way. The young driver pleaded guilty to dangerous driving.

So some boy racing clown drives like a lunatic and crashes, which makes you think anybody exceeding the limit is a menace?

Wrong. And a perfect example of how grief affects logical thinking. I'd also bet money that if I followed you around for long enough I'd catch you over the limit.

Lum

Notmyrealname wrote: »

Speeding does not kill however inappropriate speed does.

Yup. An example I remember being some clown who was wavering between 15 and 20mph on a wide single carriageway road with a 60 limit. Once it got to the straight bit, the car behind decided to overtake so accelerated to about 40 or so to do so. They'd waited this long as they wanted to overtake as far over to the right as possible, there would have been a whole car width between them.

At the last second, the plonker who was doing 15mph decided that now would be the perfect time to do a 3 point turn and yanked the wheel hard right without checking mirrors, braking or signalling.

Joe_Horner

pendulum wrote: »

...I'd also bet money that if I followed you around for long enough I'd catch you over the limit.

Only to get away from the stalker in the car behind

Invalidation

Take the points and pay the fine. The Speed awareness course is akin to watching paint dry.
I fell asleep.

Lum

Invalidation wrote: »

Take the points and pay the fine. The Speed awareness course is akin to watching paint dry.
I fell asleep.

You didn't actually read the OP did you?

The offender being discussed in this thread has 9 points.

kingstreet

Lum wrote: »

I remember being some clown who was wavering between 15 and 20mph on a wide single carriageway road with a 60 limit.

Did you really mean that?

Lum

kingstreet wrote: »

Did you really mean that?

An example I remember being: some clown who was...

Apples2

scotsbob wrote: »

This does not sound right.

First communication does not tell you that you have got points or a fine. The first letter asks you to name the driver

Having just received one for a 36 in a 30, no excuse, it was two lanes into one and I went past the lorry before the filter but hey hoo, fair cop guv...

The first letter gave me the options, Return part A accepting I was driving and incurring the fine/ points

Return Part B contesting it (not the driver, wasn't speeding, had an excuse etc..)

Return Part C accepting I was driving and apply for a course.

I also thought it quite odd that I can choose where to do the course, none of this "in the same region as the offence" malarky, you can choose any region.

Lum

Most forces are part of the national driver awareness scheme these days, so you can do this.

It's also becoming increasingly common to mention the possibility of a speed awareness course on the NIP as people are less likely to faff about trying to get out of it if they think they aren't going to get points on their licence.