Notice of intended prosecution, speeding

barncopxx

Some forces operate the speed classes whereby you pay the fine but don't get the points if you attend the course. But i think this only applies to your first speeding conviction. I think if you get knabbed a second time there is no alternative to the points and fine, as they say that you should have learned from the first time:rolleyes:

rdwarr

nej wrote: »

Easy way to check if the camera is faulty: Drive past it at 36mph. If you get another ticket saying 36mph on it, then it was fine all along.

Even better, drive through it again at 35mph but IN REVERSE. That way you at least get your money back.

DAMNOME

If you think the camera is faulty ask for the photos - you should get 2 and you can count the number of white lines you have travelled from the first photo to the second photo to work out the speed - ask them for the calculation sheet.
This would be the evidence they need produce to the magistrates court if you were disputing it.

astonsmummy

kimevans wrote: »

Gatwick Road, which is actually in The Manor Royal Trading/Industrial Estate on the edge of Crawley & comes under Sussex police.

It says its a S84 RTRA 84 sch 2 RTOA 88 & Local Order

lol, sorry got no advice, but i know where your on about, i live in crawley:)

milkydrink

astonsmummy wrote: »

lol, sorry got no advice, but i know where your on about, i live in crawley:)

I've since sold the car in question (sold at the weekend) & it was a bit of a banger. Now that camera is just off the roundabout (coming from the Balcombe Road dirrection) & I really doubt my old car could have got to 36 mph in such a short distance, LOL.

But I've known that camera was there since they fitted it (I think several months ago), so no way would I speed past it.
I wonder if that camera got a lot of people that day, people who weren't speeding:mad: .

In relation to that bit a few posts above, it is my first speeding ticket EVER.

Thanks
Kim

milkydrink

astonsmummy wrote: »

lol, sorry got no advice, but i know where your on about, i live in crawley:)

Why is that a 30 mph anyway
No schools, no houses, just an industrial/trading estate.

At the weekend its dead there, I really don't see the need for 30 mph

That road is 4 lanes across at that point???? I think.

astonsmummy

i havent a clue, the roads in crawley are a nightmare, plus too many roundabouts!

epz_2

one point to make is the speed your speedo says donesnt mean its the one you are doing, my pickup truck and all my previous motorbikes had points where the speed would match but were also often wrong, according to the satnav my 70mph is actually only 62mph, it really depends on the tech inside your speedo.

brazilianwax

epz wrote: »

one point to make is the speed your speedo says donesnt mean its the one you are doing, my pickup truck and all my previous motorbikes had points where the speed would match but were also often wrong, according to the satnav my 70mph is actually only 62mph, it really depends on the tech inside your speedo.

that is deliberate on the manufacturer's part. they can go up to 10% deviance from what the speedo says, but it must be below and not above that.

So when the speedo reads 70, you could be doing anywhere between 63 and 70mph, but you can't be doing 77mph.

It's been going on for years, but litigation threats these days mean that manufacturers are more cautious. They don't wanna be sued because you were going faster than you thought you were.

And to those that think they are doing 50mph on the motorway (why they do that I don't know ) you're actually doing around 45mph :eek:

Gorgeous_George

Top site for advice.



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