Speeding Ticket - Help

societys_child

:rotfl:I love this thread.


cops hiding in bushes
limit changes from 30 to 60
I was angry and tired
police car was also undercover
cars that can exceed speed limits
every bodies fault but mine . .

and I can't quite work this one out:

how do I know that it was even me that he recorded doing that speed as I was unaware that there was a speed trap in place.

:huh: Huh?

I don't speed with the family in the car

Yes you do, you just did.

NiallB

societys_child wrote: »

and I can't quite work this one out:
Quote:
how do I know that it was even me that he recorded doing that speed as I was unaware that there was a speed trap in place.
:huh: Huh?

= "I didn't see him, so he can't have seen me"

:rotfl:

SevenOfNine

I'm puzzled by the comments "accepting the fixed penalty is an admission of guilt". I think by accepting the ticket (& by issueing the ticket) this is only done 'conditionally'. Acceptance of the one handed to you at the time certainly isn't a cut and dried admission of guilt.

OP has 28 days to reject the 'conditional' ticket and ask for a Court hearing.

There is more info here http://www.motorlawyers.co.uk/procedure/fixed_penalty_notice.htm

OP has 2 choices:
1) Reject the conditional offer of the Fixed Penalty and go to Court to proclaim your innocence and see what (if any) evidence the Police can produce to the contrary.
2) Stop ranting at being caught breaking the law and PAY UP.

Mattchewone

Thanks for your comments.

Can I ask one more question after talking a close friend who recieved a ticket a few years back he was talking about his offence code and we looked over the ticket and read mine - "BG01" does anyone know what offence this is? I can find it on the directgov site or on google. I'm just curious to know what it is that'll be on my license.

sarahg1969

Mattchewone wrote: »

Thanks for your comments.

Can I ask one more question after talking a close friend who recieved a ticket a few years back he was talking about his offence code and we looked over the ticket and read mine - "BG01" does anyone know what offence this is? I can find it on the directgov site or on google. I'm just curious to know what it is that'll be on my license.

It'll be the force's own code.

Mattchewone

Don't they all use codes like SP01 or SP02 etc for speeding or such like that's the codes on direct gov.

sarahg1969

Mattchewone wrote: »

Don't they all use codes like SP01 or SP02 etc for speeding or such like that's the codes on direct gov.

A lot of them use their own code. That's all it is.

kingstreet

Police forces have their own processing codes, but once your licence is endorsed, it will be returned to you with SP30 on it for speeding on an ordinary road, or SP50 if speeding on a special road (motorway).

jase1

If you'd just "come off a roundabout" and were already doing 45, this would imply that you're a habitual speeder.

Speeders in 30 zones are the worst of the lot -- especially those who are 50% over the limit. Far worse than those who speed on the faster roads -- what you did was equivalent to driving at 105 on a motorway.

If you did that, you'd lose your licence. I think those who are caught doing more than 45 in a 30 should lose theirs as well in all honesty.

Aretnap

Tobster86 wrote: »

Accepting the 'ticket' (fixed penalty notice) is admission of guilt. In court, the CPS requires proof that you were speeding and in this case your admission of guilt would provide that.

Nonsense. A fixed penalty notice can be given by an officer who has reason to believe that an offence has been committed, whether the suspect admits to the offence or not. The recipient then has 21 days (or such longer time as may be specified on the notice) to pay the fixed penalty (which brings the matter to a close) or to request a court hearing. If he does request a court hearing, the fact that he didn't put his hands behind his back and refuse to take the FPN does not count as an admission of guilt. Of course, if he actually said "yes, I was speeding" that would be a different matter.