Fixed Penalty Notice..... Gobsmacked!

redux

There are mini roundabouts where slavishly following this rule while towing a caravan or trailer would mean clouting pedestrians or road furniture with the back of the trailer. It's paint for this very reason, because it can't be solid.

Lum

I guess not enough people are doing 80mph on motorways any more so they have to find some other minor offence to ticket people for and push the stats up.

Hey ho.. another "crime" solved.

redux

I forgot to say. A few months ago I drove straight across one to avoid slowing down a following police car with flashing blue lights. Then I slowed down on a wider piece of road to let it pass.

DaveF327

Trouble is, there are plenty of drivers out there who say they always drive on the correct side of the road, but cut right corners with over ¾ of their car width, forcing oncoming traffic to brake sharply, yet are oblivious that they've done anything wrong.

The same people will do the same at mini-roundabouts despite ample room to negotiate it properly. "But I hardly touched it, officer!"

@ OP: If the junction was really so tight that it's unavoidable for an experienced driver in a family saloon to avoid putting a rear wheel on the circle then you have my sympathies. I recommend you take photographs and measurements of the junction to compile a defence in court. If, on the other hand, there is room and you just didn't want to slow down enough or prefer the "one hand steering" option and you drove a front wheel blatantly over the circle (you did say both back tyres?), then I'm glad the police are present to discourage bad habits that wind me up every day.

A google map link to the location would help us give you a defence.

thenudeone

After reading some well-informed posts, I think I am going to have to admit that I was probably wrong when I said:

thenudeone wrote: »

Partially driving over a painted mini-roundabout is not, in itself, an offence.

Sorry.

It won't happen again:o:o

Gilbert2

redux wrote: »

I forgot to say. A few months ago I drove straight across one to avoid slowing down a following police car with flashing blue lights. Then I slowed down on a wider piece of road to let it pass.

Had the same pedantic cop who booked the OP seen you do this he would have booked you too no doubt.

A private motorist must have good reason to ignore traffic regulations, like not driving straight over a roundabout, even with flashing blue lights of an emergency vehicle behind them.

Which is why motorists can, and do, get booked for jumping red lights in similar situations.

SLITHER99

TBH, in this situation, I'd let it go to court! Having your wheel touch the white painted part of a mini roundabout is perfectly acceptable. I've seen marked coppers do it all the time (and have dash cam footage to prove it).

Best thing I ever bought - a in-car DVR! It leaves zero doubts for a paltry sum of £50!

masonsmum

DaveF327 wrote: »

A google map link to the location would help us give you a defence.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?rls=com.microsoft:en-gb:IE-Address&oe=UTF-8&rlz=1I7ACEW_enGB428GB428&redir_esc=&q=google+maps+sorn+road+auchinleck&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x48882890495a099f:0x212ace7e11067e06,Sorn+Rd,+Auchinleck,+Cumnock+KA18+2HP&gl=uk&sa=X&ei=vPGtUJCnCqm10QXe_4Bo&ved=0CC8Q8gEwAA

This is the google map link, with the mini roundabout. I did the same journey this morning and managed it without my tyres touching the white area, when you actually think about it rather than just rushing through it. The thing that I am finding harder to accept is the policewoman getting let off even though she done the exact same thing as me!

neilmcl

Hoof_Hearted wrote: »

I think people doing u-turns around mini roundabouts are much more dangerous than somebody clipping the white circle.

I don't see why if you signal properly. It's the ones who drive on auto-pilot, without any proper observation are the dangerous ones.

missile

masonsmum wrote: »

This is the google map link, with the mini roundabout. !

I had a look at the googlemap and it show a silver Mercedes has his rear wheel on that mini roundabout at the junction Main street / Market Street.