Can I take the safe driving course in Leicester-shire?

JethroUK

Just got my 1st speeding ticket 38 in a 30 - £100 plus 3 points

That will teach me to go to Staffs for my holidays :mad:

I have been given a choice to go to (and pay £80 for) a safe driving lesson - in Staffs

But I live in Leics

No mention of how to arrange the course - not even a contact number - just that "I can"

Can I take the safe driving course in Leicester-shire?

Quentin

Yes .

AdrianC

JethroUK wrote: »

Just got my 1st speeding ticket 38 in a 30 - £100 plus 3 points

That will teach me to go to Staffs for my holidays :mad:

I have been given a choice to go to (and pay £80 for) a safe driving lesson - in Staffs

But I live in Leics

No mention of how to arrange the course - not even a contact number - just that "I can"

Can I take the safe driving course in Leicester-shire?

Leicestershire use a different SAC provider to Staffs, so Staffs have obviously just passed you the details of the organisation for their area.
http://www.driver-improvement.co.uk/index.php/home/speed-awareness-scheme/nsac-service-providers/east-midlands-region1/leicestershire
http://www.driver-improvement.co.uk/index.php/home/speed-awareness-scheme/nsac-service-providers/mercia-region1/staffordshire
So you _might_ be able to transfer it, but it'll not be the same setup, and it looks like it'll cost you a tenner more. Ring the providers direct to find the best way to get it transferred.

Leics -> Staffs isn't exactly the dark side of the moon, though.

neilmcl

JethroUK wrote: »

That will teach me to go to Staffs for my holidays :mad:

No, that SHOULD teach you not to speed in a residential area!

AdrianC

neilmcl wrote: »

No, that SHOULD teach you not to speed in a residential area!

I missed where he said it was a residential area...?

Iceweasel

AdrianC wrote: »

I missed where he said it was a residential area...?

Caught doing 38mph in a 30mph zone - it's highly likely a residential area.

AdrianC

I'll go with "highly likely", but it's still a leap of logic. I can think of a lot of non-residential 30s, and a lot of residential higher limits - even NSLs, including all the way through this village.

B'sides, let he who is without sin...

macman

I don't follow -you mean you have the option of a Speed Awareness Course instead of 3 points? Not both?
I'm surprised that they gave you that option for 38mph in a 30mph limit though, I thought the calculation was 10% plus 2mph, which you are well in excess of?
PS: it's not a 'safer driving lesson': it relates purely to speed awareness, and there is no practical driving tuition involved.

AdrianC

macman wrote: »

I'm surprised that they gave you that option for 38mph in a 30mph limit though, I thought the calculation was 10% plus 2mph, which you are well in excess of?

10%+2 is (or was?) the ACPO guideline threshold below which there's no enforcement at all.

I did an SAC for 40 in a 30 (non-residential...) earlier this year. Worth the half day, even if it wasn't for the cheaper plus no points incentive.

NBLondon

AdrianC wrote: »

Leicestershire use a different SAC provider to Staffs, so Staffs have obviously just passed you the details of the organisation for their area.

Seems likely to me. I got caught in Lincolnshire earlier this year and they sent me a county by county list to choose from. A lot of them are run by AA Drivetech. You may be able to go back to the issuing body and ask for the list.

Aretnap

macman wrote: »

I don't follow -you mean you have the option of a Speed Awareness Course instead of 3 points? Not both?
I'm surprised that they gave you that option for 38mph in a 30mph limit though, I thought the calculation was 10% plus 2mph, which you are well in excess of?

10%+2 is the cut off below which no action is usually taken at all. Speed awareness courses apply up to 10%+9.