Will I get a speeding ticket?

IamNotAllowedToUseMyName

[quote=[Deleted User];66488334]That is not a defence. It might be mitigation, if believed.[/QUOTE]
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The offence of speeding is absolute.

Avoiding an accident is not one of the reasons given for mitigation.

Now, the question people have been p*ssyfooting* around is was it safe to overtake - you should only overtake if it is safe to do so, and "needing" to exceed the speed limit to make a safe overtake is not allowed.

THe OP mentions that they were near a junction - there is a reason why the highway code explicitly says do not overtake at OR NEAR a junction - it is because drivers tend to do strange things like decide to prepare for turning at junctions.

Finally, the classic, I could not slow down because there was a car behind me. Sorry, you slow down, the car does not run into you, it reacts and slows down too. You decide what you do, not the car behind. The problem is that too many people seem to be terrified of upsetting a driver behind and use this as an excuse to break the law.

*The joys of the MSE swearword filter!

mrs_sparrow

Ok, nothing that I am trying to say is clearly coming out here. It was safe to overtake when I overtook. I guess if it was not and I had done something dangerous, said policeman would have stopped me and done me for something there and then. Just so you know. He was standing beside the road. I've just gone down the road again, the 'entrance' is just a wide drive. Yes I was indicating.

Thank you to the people who have explained the process to me about what happens, that is very much appreciated.

To clarify, I was not on top of a junction, there was enough room to overtake and yes, I signalled before doing so.

I am just going to pay the fine and take the points as I don't want to go to court.

McKneff

You must have been slightly behind to see his right hand indicator come on so you should have slowed down.


You would not have hit the white car behind you, he might have hit you but that would have been his fault for driving too close.

Quentin

mrs_sparrow wrote: »

I am just going to pay the fine and take the points as I don't want to go to court.

Before you reject the course (assuming you do get a NIP, and are subsequently offered one) do some dummy quotes with and without the conviction in your history and see what difference 3 points makes to your premium.


Then see what difference 6 points makes!


iYou can keep your licence clean by accepting a course, which will definitely be worth it should you make any more mistakes over your speed or (inadvertently) jump a light any time in the next 5 years and get caught.


(Or are you telling us this is the first time in 20 years you have exceeded the speed limit, so are definitely not going to get caught again)


If you take the fine and points you must tell all insurers of all policies you are covered on for 5 years

mrs_sparrow

McKneff wrote: »

You must have been slightly behind to see his right hand indicator come on so you should have slowed down.


You would not have hit the white car behind you, he might have hit you but that would have been his fault for driving too close.

But then I would have possibly been without a car. And someone might have got injured, I had a child in mycar being tailgate might have hurt him.

I was level with him when the indicator came on, my vehicle was longer than his as it was a golf cart looking thing with rotating brushes, the indicators are on the side of the vehicle, not the front. The fronts of our vehicles were level.

It does not really matter any more, it's done, I am accepting the fine and points and being done with it.

mrs_sparrow

Quentin wrote: »

Before you reject the course (assuming you do get a NIP, and are subsequently offered one) do some dummy quotes with and without the conviction in your history and see what difference 3 points makes to your premium.


Then see what difference 6 points makes!


iYou can keep your licence clean by accepting a course, which will definitely be worth it should you make any more mistakes over your speed or (inadvertently) jump a light any time in the next 5 years and get caught.


(Or are you telling us this is the first time in 20 years you have exceeded the speed limit, so are definitely not going to get caught again)


If you take the fine and points you must tell all insurers of all policies you are covered on for 5 years

I don't actually drive a great deal, school run and so no, don't speed around as I usually have the kids in the car. Otherwise my husband drives when we go away.

The mobile van and handheld are all over the place so no, it's not worth it.

This was a split decision I had to make and whatever I did was the wrong one. I've overtaken him many times (these little things are designed for the cycle ways that run under the road so they are quite small. Just today I decided to accelerate and not brake.

It is what it is so, as stated I will accept the fine if I get one.

I've been driving 26 years and consider myself careful and considerate, I've only ever been in one accident when a pheasant flew into the side of my car when I was driving down a dual carriageway and damaged 3 panels and knocked off the electric mirror as it bounced down the side, so I claimed for that. I've been done for speeding in 1996, I think when I agree, I was driving like an idiot and I learned my lesson from that.

JustinR1979

37mph - so your real speed maybe 34mph.
They usually give some room for error, maybe 10% +2, I don't think 34 is going to overly worry them.

topdaddy_2

Most cars will be doing more than 37 from a standing start after 3-5 seconds of acceleration let alone from a rolling speed of around 20.