Dangerous driving and excess speed

dannyrst

Xorph wrote: »

The 30 is a very wide two lane road, countryside, 2am, straight with good visibility. Houses very well set back, gated with private drives.

Housed area with drives leading to the roadside? You can't justify 105mph there. What if a dog ran out into the road?

BeenThroughItAll

dannyrst wrote: »

Housed area with drives leading to the roadside? You can't justify 105mph there. What if a dog ran out into the road?

Or worse still, a dog on a lead held by a nun, out for her late-night/early morning walk with her basket of kittens.

brat

Xorph wrote: »

I was hoping for SRNTE ?

Is there not criteria for using a vehicle as an ambulance in a medical emergency?

Ambulance, police and fire have to undergo training before they are exempt the speed limit for their purposes.

You're thinking of special reasons, as I mentioned before.

http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/p_to_r/road_traffic_offences/#P473_51513

dannyrst

BeenThroughItAll wrote: »

Or worse still, a dog on a lead held by a nun, out for her late-night/early morning walk with her basket of kittens.

Helping a blind child cross the road?

Indout96

Don't forget the children

dannyrst

But on a serious note. At 105mph your stopping distance is just under 200 metres.

That is totally reckless and you cannot justify that on any 30mph road in my opinion.

brat

Xorph wrote: »

The 30 is a very wide two lane road, countryside, 2am, straight with good visibility. Houses very well set back, gated with private drives.

Road name and location? Google Map link?

Herzlos

brat wrote: »

Ambulance, police and fire have to undergo training before they are exempt the speed limit for their purposes.

You're thinking of special reasons, as I mentioned before.

http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/p_to_r/road_traffic_offences/#P473_51513

Even then they are unlikely to be going at those speeds even with the blues on.

At that speed, even in a clear road, if anything or anyone pulls out onto the road you're going to hit it, hard. At that speed, you'll be covering so much ground (a mile in ~35 seconds) that you'll be some way back when anyone looks before crossing.

You can certainly try the special circumstances and plead your case though, as this is presumably a one-off occurrence and you'll have evidence to back it up (doctors report, witness statements, 999 call?)

brat

Herzlos wrote: »

Even then they are unlikely to be going at those speeds even with the blues on.

I recall a met police driving instructor saying that he knows 30mph roads in London that he would feel perfectly safe doing 100mph on.
There won't be many, but such roads do exist around the country.

But you're right, it would be truly exceptional for a police officer to do 100mph in a 30, and I can think of almost no normal circumstances where it would be deemed appropriate.

matttye

Emergency is one of the reasons where the court can find special reasons not to disqualify or impose penalty points.

You should consult a solicitor for legal advice. Depending on your earnings you may qualify for legal aid. Dangerous driving is an easy offence to get legal aid so it will just come down to your income.