3 points plus £295

JayCartwright

Mercdriver wrote: »

If you read the post I was quoting, the poster was talking about an eventuality where the defendant has pleaded not guilty.

No evidence of the OP pleading not guilty though so it's not really a relevant comment to make.

Tigsteroonie

Amount of fine (including surcharges) seems correct, its about what we paid for a similar red light offence.

Moneysavingnewbie999

Ok thanks everyone, I guess I'll just have to pay it

prosaver

PCMcGarry wrote: »

Are you just making things up?

oh i sorry
the police are there to serve us and if i want to know something about a conviction ..ill phone them up
its fuuny that,
i
asked what was the legal limit that u can drink and drive and they couldn't answer ..:cool:

JayCartwright

prosaver wrote: »

oh i sorry
the police are there to serve us and if i want to know something about a conviction ..ill phone them up
its fuuny that,
i
asked what was the legal limit that u can drink and drive and they couldn't answer ..:cool:

Except the police don't convict the courts do.

Do you ring an electrician when you want a sick note?

bowlhead99

prosaver wrote: »

oh i sorry
the police are there to serve us and if i want to know something about a conviction ..ill phone them up

Well that would be quite a stupid waste of your time and theirs. The crown prosecution service are the ones that prosecute you and the courts service are the people that record what happened in court. So phoning up the police because 'they are there to serve us' is quite silly.

The checkout people in Tesco are there to serve me as their customer and my MP is there to serve me as an appointed representative. Neither of them, nor the police, are going to be best placed to tell me what fine I'll get by returning my library books a few days late.

its fuuny that,
i
asked what was the legal limit that u can drink and drive and they couldn't answer ..:cool:

That is indeed 'funny' because the legal blood alcohol level is a known number set for the whole of E&W. However, it probably depends who you ask because not every police officer in the land has it stored in his head. They have other things stored in their heads. Not to worry though, his equipment or paperwork would probably tell him, if he had cause to test you on it after pulling you over.

Of course if you asked them how many pints you can have and still drive they would tell you to !!!! off because they are not biochemists and do not know how much blood you have in your entire body or your natural alcohol absorption / processing rate.

Joe_Horner

bowlhead99 wrote: »

That is indeed 'funny' because the legal blood alcohol level is a known number set for the whole of E&W. However, it probably depends who you ask because not every police officer in the land has it stored in his head.

It also depends on what he asked.

I took his post to mean "I asked how much I could legally drink and still drive" which they couldn't possibly know because the amount is different every time. Sometimes a single pint could put someone over the limit, other times someone else might be "legal" after 3 or 4.

Hence the general advice to simply not drink at all if you're driving

Mercdriver

JayCartwright wrote: »

No evidence of the OP pleading not guilty though so it's not really a relevant comment to make.

But relevant to the comment I was replying to which may help those that can be bothered to do a forum search, which in most forums is very few...

prosaver

bowlhead99 wrote: »

Well that would be quite a stupid waste of your time and theirs. The crown prosecution service are the ones that prosecute you and the courts service are the people that record what happened in court. So phoning up the police because 'they are there to serve us' is quite silly.

The checkout people in Tesco are there to serve me as their customer and my MP is there to serve me as an appointed representative. Neither of them, nor the police, are going to be best placed to tell me what fine I'll get by returning my library books a few days late.


That is indeed 'funny' because the legal blood alcohol level is a known number set for the whole of E&W. However, it probably depends who you ask because not every police officer in the land has it stored in his head. They have other things stored in their heads. Not to worry though, his equipment or paperwork would probably tell him, if he had cause to test you on it after pulling you over.

Of course if you asked them how many pints you can have and still drive they would tell you to !!!! off because they are not biochemists and do not know how much blood you have in your entire body or your natural alcohol absorption / processing rate.

if i phoned the police station up, they'll would tell me.
its an inquiry about the law prosecuting procedures..
as if im going to phone the judge up:D

and in the old days it use to be 2 pints:p

JayCartwright

prosaver wrote: »

if i phoned the police station up, they'll would tell me.
its an inquiry about the law prosecuting procedures..
as if im going to phone the judge up:D

and in the old days it use to be 2 pints:p

Is you for real?