Pulled over by police for speeding

Aretnap

Robisere wrote: »

For travelling at 28 mph above the legal limit, with a recent history of exactly the same offence, you will almost certainly receive a ban. The ban will be more than 7 - 28 days. Together with a large fine. And you will deserve it.

If you don't know what you're talking about, please don't post this sort of wild guesswork as if it were fact.

OP - as above the starting point for sentencing in the range 91-100 is 4-6 points. Probably 5 or 6 , as you were towards the top of that range. A ban of up to 28 days is possible, but not particularly likely unless there are aggravating circumstances.

6 points would leave you on 9, which means that you are going to have to slow down in future, as another 3 points will put you in line for a six month ban. This applies to points for offences in any 3 year period - so if you get caught again even before your court date you're potentially looking at a ban. Start driving as if you were on 9 points now.

Fine will be in the region of your weekly post tax income, reduced by a third if you plead guilty - plus around £100 in costs and surcharges.

Mercdriver

saker75 wrote: »

What on earth were you doing that was so important that it was worth risking the lives and safety of other road users?

I don't know. Neither do you. Amazing how people's judgement is always so 20/20 on forums that they ae able to be judgemental.

To the OP, I wouldn't mind betting that they will give you 6 points knowing this will leave you on 9 points which will carry the real risk of 6 months of catching buses, cadging lifts etc if you so much as sneeze the wrong way when you are driving.

Best advice on Pepipoo is often to plead guilty by post with a short note of abject apology. This means they will either give you 6 points or adjourn and you get a different set of magistrates to convince at a later date.

Silver-Surfer_2

Mercdriver wrote: »

I don't know. Neither do you. Amazing how people's judgement is always so 20/20 on forums that they ae able to be judgemental.

To the OP, I wouldn't mind betting that they will give you 6 points knowing this will leave you on 9 points which will carry the real risk of 6 months of catching buses, cadging lifts etc if you so much as sneeze the wrong way when you are driving.

Best advice on Pepipoo is often to plead guilty by post with a short note of abject apology. This means they will either give you 6 points or adjourn and you get a different set of magistrates to convince at a later date.

They won't adjourn for sentence to a guilty plea by post if a disqualification isn't coming.

Mercdriver

Silver-Surfer wrote: »

They won't adjourn for sentence to a guilty plea by post if a disqualification isn't coming.

Yes, sorry left that too implicit - I meant they would either give 6 points or adjourn if they were considering a ban.

loskie

quite likely that the reason the charge is set at 98mph is that if they had charged you at 100+ you would almost certainly face a ban. Quite possibly you were clocked at 100+.
For some reason 100mph is the mythical figure where everything disintegrates.
OP you would be better placed to employ a solicitor rather than all the so called experts on here. You may be guilty but your brief( get a good specialist one) will look at the technicalities and challenge those.
It's not just the penalty you need worry about the impact on insurance is going to be a bigger hit.
Never admit guilt to your brief, but don't lie. He may struggle to defend you if you tell him "you done it".
Let us know how you get on.
In about 1992 I was caught doing 53 in a 30. Heading out of town not built up. Was fined 3 points and £100. I was on a low wage(9k) at the time.
I pled guilty by letter;no brief.

On the same day the local MEP was caught 50 in 30 in a small local village 1st thing in the morning and again later that day on his way home. SO TWICE. He employed a solicitor to fight his case, it was then counted as ONE offence he was fined 3points and £30. The sherriff agreed it was one journey despite being caught 7 or 8 hours apart.
No cameras in those days real police.
You can make your own mind up if the legal system is fair or not.

wazza99

I once got caught at 101 in a 60, younger days on my motorbike..terrible i know but anyway no ban 6 points and £350 fine..Selby magistartes....so even over 100mph bans are not always the case.

payandisplay

I wonder if the police car was also doing the same speed, which would also pose the same risks to other road users?

Car_54

loskie wrote: »

quite likely that the reason the charge is set at 98mph is that if they had charged you at 100+ you would almost certainly face a ban. Quite possibly you were clocked at 100+.
For some reason 100mph is the mythical figure where everything disintegrates.

He hasn't been charged at all yet.

And the days when a ban was almost certain at 100 are long gone.

Nasqueron

payandisplay wrote: »

I wonder if the police car was also doing the same speed, which would also pose the same risks to other road users?

Police drivers have loads of extra training to be able to drive as safely as possible at those speeds, don't be disingenuous

Iceweasel

Nasqueron wrote: »

Police drivers have loads of extra training to be able to drive as safely as possible at those speeds, don't be disingenuous

So do some MOPs.

But safety has little to do with it.

It may have been safe - it may not have been - we don't know how much other traffic was about - but the government in it's wisdom has declared the max speed limit on any road in the UK is 70mph.

Even an empty 3 lane motorway in the early hours of the morning.