Caught speeding while at work?

Neeks_77

I was recently caught speeding on my way home from work, doing 41 in a 30 apparently, I'm already curious about that as I was on a speed awareness course on the Monday before being caught and have drove at the limit since, also another person at work was caught doing the same speed at the same time as me.

When I first got the letter I was gutted and immediately sent the letter off to confirm I was driving, however once I was told I was getting fined and points I did some digging and realised that I didn't clock out of work unail 1 minute after I was allegedly caught speeding, it also takes 2 minutes to get from my work to where I was caught.

With there being effectively 3 minutes difference between the time i clocked out of work and being caught, do I have any chance of arguing the charge or would I be wasting my time?

Thanks for any help I am given.

Fat_Walt

You've already admitted to being the driver at the time of the offence.

The first thing I'd do is check the time of the works clock in system, it may well be wrong.

arcon5

They didn't just pluck up your reg out of thin air though surely?

Rain_Shadow

Neeks_77 wrote: »

I was recently caught speeding on my way home from work, doing 41 in a 30 apparently, I'm already curious about that as I was on a speed awareness course on the Monday before being caught and have drove at the limit since, also another person at work was caught doing the same speed at the same time as me.

When I first got the letter I was gutted and immediately sent the letter off to confirm I was driving, however once I was told I was getting fined and points I did some digging and realised that I didn't clock out of work unail 1 minute after I was allegedly caught speeding, it also takes 2 minutes to get from my work to where I was caught.

With there being effectively 3 minutes difference between the time i clocked out of work and being caught, do I have any chance of arguing the charge or would I be wasting my time?

Thanks for any help I am given.

Is there CCTV to prove that it was you who clocked you out?


Irrespective of that I'm thinking this is a wind up.

Head_The_Ball

Were you driving a DeLorean with a Flux Capacitor at 88 mph?

That might account for the time dilation.

Herzlos

Could be that your work system is 3 minutes slow, could be the camera was 3 minutes fast, or a combination.

If the car was at your work, and you're not disputing being the driver (you're not trying to make the case that it was some unidentified driver?) then you may be able to have a pop at asking about the accuracy of the camera. That said, if you'd been caught at about 30% over the limit so that probably won't fly.

You can ask a motoring lawyer about the possibility of getting it voided, but it's probably best to just take it on the chin and actually drive at the speed limit.

shaun_from_Africa

Herzlos wrote: »

You can ask a motoring lawyer about the possibility of getting it voided, but it's probably best to just take it on the chin and actually drive at the speed limit.

Would that even be possible now that the OP has already returned the form stating that they were driving and the fine and penalty points having been issued?

Car_54

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

Would that even be possible now that the OP has already returned the form stating that they were driving and the fine and penalty points having been issued?

The OP hasn't said that he's accepted the fixed penalty. If he has, then game over.

If he hasn't, then he can go to court. I suspect it would be an expensive day out.

Herzlos

Exactly - I don't think he can deny being the driver, but he may be able to claim that the incident never happened / the process wasn't followed / the camera was inaccurate.

Any of that is likely to cost more than the points + insurance hike.

AdrianC

Car_54 wrote: »

The OP hasn't said that he's accepted the fixed penalty.

True. However, he has confirmed that he was driving that car in that place at that time.

The likelihood that the car's registration was duplicated by another using the same stretch of road at the same time is minimal.
The likelihood that the camera's calibration or mode of operation was so wildly inaccurate is also minimal.

Which really only leaves one other option - that three minutes is a VERY easy amount of time to be mistaken by.

Neeks_77

Thanks all for the replies and advice, definitely not a wind up was just wanting some advice. As for actually driving to the speed limit as one poster has advised me to, I believe I was as I haven't sped since my speed awareness course.

Regardless I think I'll take it on the chin as suggested and pay the fine and take the points as my main worry is ill end up paying a fortune to be given more points/fine for daring to question the conviction.

Thanks again though.