Speeding Offence RR84061

martinsurrey

AdrianC wrote: »

Just as well he didn't kill a pedestrian on that motorway sliproad, eh?

or a workman,

slip roads are 30 when either there are road works, or the slip road is right next to residential roads, this is London, houses built 10 yards from motorways are the norm, and kids will be (stupid)kids

AdrianC

martinsurrey wrote: »

or a workman,

slip roads are 30 when either there are road works, or the slip road is right next to residential roads, this is London, houses built 10 yards from motorways are the norm, and kids will be (stupid)kids

This is about the only "M'way" (it isn't, but...) junction that could be easily termed Uxbridge, which is where the OP said it happened.

And, oh, look - 30 limit part-way up the slip...

West - https://goo.gl/maps/36EFfbYHJxx
East - https://goo.gl/maps/RDhCoFBmPzu

takman

JustAnotherSaver wrote: »

On a side note i'm not sure what a weekly wage is for me. I don't do a 9-5 office job. My wage varies from week to week and often not by a small amount either. Is it a week where i work a Saturday or not? A week where i do a ton of overtime (say 65 hours) or a week where i'm only doing 47.5 hours (the least we can do without sick days & early leave). A week where i've taken sick days? A week where i've had 1 or 2 early finishes? An average over a set timeframe, say 12 weeks which may be a lot more than the 12 weeks prior to that?

What is a week?

JustAnotherSaver wrote: »

Where do they pluck this figure of £440 from? I certainly don't earn £400 never mind £440.

Are you sure?, if your doing between 47.5 - 65 hours a week even on minimum wage that's between £356.25 - £487.5 per week. So overtime will easily push the average up over the year.

LandyAndy

habib2342 wrote: »

hastings direct- they will be sending out an email and letters in the post detailing when i have to make the extra payment...

I accept it was my own doing but had no idea the penalty would be so harsh after 11 years of [strike] an unblemished driving record [/strike] not being caught...still goes to show what will happen if you get complacent/take driving for granted....

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Guest101

Habib2342 wrote: »

Hello,

Back in April 2017 , i was caught by the police doing 50 mph in a 30mph restricted road. Indefensible yes, but the court wants to charge me an extortionate £474 and 6 points on my licence for this violation which took them five months to issue the fine. . the fee consists of :

£85 -prosecutor costs - fair enough - Standard
Fined £354.00. -??????? what exactly is this ? - this is your punishment, it's typically based upon your income. Did you provide an income and expenditure form to the court?
To pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £35.00 - Standard- I would understand if I had injured someone or something but it was a sliproad coming off the motorway where the signage was not clear- i.e it had not reduce speed signage but had the 50 and 30 mph circle signs. Plus it was not a residential road so ...why ? - it's a fixed fee

I live in NW London but the fine had been issued by Bromley Magistrates court which is in SE London- someone explain the logic in that ? - Local court to the offence I presume?

I accept the 6 points on my license as obviously the plea I made online was not enough to encourage the judge to show mercy for this serious indiscretion and I am not against paying a fine but I think the amount they have issued me is a bit excessive. I would've though something in the region of 100-200 pounds would be fair, but 474 is just :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: - But you didn't go to court?


What are people thoughts ? should I contest it or suck it up like a man and pay it off ? its a good thing I'm cycling now as over relying on the car has made me overweight, irritable, and half asleep, which leads to other things, etc...

have to setup a standing order nad pay if off over 6 months...lets see what the court says...

Is that what the court said, 6 months to pay?

sevenhills

AdrianC wrote: »

This is about the only "M'way" (it isn't, but...) junction that could be easily termed Uxbridge, which is where the OP said it happened.

And, oh, look - 30 limit part-way up the slip...

West - https://goo.gl/maps/36EFfbYHJxx
East - https://goo.gl/maps/RDhCoFBmPzu

It does make you wonder how they come up with these maximum speeds, 30 mph should be for people crossing the road.

Car_54

sevenhills wrote: »

It does make you wonder how they come up with these maximum speeds, 30 mph should be for people crossing the road.

Which is probably why it's been applied in this example, on the approach to a zebra crossing.

kmb500

there's quite a simple solution dude, only speed when it's not busy and when there are no police or cameras around!

sevenhills

Car_54 wrote: »

Which is probably why it's been applied in this example, on the approach to a zebra crossing.

So the pedestrians can cross safely.

Mercdriver

kmb500 wrote: »

there's quite a simple solution dude, only speed when it's not busy and when there are no police or cameras around!

There's an even simpler one 'dude', don't speed. Full Stop. Don't break the law and you won't be a criminal.