Speeding - 41 in a 30

Comms69

Mercdriver wrote: »

The OP asked if it would go to court. So it was clear that it wasn't at summons stage.

No he asked if HE had to go to court. Which to me was a question of pleading guilty by post vs in person.

Johno100

Mercdriver

Comms69 wrote: »

Well it's not incorrect. So, politely, do one.

There is no way of politely telling someone to 'do one'.

Doing 41 and it going straight to court rather than going to FPN first is vanishingly unlikely. So you making the incorrect assumption that the OP had received a summons is unhelpful to the OP. You were telling him to attend court which might mislead him to take it to court. The rest of us assumed correctly, from the way the OP was phrased. We chose the most likely scenario, whereas you chose the most unlikely one.

Andrew_Ryan_89

TonyMMM wrote: »

It will be an invitiation to attend a Speed Awareness Course, or if you are not eligible for that (i.e. you have done a course in the last three years) it will be a fixed penalty of 3pts and £100.

The higher penalties only become relevant if the case goes to court - and that will only happen if you choose to contest it, or you have too many points to accept a fixed penalty.

Not all the time. I done 76 in a 60 (coming of a 70) and was given points straight away.

Johno100

Andrew_Ryan_89 wrote: »

Not all the time. I done 76 in a 60 (coming of a 70) and was given points straight away.

Looks like you were v. close to getting offered one (assuming they do them where you were caught).

Mercdriver

Andrew_Ryan_89 wrote: »

Not all the time. I done 76 in a 60 (coming of a 70) and was given points straight away.

As above, you only get an invitation to SAC if you qualify - you didn't. So therefore you have no valid grievance. The fact that you were coming off a 70 makes no difference. You either saw the change in speed limit and chose to ignore it, or didn't see it and perhaps need your eyes testing to show that you should still be driving

wonton

I've sent it off. I'll let you guys know the outcome.
Thanks for your comments.

House_Martin

I was caught doing 42 in a 30 mph ( I thought I was in a 30 limit ) and just got 3 pts.No speed awareness course offered.Was about 12 years ago so maybe a speed course is more common nowadays as the police make a few quid out of these courses

Superscrooge

wonton wrote: »

I've sent it off. I'll let you guys know the outcome.
Thanks for your comments.

I was caught speeding by a mobile camera about 5 years ago, Similar situation to yourself 41mph in 30mph limit.

As the registered keeper of the vehicle I was sent the NIP which I had to return confirming who was driving. I returned the form confirming I was the driver. I think that is the stage you are now at?

What happened next was that about two weeks later I received a form, which if I remember correctly, gave me three options.

1. I could pay the fixed penalty charge of £60 and get three points on my licence
2. If I hadn't attended a speed awareness course in the previous three years I could pay £60 and go on a speed awareness course
3. I could elect to attend court.

I chose the speed awareness course which I actually found a lot more interesting than I expected.

So no necessity to attend court unless I chose to.
Hope this helps?

Car_54

House_Martin wrote: »

I was caught doing 42 in a 30 mph ( I thought I was in a 30 limit ) and just got 3 pts.No speed awareness course offered.Was about 12 years ago so maybe a speed course is more common nowadays as the police make a few quid out of these courses

12 years ago there was no uniform policy regarding criteria for offering a course. These days most forces (in E & W) use national guidelines, offering them up to 110% of the limit plus 9 mph, so your 42 would qualify you these days.

However, they are still offered at the police's discretion and there's no entitlement.