I was fined for speeding for second time, what now?

clive0510

Dr_Crypto said:

I guess suppose you could reverse down the slip road! 

well at least I wouldn't get another speeding fine.I dont usually break the speed limit in reverse.

RobM99

Dr_Crypto said:

I guess suppose you could reverse down the slip road! 

Yes - I have seen this. Frightening!

Car_54

Dr_Crypto said:

I guess suppose you could reverse down the slip road! 

That's still the public highway! And it would be an offence under the Motorway Regs.
The only other relevant offence is to reverse on a road further than is necessary [Construction & Use Regs]. The original point (which seems a long time ago) was that reversing onto a road.is not an offence in itself. It could be careless driving, which is what the Op's friend was apparently also charged with.

macman

Scrapit said:

macman said:

TooManyPoints said:

and all just for someone to tell me I been a naughty boy, dont do it again.

Actually it's not like that at all. I've attended a SAC - not as an offender but as a guest observer in connection with some work that I do. Even as a driver with many years experience I found it quite enlightening. One particular thing that stood out for me was that of the class of about twelve or so, less than half were able to correctly say what the "default" speed limits were for various types of road (though I was not among them).

My experience was very similar, except that out of about 20, only 8 got that correctly.
Similar lack of knowledge about the difference between an overtaking lane and a 'fast' lane.
I did find it useful, but it was obvious from the start that some of those present came in with an attitude of indignation and were determined not to participate in a positive way. 

What is the difference?

If you don't know, maybe you too would benefit from attending an SAC?

Scrapit

macman said:

Scrapit said:

macman said:

TooManyPoints said:

and all just for someone to tell me I been a naughty boy, dont do it again.

Actually it's not like that at all. I've attended a SAC - not as an offender but as a guest observer in connection with some work that I do. Even as a driver with many years experience I found it quite enlightening. One particular thing that stood out for me was that of the class of about twelve or so, less than half were able to correctly say what the "default" speed limits were for various types of road (though I was not among them).

My experience was very similar, except that out of about 20, only 8 got that correctly.
Similar lack of knowledge about the difference between an overtaking lane and a 'fast' lane.
I did find it useful, but it was obvious from the start that some of those present came in with an attitude of indignation and were determined not to participate in a positive way. 

What is the difference?

If you don't know, maybe you too would benefit from attending an SAC?

Or you could tell us the difference between the fast lane and an overtaking lane. I'll be honest, I don't know the answer and I was convinced the lane to the right of a two or more lane road was an overtaking lane and that there is no such thing as a fast lane. Whilst I dont always stick to the speed limit I've not ever had any points or speed awareness courses so to save me the trouble could you just explain the difference? Others would benefit too.

theoretica

RobM99 said:

Dr_Crypto said:

I guess suppose you could reverse down the slip road! 

Yes - I have seen this. Frightening!

I saw - a lorry - reverse off a dual carriageway onto the incoming slip road and then embark on a 3 point turn to drive the wrong way up said slip road.  Traffic on the dual carriageway was at a crawl and it wanted to escape...  According the the news afterwards there were drivers in a bit of trouble for this manoeuvrer.

Car_54

Scrapit said:

macman said:

Scrapit said:

macman said:

TooManyPoints said:

and all just for someone to tell me I been a naughty boy, dont do it again.

Actually it's not like that at all. I've attended a SAC - not as an offender but as a guest observer in connection with some work that I do. Even as a driver with many years experience I found it quite enlightening. One particular thing that stood out for me was that of the class of about twelve or so, less than half were able to correctly say what the "default" speed limits were for various types of road (though I was not among them).

My experience was very similar, except that out of about 20, only 8 got that correctly.
Similar lack of knowledge about the difference between an overtaking lane and a 'fast' lane.
I did find it useful, but it was obvious from the start that some of those present came in with an attitude of indignation and were determined not to participate in a positive way. 

What is the difference?

If you don't know, maybe you too would benefit from attending an SAC?

Or you could tell us the difference between the fast lane and an overtaking lane. I'll be honest, I don't know the answer and I was convinced the lane to the right of a two or more lane road was an overtaking lane and that there is no such thing as a fast lane. 

  ... is the correct answer.

Scrapit

Car_54 said:

Scrapit said:

macman said:

Scrapit said:

macman said:

TooManyPoints said:

and all just for someone to tell me I been a naughty boy, dont do it again.

Actually it's not like that at all. I've attended a SAC - not as an offender but as a guest observer in connection with some work that I do. Even as a driver with many years experience I found it quite enlightening. One particular thing that stood out for me was that of the class of about twelve or so, less than half were able to correctly say what the "default" speed limits were for various types of road (though I was not among them).

My experience was very similar, except that out of about 20, only 8 got that correctly.
Similar lack of knowledge about the difference between an overtaking lane and a 'fast' lane.
I did find it useful, but it was obvious from the start that some of those present came in with an attitude of indignation and were determined not to participate in a positive way. 

What is the difference?

If you don't know, maybe you too would benefit from attending an SAC?

Or you could tell us the difference between the fast lane and an overtaking lane. I'll be honest, I don't know the answer and I was convinced the lane to the right of a two or more lane road was an overtaking lane and that there is no such thing as a fast lane. 

  ... is the correct answer.

But I've not been on a SAC so cannot know for certain. Macman will let us know shortly.

AdrianC

Identifying lanes is easy.

Start from the left. That's lane 1.
Go right one lane. That's lane 2.
Repeat until you run out of lanes.

End of.

macman

Car-54 has it. No fast lane...
IIRC, some people thought that, if you were doing 60-70mph, and the inner lane was clear, you should still sit in the middle or r/h lane, because that was reserved for 'fast' traffic...
And one thought that the inner lane was restricted to 60mph...