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Caught speeding for first time in 20yrs!
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Caught speeding for first time in 20yrs!
In bloody Sussex 81 in a 70 on a downhill stretch of dual carriageway, picture taken from bridge where they zapped me, A23 Broxmead Lane overbridge. 9.38 in the morning, not a car on the road, makes my piss boil
Looks like I'm in good company though
http://www.autocar.co.uk/blogs/motoring ... t-speeding
Looks like I'm in good company though
http://www.autocar.co.uk/blogs/motoring ... t-speeding
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Re: Caught speeding for first time in 20yrs!
I guess you can hope for the course. Bare in mind Admiral group DOES ask if you've ever done a SAC. Even though there is no record of attendees that they have access to.
The result of saying yes is the same as the points in premium terms. Sadly for Londoners, Admiral group is often the cheapest provider in these postcodes due to the area rating being so bad for any central london postcode.
Sucks to be caught though, another example of a road tax really.
EDIT: FWIW - i have done the course, and its not as bad as you expect - you'll walk out of it laughing at how bad the road knowledge of most motorists is.
The result of saying yes is the same as the points in premium terms. Sadly for Londoners, Admiral group is often the cheapest provider in these postcodes due to the area rating being so bad for any central london postcode.
Sucks to be caught though, another example of a road tax really.
EDIT: FWIW - i have done the course, and its not as bad as you expect - you'll walk out of it laughing at how bad the road knowledge of most motorists is.
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Re: Caught speeding for first time in 20yrs!
I been done once after 25 years of driving doing 60 in a 50 on a dual carriageway
same as you no cars about
got 6 points
£90 fine
£20 court cost
go figure
they had got roadwork signs up tho saying 30
nobody about tho
same as you no cars about
got 6 points
£90 fine
£20 court cost
go figure
they had got roadwork signs up tho saying 30
nobody about tho
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Re: Caught speeding for first time in 20yrs!
Absolutely shocking, why were you not at work at that time
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Re: Caught speeding for first time in 20yrs!
I'm sure you feel badly done by - when the road conditions don't merit the fine it's guaranteed to annoy road users. Prefer it when the context makes sense - past schools, built up areas, dangerous junctions, excessive speed etc but on such a dual carriageway with little traffic . . . and after 20 years points free.
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Re: Caught speeding for first time in 20yrs!
First time in 20 years. Then think about all the times over that period that you exceeded it and got away with it and on average it's pretty low catch rate
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Re: Caught speeding for first time in 20yrs!
Lost probablypvr wrote:Absolutely shocking, why were you not at work at that time
One of their favourite haunts though. We've had a few at work get caught there.
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Re: Caught speeding for first time in 20yrs!
Started at 10 that day. Someone in my office got done in same place a few weeks before.
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Re: Caught speeding for first time in 20yrs!
And you did not learn from that oneflimper wrote:Started at 10 that day. Someone in my office got done in same place a few weeks before.
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Re: Caught speeding for first time in 20yrs!
I never exceed the speed limit anywhere, I have no idea what you're talking about...
You should hopefully get offered a course for that. Apparently they do take into account road conditions, weather etc. when deciding. Not that I've bee on one of course...
You should hopefully get offered a course for that. Apparently they do take into account road conditions, weather etc. when deciding. Not that I've bee on one of course...
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Re: Caught speeding for first time in 20yrs!
Didn't know about it until after I'd been donepvr wrote:And you did not learn from that oneflimper wrote:Started at 10 that day. Someone in my office got done in same place a few weeks before.
Don't send Bing down that road - if France was anything to go by he does not know what to do
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Re: Caught speeding for first time in 20yrs!
Two lies in one sentence Bing, you are improving
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Re: Caught speeding for first time in 20yrs!
That's libellous
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