Sorry to hear this John

You got caught over the limit, no big deal, I'm sure you were driving safely and that is what really counts.

BTW many insurance companies accept 3 points with no extra cost, Tesco for one.

Ron

I managed to get my renewal down by 10% despite picking up 5 points a month before! Took some work though...

Chirs

Just goes to show that our boys and girsl in blue can still speed for the fun of it. I still cannot believe that the national press reported that thousands of police officers managed to escape a speeding fine like the lucky P.C. who was testing his go faster vectra at 145 mph.

I do condone the lunatic speeder and yes I also got a ticket for being nine miles over a speed limit on a clear motorway my first one in twenty years of safe driving.. I seen the same customer focused cop on the moterway two weeks later in his fancy 4X4 as he passed me in the outside lane doing well over the speed limit and NO blue lights on...I guess his chips were getting cold..their is no fair cop these days.so welcome aboard fellow Skoda driver you are a criminal just like me and the thousands and thousands of other drivers...

Forgive my ignorance, but what is AMD One Click ?????

Forgive my ignorance, but what is AMD One Click ?????

It's a remap.

if you got done for 84mph you must have had a speedo reading of nearly 100mph so not surprised they done you

not really fair though, did they show you they video in there cop car?

I agree with the 'only 84mph' lot. Is that all your car can manage? Pfft. Should've bought a 'real' car and then get about 110mph on a track

I think whether speeding is a proper crime or not depends on the situation.

Apologies in advance for the rant now, it's not personal. I just am in a bad mood:

No, speeding is a proper crime. It is against the law. So therefore is a real crime. Regardless of whether its safe/unfair/badly enforced/fun or anything else. It is against the law and therefore A CRIME. How anyone can say otherwise is just plain stupid.

Most of us speed. Most of us will try and be sensible and only speed when the conditions allow it and it is relatively safe. But nonetheless, it's still speeding and it is still illegal. It is a crime. All the excuses or reasons in the world do not change that.

And to the topic. It seems bad luck. But I never knew that unmarked cars could get you for speeding unless you're driving dangerously or without due care?

And to the topic. It seems bad luck. But I never knew that unmarked cars could get you for speeding unless you're driving dangerously or without due care?

To be honest I think I should have challenged it as I don't think they had video evidence or anything solid. I think they timed me between 2 points and calculated it from there, too late now though anyway. As I said earlier, though I was speeding I wasn't driving anything other than safe.

if you got done for 84mph you must have had a speedo reading of nearly 100mph so not surprised they done you

not really fair though' date=' did they show you they video in there cop car?[/quote']

hmm my speedo was pritty correct, i was doin about 84/5 past the van because i knew i had been caught so why bother breaking at that point, anyway the letter says i was doing 85 so their pritty accurate

the device that you were caught on is called 'vascar' and measures your speed between two points. its very accurate and for you to get an average speed of 84mph means u were going a lot faster than that at one stage.

sorry to sound like im ranting but that speed is excessive for a bypass and im sure you would agree when you attend an accident and see the consequences of driving to fast, just because you think you were driving safely doesnt mean everyone else are.

Sorry' date=' but speeding is a 'proper' crime just like any other.

No doubt a thief would say that taking your car isn't a 'proper' crime because you are insured.

Break a law = take the punishment = learn a lesson

Sal[/quote']

Couldn't agree more

If you speed they expect to pay the price when caught.

Scenario - You drive down a 30mph road at 40mph and hit someone, chances are they are dead, now hit them at 30mph and there is more of a chance the person will survive.

VeeRS "If they put as much resource into proper crimes I'm sure we'd be living in a much safer place."

My sister in law is a funeral director and she has scrapped 4 people in one night off the road lately due to the effects of speeding.

If you hit someone due to speeding then you deserve everything you get :mad:

Couldn't agree more

If you speed they expect to pay the price when caught.

Scenario - You drive down a 30mph road at 40mph and hit someone' date=' chances are they are dead, now hit them at 30mph and there is more of a chance the person will survive.

VeeRS "If they put as much resource into proper crimes I'm sure we'd be living in a much safer place."

My sister in law is a funeral director and she has scrapped 4 people in one night off the road lately due to the effects of speeding.

If you hit someone due to speeding then you deserve everything you get :mad:[/quote']

I understand your sentiment here but let's remember I haven't hit anyone due to speeding and there was now chance of that on the bypass I was on. It's a fairly new bypass, 2 lanes each side (and pretty wide at that), straight as a die, no junctions/left or right turnings, virtually empty and no pedestrian activity whatsoever.

I don't dry quick everywhere, I'm no lunatic and actually drive safely the majority of the time. I'm 36 years old, I'm not a 19 year old maniac who drives everywhere like I've just nicked the car. Yes I was speeding and I'm not condoning it, but some of you could cut me a little slack as you're unaware of the conditions involved and I'm sure ALL of you on here have exceeded the speed limit some time in your life.

I have a little saying, "Don't point out the twig in your brothers eye when you have a log in your own". (No offence meant to anyone obviously).

I understand your sentiment here but let's remember I haven't hit anyone due to speeding and there was now chance of that on the bypass I was on. It's a fairly new bypass' date=' 2 lanes each side (and pretty wide at that), straight as a die, no junctions/left or right turnings, virtually empty and no pedestrian activity whatsoever.

I don't dry quick everywhere, I'm no lunatic and actually drive safely the majority of the time. I'm 36 years old, I'm not a 19 year old maniac who drives everywhere like I've just nicked the car. Yes I was speeding and I'm not condoning it, but some of you could cut me a little slack as you're unaware of the conditions involved and I'm sure ALL of you on here have exceeded the speed limit some time in your life.

I have a little saying, "Don't point out the twig in your brothers eye when you have a log in your own". (No offence meant to anyone obviously).[/quote']

It don't matter what the conditions where speeding is speeding and is an endorsable offence. And you say no chance of hitting anyone, that is short sightedness.

You may have not hit anyone this time or next time but you are putting other road users the public and yourself at risk.

Yes I do speed occasionally but at least if I get caught I accept it and don't bang on about why aren't the police catching really criminals because as far as I am concerned I have broken the law and they did right.

Scenario - You own a shop and someone comes in a shop lift an item worth £1, you catch him/her and call the police, even though the item is small he/she is still a theft and is a criminal in the eyes of the law.

It doesn't matter how small a law you break you are still breaking the law.

I understand your sentiment here but let's remember I haven't hit anyone due to speeding and there was now chance of that on the bypass I was on. It's a fairly new bypass' date=' 2 lanes each side (and pretty wide at that), straight as a die, no junctions/left or right turnings, virtually empty and no pedestrian activity whatsoever.

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Pedestrians aren't the only ones you can hit. The van you were overtaking could reasonably think you were approaching at 70. In fact you were probably approaching at more like 100 (if your average speed was 85 over a distance). He may have been about to maneouver in some way on that understanding.

I don't dry quick everywhere' date=' I'm no lunatic and actually drive safely the majority of the time.[/quote']

Glad to here it. But I don't want to be near you at one of the other times.

I have a little saying' date=' "Don't point out the twig in your brothers eye when you have a log in your own". (No offence meant to anyone obviously).[/quote']

We have ALL said that we do speed as well. But we have all said that we expect to be caught and punished if we do, and not blame the police for doing their job.

(sorry about the rant: I'm not Victor Meldrew honest.

Sal

I was doing more shortly after I had overtaken' date=' but I then slowed down. They said that my average speed over however they measured it was 84mph and I was lucky that it was only a fixed penalty. I know I was speeding, but it's a big bypass that's very quite and about as safe as you'd get a bypass to be.

To be honest I thought a good telling off would have sufficed. I know they have a job to do, but stopping motorists is easy pickings. It's a shame the police aren't about when some pensioner is being mugged for 50p. If they put as much resource into proper crimes I'm sure we'd be living in a much safer place.

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Sounds like if they felt like it they could have done you for more, sounds like a policemans reosnable discression.

We all hate being caught but its unfortunately part of driving, you speed, you get caught, you take the rap.

Id much rather be stopped than be caught by a stealth camera hidden somewhere

It don't matter what the conditions where speeding is speeding and is an endorsable offence. And you say no chance of hitting anyone, that is short sightedness.

You may have not hit anyone this time or next time but you are putting other road users the public and yourself at risk.

Yes I do speed occasionally but at least if I get caught I accept it and don't bang on about why aren't the police catching really criminals because as far as I am concerned I have broken the law and they did right.

Scenario - You own a shop and someone comes in a shop lift an item worth

Agreed.

Sal

VeeRS can't be bothered to type some long winded reply, you got caught, you broke the law, you deserve what you got.

The rules are there for a reason, you break them you pay.

"2) Are you not putting yourself/other road users at risk when you speed?"

Come on tell me your are having a laugh at asking this question. If you aren't you don't deserve to have a licence.

VeeRS can't be bothered to type some long winded reply' date=' you got caught, you broke the law, you deserve what you got.

The rules are there for a reason, you break them you pay.

"2) Are you not putting yourself/other road users at risk when you speed?"

Come on tell me your are having a laugh at asking this question. If you aren't you don't deserve to have a licence.[/quote']

I broke them and I paid, end of story. The question 2 above was aimed at yourself. You've been hammering me for speeding, yet you admit you've done it yourself so you're guilty of putting others at risk too. Unsure of your comment about a long winded reply.

Anyway, this threads gone on for long enough. I don't know you Chavyboy so I'm not going to judge either way. No doubt your a decent bloke and we all have our views but obviously you have a problem with me/my views, that's your choice.

Things are getting a little out of hand. We're all part of the Briskoda community at the end of the day and it would be nice to all get on. I don't come on here to have a dig at anyone and expect the same.

Thanks for you comments but we're going to have to agree to disagree. No harm meant.

Don't take this the wrong way but we have alot of youger members on the forum who get caught speeding and then make comments about the police doing there job and catching real criminals.

I find this a laugh as they take the chance and pay the price if they get caught.

Thing is I have been caught once but didn't bitch about it, I have now slowed down because most of the time my baby girl is in the car and speeding is asking for trouble and I am putting my baby girls life at risk if I speed.

I am now learning to become a driving instructor and things get get my back are people who speed and dangerous drivers who cut you up even though you have a massive BABY ON BOARD sign in the back window.

Police are just doing there job and rightly so, if a speeder hit my car when my little girl was on board I would stop and beat them to a pulp.

That is why I feel so strong about it.

Also no harm ment but you hit a nerve.

Don't take this the wrong way but we have alot of youger members on the forum who get caught speeding and then make comments about the police doing there job and catching real criminals.

I find this a laugh as they take the chance and pay the price if they get caught.

Thing is I have been caught once but didn't bitch about it' date=' I have now slowed down because most of the time my baby girl is in the car and speeding is asking for trouble and I am putting my baby girls life at risk if I speed.

I am now learning to become a driving instructor and things get get my back are people who speed and dangerous drivers who cut you up even though you have a massive BABY ON BOARD sign in the back window.

Police are just doing there job and rightly so, if a speeder hit my car when my little girl was on board I would stop and beat them to a pulp.

That is why I feel so strong about it.

Also no harm ment but you hit a nerve.[/quote']

No probs Chavyboy. I think having kids does change your outlook on life and rightly so. I didn't mean to bitch about it as it was no ones fault other than my own.

To be honest I've been thinking of training as a driving instructor myself as I was made redundant from my 20 year job at christmas, not sure if I can now though due to the points I've just incurred and admittedly, it doesn't look good on my part.

Good luck anyway and hope your training goes well.

Hmmm.

I feel the true use of the baby on board sign has been forgotten.

It really isn't intended to encourage other road users to drive more sensibly around you. They are SOLELY for the fire and rescue services to know that there is a little passenger, so that he/she doesn't get forgotten about should you (God forbid) be involved in a nasty accident.

The sign should only be displayed when there is a baby on board too.

And as for speeding - if you were speeding and got caught, then tough. Speeding is always a risk, and I would certainly just take any penalty on the chin.

Now I'm used to my one-click, I have calmed back down to driving well within the law.

No probs Chavyboy. I think having kids does change your outlook on life and rightly so. I didn't mean to bitch about it as it was no ones fault other than my own.

To be honest I've been thinking of training as a driving instructor myself as I was made redundant from my 20 year job at christmas' date=' not sure if I can now though due to the points I've just incurred and admittedly, it doesn't look good on my part.

Good luck anyway and hope your training goes well.

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If you have less than 4 points you still can.. 5 points and above will be considered but there is a likelyhood that you will be turned down.

Hmmm.

I feel the true use of the baby on board sign has been forgotten.

It really isn't intended to encourage other road users to drive more sensibly around you. They are SOLELY for the fire and rescue services to know that there is a little passenger' date=' so that he/she doesn't get forgotten about should you (God forbid) be involved in a nasty accident.

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Sorry if I see a car with a baby onboard sign I will always leave a bigger gap before pulling back into their lane, to me a BOB sign lets other road users know I am carrying a precious load on board and to be careful when passing me etc.