Court Summons

deano15482 · Post by **deano15482** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:06 am

i got caught at either 93 or 97 and i got 3pts in 60 quid fine

good luck tut

Post by ed » Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:07 am

Did you get a court summons for 97?

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:12 am

I got a summons a few years back it came with a letter saying that if I paid the £60 fine and took the 3 points that would be the end of it. but as it turned out the court was on strike that day so I got off scott free

:D:D:D

Only to get caught at some roadworks on the M8 a couple of months later

:(:(:( I'm sure the national speed limit sign was in the photo the swines.

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:03 pm

Av 93 on mway. Really cool road traffic guys, 3 points & £60. He asked if I wanted to see the video footage to see either end of the scale that he averaged and I politely declined. Was 5am on the M6 on the run up from London.

neil · Post by **neil** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 2:37 pm

I got a court summons a couple of years ago for doing 88 on a 4 lane streetlit section of the M6 at 1am. Supposedly I was the wrong side of the border to get a fixed penalty. Ended up getting fleeced for £200 plus £35 court costs and 3 points

Post by ed » Wed Aug 01, 2007 2:38 pm

Thats a bit harsh, surely that wasnt a 70 limit?!

neil · Post by **neil** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 2:46 pm

70 limit, empty road, and bored copper. I didnt fancy a drive down to Wigan to defend myself so just pled guilty by letter. The judge must have been having a bad day or something

ExigeKen · Post by **ExigeKen** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 3:13 pm

Every day is a bad day in Wigan

fd · Post by fd » Wed Aug 01, 2007 3:45 pm

Friend of mine just recieved a charge relating to 101 on the A90 (not sure if 60 or 70 section), he has previous speeding convictions (which they quoted on the paperwork he was sent) but I think is OK points wise at this time (I'm guessing they are going for habitual speeding by quoting previous).

Safe to assume he'll get a ban ? If so is there any point in getting some legal help involved to try and avoid the ban (preferring fine+points in his case) or is that a waste of time ? Any recommendations for speeding aware legal people ?

Yeah - he shouldn't keep getting caught speeding, but he did . . .

Info appreciated

Fd

Post by ed » Wed Aug 01, 2007 3:56 pm

Hi Fd,

If he needs his licence for work you can usually get off a ban but only once.

Its not his livelihood they care about its the livelihood of others ie employees, giving granny a lift to the shop etc etc. Usually suited and booted + lawyer in court helps. Really depends on the mood of the migistrate on the day and the road conditions etc etc of the offence. HTH cheers Ed

Brunty · Post by **Brunty** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 4:15 pm

Nicola was caught doing 97 on the m6 a few years back, it went to court and she wrote a pleading letter. Ended up with standard 3 points £60.

tut · Post by **tut** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:02 pm

Just sending the form back in and pleading guilty. However I have put the following in as mitigating circumstances, most of which is, of course, true.

I have to send in both my new style driving licence and the part two, but fortunately I had misplaced my part two a while back, and got new licences. This means that I can send them in, but still have a licence for France next week.

Should know the result by the time that I get back.

tut

"Your Honour

I was hoping to attend the court hearing, but I can now no longer travel that distance. I am a 66 year old, 100% disabled War Pensioner, now on crutches, but since the speeding offence in March, my condition has deteriorated, and I will soon have to use a wheelchair.

I have no defence for exceeding the speed limit on the Motorway, but I did not realise or intend to go above 90mph. I had just bought the Lotus Elise as I had always wanted one, but could not afford one, but this was one of the oldest ones, and left hand drive, so I bought it cheaply. This was my first journey away from home, and on a Motorway, for many years, and I went down to the Lotus Show at Donington with the Lotus Elise Club for the weekend. I was in the middle of the group, so I did not have to navigate, and went at the same speed as they did with no problems.

However when we left Donington to come home on the Sunday, I had a vibration in my front wheel and had to call the AA. They came very quickly, the wheel nuts were loose, so I was soon on my way, but my friends were well ahead of me, I was not comfortable driving on my own, so I arranged to meet them at the Scotch Corner Services. I wanted to get home before night and not hold them up, so I set my speed the same as the cars that were overtaking me.

As my car is a LHD, the speedometer is marked in kms/hr, but it does not have the usual inner circle of mph. The conversion is 5/8ths, so I was halving it and adding a bit, and cruising at around 150km/hr. However as the Police officer pointed out, this was not accurate enough and equated to 94mph, or 97 when he actually targeted me.

I realise that regardless, this was my own fault, but wished to point out that it was not intentional, and I had not realised that I was driving at over 90mph. He also explained that if I had been driving at 95mph, I would have received a fixed penalty of 3 points and a £60 fine, but I was in the 95-100 band, which meant a Court Summons.

I can now no longer drive the Elise and have a Motability car. As I can only walk a short distance, I do depend on the car for my independence and not be housebound, so I would be grateful if you could take this into consideration if there was a possibility of losing my licence.

I have been driving for fifty years now and never had any points on my licence, nor been charged or convicted of any offence.

Yours faithfully

David Duncan"

RDH · Post by **RDH** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:07 pm

Chancing old git!

robin · Post by **robin** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:18 pm

Can you spell perjury ... (I can't

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Post by **Shug** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:30 pm

..I'm welling up here