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2 months and a £1500 fine for doing 75 in a 3o mph limit.
The *******s even showed me on local TV, along with footage of the 2 ***** givin it some.
:(
It was going to be a 4 month ban, but I had a really good solicitor.
Have a nice christmas
Pauly_Boy
02-12-2002, 18:42
Holy C**p! :eek:
£1500, that is alot of money, mind you, why were ya actually doing 70 in a 30zone in the first place?
:eek:
You could've bought my car for that, you inconsiderate fool.
However, meep. Yeah, you've learnt your lesson. And although it may've been silly. That's a heck of a lot of money to lose :(
http://www2.itv.com/carltonwestcountry/news/full_story/?id=646368&type=WCNEWS+-+News+Story
Bad luck Vince. :( Hope your job isn't affected.
2 months will go by quick.:)
Hayley
mate thats some serious finage!
well..... sorry mate, not gonna say i condone doing 75 in a 30 but hey, not nice to see ya lose ur licence - hope all comes well in the end
Originally posted by the itv.com website
This red car clocked the fastest speed of the night - a potentially lethal 75 miles per hour on a 30 mile an hour street in the middle of Plymouth. Its driver, 21 year old Vincent Baker, today paid the price at Plymouth Magistrates Court - a sixty day driving ban and a fifteen hundred pound fine. Today others caught doing lesser speeds have been fined or banned too.
PC DUNCAN RUSSELL, Devon & Cornwall Police: "My concerns are for the safety of pedestrians and people moving about on Royal Parade as well as other road users as well. We have got speeds here of vehicles being driven at speeds up to 75mph and should one of those vehicles be involved in an incident the damage that it would cause or the injuries to the people could be catastrophic".
The police operation lasted just twenty minutes from twenty to twelve until midnight on one night in July. A total of twelve cars were recorded as speeding by a laser gun. Police want it to send a clear message.
PC DUNCAN RUSSELL, Devon & Cornwall Police: "We don't consider this type of anti social behaviour is accepted and the courts have backed us by the sentences that they have issued today".
The police hope this get tough exercise will deter boy racers or any other speeding motorists from showing off their lead footed tendencies in the city centre as the laser gun could be back at any time. Julie Skentelbery for Westcountry News.
:eek: fookinell you're famous! you bad boy!
shadowninja
02-12-2002, 19:39
ouch! hope you dont need to drive to work! :rolleyes:
I recall a story about a tvr griffith owner who thought it would be a good idea to do 90 in a 30... a pedestrian stepped out in front of him. the pedestrian didnt step out any more and the tvr owner got 2 years... so technically speaking you're pretty lucky!
I suppose if the TVR driver had been doing 140mph the pedestrian would have stepped out behind the car and so would have been safe :D
Originally posted by shadowninja
ouch! hope you dont need to drive to work! :rolleyes:
I do about 600 miles a week for work, so I'm pretty screwed so far. Fate will take its toll on my career tommorrow. Already been told to get the company car emptied etc...
And, I know how stupid a thing it was to do and so forth, and how lucky I am, I've had grief for the last 3 - 4 months, and even more agro today. This post is purely here to indicate to those interested what can happen if you try to beat the land speed record on you local town centre streets.
shadowninja
02-12-2002, 19:51
:( all the best with your job/career. I heard that if your car is essential to your work or you'd end up out of work then you'd not get a ban but alternative punishment eg higher fine or something. Can you appeal?
Pauly_Boy
02-12-2002, 20:05
Originally posted by vega
This post is purely here to indicate to those interested what can happen if you try to beat the land speed record on you local town centre streets.
No, this is what happens if your a nob! Sorry to maybe go 'against the grain' but its not bad luck, its just stupid! Undertaking as well at that speed... well..
Anyway, if ya wanna go 75, why not try those roads with 3 lanes, what are they called, thats it, MOTORWAYS.
For once, I actually agree with the law, and belive this is what dangerous driving stuff should be about, not 35 in a 30.
Sounds like you realise it was a dumb thing to do and you've had enough people telling you that.
You have to look on the bright side. Just think - you've got a good excuse not to be the designated driver over Christmas!
PhilMorrison
02-12-2002, 20:32
I just suddenly felt a whole lot better about the 4 points and £160 fine I got in court 2day for 84 in a 60. It was 4 lanes wide and empty (no excuse I know) but It HAS made me focus on my speedo a little more (good thing or bad thing?)
Sorry to hear that Vince.
As for having a go, I disagree. In cars like ours it's all too easy to creep up the speedo.
No-body buys a 200 to drive slowly. (75mph:eek: )
Chin up mate!
Alg;)
:(
Well, at least ITV have given you a new .sig pic
Originally posted by Pauly_Boy
No, this is what happens if your a nob! Sorry to maybe go 'against the grain' but its not bad luck, its just stupid! Undertaking as well at that speed... well..
Anyway, if ya wanna go 75, why not try those roads with 3 lanes, what are they called, thats it, MOTORWAYS.
For once, I actually agree with the law, and belive this is what dangerous driving stuff should be about, not 35 in a 30.
Keep your opinions you to yourself mate, like I am about my opinions on your attitude mate
tim rome
02-12-2002, 22:32
sounds like someone should organise a group buy for speed trap detectors and lazer jammers
Originally posted by tim rome
sounds like someone should organise a group buy for speed trap detectors and lazer jammers
Do we have any discount via the club?
Alg ;)
Martin T
02-12-2002, 23:21
Cant ya go to one of those speeders anonymous things? Some people lost their 3 points and just had to pay the fine, so maybe you may lose your ban. Just a thought.
Whilst we may all think its a bit silly to do 75 in a 30 zone, we all know how easy it is to get carried away sometimes (its not like we drive cars designed to stick to the speed limit) and do things that are in retrospect, stupid, after all, he has suffered a £1500 fine and a 2 month ban, and possibly lost his job. He will also suffer tremendous insurance premiums as a result, so dont add insult to injury and kick him when he's down.
Vega, hopefully you learned something today as all it takes is some p1sshead to walk out in front of you and he'll be in your next kebab. You certainly dont deserve this, but try to keep your speed down in built up areas in future.
One more thing. Allthough you got a ban, provided you dont drive like a nob, then what are your chances of getting tugged if you get a cheep runabout? Since I stopped delivering pizzas and driving an XR2, i dont think I've been pulled once. and that was over 3 years ago now.
Originally posted by Martin T
Cant ya go to one of those speeders anonymous things? Some people lost their 3 points and just had to pay the fine, so maybe you may lose your ban. Just a thought.
Whilst we may all think its a bit silly to do 75 in a 30 zone, we all know how easy it is to get carried away sometimes (its not like we drive cars designed to stick to the speed limit) and do things that are in retrospect, stupid, after all, he has suffered a £1500 fine and a 2 month ban, and possibly lost his job. He will also suffer tremendous insurance premiums as a result, so dont add insult to injury and kick him when he's down.
Vega, hopefully you learned something today as all it takes is some p1sshead to walk out in front of you and he'll be in your next kebab. You certainly dont deserve this, but try to keep your speed down in built up areas in future.
One more thing. Allthough you got a ban, provided you dont drive like a nob, then what are your chances of getting tugged if you get a cheep runabout? Since I stopped delivering pizzas and driving an XR2, i dont think I've been pulled once. and that was over 3 years ago now.
well said, apart from the bit about driving whilst banned - if the same p1sshead was to walk out, not end up a kebab but a vegetable in the salad part instead (sorry for the politically incorrect terminlogy) then poor ol vega would be sued for every penny and then some! Ooh, and if he gets caught by the fuzz, then its time for another culinary delight - PORRIDGE!
wouldnt recommend it mate, 2 months aint that long of a time and is not worth taking the risk for..... but i guess you would already know that
I got banned for a month for doing 100mph on the motorway (in a 1.6 Golf!). It was not fun. I had to cycle everywhere. :(
Still, got me fit! :D
And it's probably not helped my already horrendous insurance premiums, either, especially since I got my fixed penalty for 50mph in a 30 the week I bought my '*****.
I sympathise completely mate, and I can guess how you feel. Just look forward to the day when they allow you back behind the wheel!
Nice to see the boys in blue concentrating on REAL crime:rolleyes:
Sorry I can't condone it but then I'm sure you've learnt your lesson:o
Sorry about the rant and I know all about the speed in its place thing but it just annoys me when you get horribly busted for speed when 'pikeys' (see other thread) etc get away with alot worse:mad: :mad: :mad:
Organised gun crime is on the up, and I can really see me being seriously chuffed when I get caught up in a cross fire problem the next time I'm working in Brixton, and PC Ham on brown bread is out busting people for 35 in a 30:mad:
I now spend too much time looking at my speedo when I should be looking at the road. So when I run someone over at 28 mph I will of course say that I wasn't looking as I was too worried about doing 1mph over the speed limit:rolleyes:
Can't condone the speed you was doing mate, but we've mostly all done it before. You were just v.unfortunate to get nabbed. Whatever you do though, just take the ban on the chin and don't be tempted to drive whilst on a ban. You'll get truly fecked up by the law, seems to be the one thing courts hate more than p1ssheads behind the wheel.
Martin T
03-12-2002, 00:27
Originally posted by arry
well said, apart from the bit about driving whilst banned - if the same p1sshead was to walk out, not end up a kebab but a vegetable in the salad part instead (sorry for the politically incorrect terminlogy) then poor ol vega would be sued for every penny and then some! Ooh, and if he gets caught by the fuzz, then its time for another culinary delight - PORRIDGE!
wouldnt recommend it mate, 2 months aint that long of a time and is not worth taking the risk for..... but i guess you would already know that
Good point - I forgot that insurance doesn't cover you for driving whilst banned. Of course said vegetable might need a lot of money for care in the future.
75 - in a 30?? holy sh!t
imho you deserve that - and i am suprised that you didn't get longer to b honest...
and as for comments like "didn't buy cars to drive slowly"... I know ppl with cars far more powerful than yours (and i think mine might be quicker) who don't resort to 75 in a 30...
On a motorway, fair enough. but most 30s are there for a relatively good reason.
2 months will pass quickly enough. sadly the high insurance premiums won't (and I'm nearly 21 so i know what they can be like)
i think everythings been said that needs to be said, i suppose one way of looking at it is at least the wait for your court apearence is over, thats probably half the battle, just not knowing what your going to be fined, etc.
Whether anyone condones vegas actions or not, the bloke has more than learnt his lesson, i just hope you keep your job mate.
2 months, that gives you till the 2nd of feb, any mods you can do whilst the cars off the road?!?! (Joke)
Chin up mate, dunno really what else to say, one day youll look back at this and laugh.
Jas :)
Originally posted by Starionman
75 - in a 30?? holy sh!t
imho you deserve that - and i am suprised that you didn't get longer to b honest...
and as for comments like "didn't buy cars to drive slowly"... I know ppl with cars far more powerful than yours (and i think mine might be quicker) who don't resort to 75 in a 30...
On a motorway, fair enough. but most 30s are there for a relatively good reason.
Three damn good points I'd like to have made first! Really, anyone can do 75 in a 30 zone, whether they're in a 200sx, a Skyline, or a 1100cc Fiesta. It's the driver that makes that choice - don't blame your car for your own mistakes. It's just a question of risk - at 120 on a motorway, you're mostly just risking yourself, and that level of risk is pretty low; at 75 in a 30 zone, you're risking pedestrians who are always around, and who you'd never stop in time for, and then you'd really be in the sh!t, sharing a double cell with a large aggressive sex-starved bruiser called Brian... :eek:
One of my friends got 9 months for 'death by dangerous driving', after she'd just 'nosed out' from behind a bus to see if it was clear, and run into an oncoming car, killing the occupants. Just think how f*cking awful that'd be, and how it'd haunt you for the rest of your life. (On the bright side, the university that'd accepted her gave her a year deferment on her course. You can imagine the Freshers' Week conversations - "what did you do in your Gap year then?" :D )
ANyway, I digress; 2 months will go quickly, and we're all allowed to make mistakes once in a while (and we all do) - it's the beauty of being human! Just go easy, huh? :)
I got done doing 66 in a 30...
Got off mildly with 6 points and a £300 fine :( TBH I'm lucky I didn't get a ban.
I've learned my lesson though.... Whenever I get an NIP through the post now I tell the pigs is was someone else driving... ;) :p
Stick that up yer piggy arses... Filth!
NIP through the post? Are you importing illegal immegrants again? ;) :D
Seriously, though, what IS a NIP?
SteveCarter200
03-12-2002, 12:22
Sorry to hear about this matey. The important bit is keeping your job. The 2 months will pass easily, trust me, I know. Ive spent far too long with my license located in Swansea (multiply your ban by 18:(), its a sh1t but you get by.
As said, dont drive while you are banned. I did years ago and got away very lightly but nowadays the courts are super strict about this.
Whilst I have absolutely no sympathy with you for the ban and the fine (in fact I think you were VERY lucky not to get done for dangerous driving) I can understand how it happened as I found myself doing 90 in a 40 zone (dual carriageway bypass) at the weekend showing a Astra GSi who was boss. Scared me rigid when I looked at the speedo and saw my speed and I immediately slowed down to the limit and considered myself lucky to get away with it.
I consider myself even luckier now in view of your punishment.
As has already been said, don't drive whilst disqualified because in such circumstances you would deserve a custodial sentence.
Originally posted by Tombs
NIP through the post? Are you importing illegal immegrants again? ;) :D
Seriously, though, what IS a NIP?
Notice of Intended Prosecution....
It's the filthy pigs way of trying to bully you into owning up, without the niceties that proper criminals get, like trial by jury, or being considered innocent until prooven guilty :mad:
WHY are motorists considered guilty until proven innocent, when our entire legal system is based on people being innocent until PROVEN guilty? I'm sure it's so the Police don't have to do any bl**dy work to earn revenue of innocent motorists :mad:
I'm well off on one now :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
Come the revolution I'll spare no mercy for the squealing filthy pigs :mad: Grrr....
Pauly_Boy
03-12-2002, 13:18
Originally posted by SteveCarter200
Sorry to hear about this matey. The important bit is keeping your job. The 2 months will pass easily, trust me, I know. Ive spent far too long with my license located in Swansea (multiply your ban by 18:(), its a sh1t but you get by.
As said, dont drive while you are banned. I did years ago and got away very lightly but nowadays the courts are super strict about this.
So you got banned for 3 years :eek:
No matter what car your in, you can tell the differance between 75 and 30, esp when you undertaking cars! Won't be doing that again for a while, 2 months at least :rolleyes:
I think the lesson we all need to learn is not to get goaded into anything. Vince wasn't the only one there that night, but because he had the quickest car he hits the headlines.
There a lot of kids around here that try to push you into racing, especially in the city centre after dark. All they've got is ****ty little Nova's and the like, that would need a mile of road to get to 75, not the 1/4 mile drag strip otherwise known as Royal Parade that Vince was caught on. It doesn't take many seconds to reach 75 if you dump it whilst doing 30-40.
Who can honestly say they never looked back and said "that was a stupid thing to do", the difference is the we have got away with. Vince has had to learn the hard way.
just to add my 2p, while no one can say it was alright what happened....so what?
my point is, just because Vega has been shown up for what he did it doesnt make any difference to what anyone else has done. I will take a good bet that everyone else who is giving all this "you deserve it" crap has at one point made mistakes, whether you went up to 40mph in a 30 or something, just that extra 10mph is a killer, and even if you didnt speed ever in your life (yeah right) you will have done something else stupid, like drive after drinking, drive when too tired, pull into someone else lane on the motorway without seeing them.....people make mistakes, in my opinion, Vega has been nothing but humble in what he's done so everyone else jumping in to say he deserves what he got aint needed, he already knows that....stop judging people from your computers.....he did it, hes sorry, hes been made an example of, hes letting you know so that you are aware of what happens if you break the law, now back the **** off and give him a break.......
What gets me is that the police say they set up speed traps to make roads safer....
If that was the case, surely they'd advertise the fact that they were ther, so people would slow down???
OBviously not, they find that if people know they're there, then nobody speeds past (nice and safe), and no revenue is generated. THAT is why they hide like cowards behind bushes, and don't do the sensible thing which is to make themselves highly visible and warn motorists.
What is safe about letting people speed, and then fining them? Surely being visible and stopping speeding is much better than letting them speed?
Pretty lucky me.
Had a car up my arse through a village one night (about 2am), as soon as it opened into country road I booted it (won't do that again!)........then the blue flashing lights :eek:
Unfortunatley I was still in the 30 limit even though there was no chance of hitting anything other than a suicidal rabit.
They said they had me doing 70mph and let me off.
Lucky man
Pauly_Boy
03-12-2002, 13:53
Saying that, i think in this case they have done more than enough. I can see a fair few people sticking to 30 down there instead of there foot slipping.
aw well, at least they can have a few beers without worrying about driving.
Ive hit silly speeds through local city centres when its late and the ring roads empty of cars and pedestrians. Doesnt take a lot of foot and loud pedal to hit a ton in a decent performance car and whilst I dont agree with driving dangerously or fast in unsuitable conditions I do think that if its safe then the speed limit can go take a jump. A 30mph speed limit on a duel carriage way with no pavements, no traffic and no turnings on to it (until after the next set of lights etc) is going to be completely ignored by my good self if I feel the urge ;) Stupid maybe but certainly not dangerous to anyone else and thats what counts.
Screaming past schools etc is, however, most certainly not big or clever.
F**king ell £1500 !!!! where do they get off on figures like that ? :mad: :mad: :mad:
Then again I suppose someones got fund Mr Plods compo claim
when hes got a sprained wrist or gets stressed out with work!! :mad: :mad:
Ok 75 in a 30 is a tad excessive ( I've been done 62 in a 30 got 6 pts and £220 fine for that ) but are you being done for a potential accident when in reality nothing happened with that sort of thinking anyone who gets charged with assault should get 15 yrs
afterall he might have killed his victim !!!
I think predestrians should take more responsibility for their actions as well , like keeping their bloody eyes open when crossing the road , humans tend to come off second best when they mix it with vechicles!!:rolleyes: :rolleyes:
I agree with everything thats been said ... but did you see the picture in the link given at the top?? why the hell is that road a 30mph limit??? looks like a bloody dual carriageway to me!
Dave
Originally posted by Dave_S
I agree with everything thats been said
PMSL, how can you agree with conflicting views? LOL Lazy ass, get off the bloody fence ;) :p :D
Jezz_S13
03-12-2002, 15:18
LOL yeah I agree with it all too, I reckon he should be sent to jail, put on death row, then let off and compensated for character deformation. LOL
LOL
Maybe I should have explained that a little better.
I agree that is was wrong
I agree that we all do things wrong
I agree that he should have got more than a 2 month ban
I agree that we should get off of his back as he's learned his lesson.
See, I've agreed with everything :p :D
Dave
Unfortunately Vince made the paper tonight, but reading the article it seems he has been treated very harshly on the fine.
Story in paper (http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=98912&command=displayContent&sourceNode=98821&contentPK=3161895)
philrob2000
03-12-2002, 17:11
Hello Vince. They're really taking the pi$$ now M8. You've got the Front Page of the Herrald. I knew this town is borring but you were only speeding at the end of the day. Sensationalism or what. (Hmm, spell checker needed on here). I wonder if these journalists (or any one else) can all say hand on heart that they haven't ever broke the law by speeding. I of course would never break the speed limit:rolleyes:
Anyway. Just think they're going to far M8. A speeding fine making the front page, what they trying to prove.:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :(
bond_200
03-12-2002, 17:14
Too right did he get it bad - very harsh in my view! Some were doing 65odd and didn't get a fine anywhere near that much. I don't think that the punishments were dealt out very fairly- what fecking difference is it gonna make to a pedestrian if they are hit at 75 or 65? Not alot as they will be dead from either. Same punishment to all of them would have been reasonable.
Anyway Vega, hope you keep your job and at least your car will feel fast once you are allowed to drive it again, push bikes dont quite have the same feel of power ;)
philrob2000
03-12-2002, 17:25
Just been looking @ what the other people got fined. Yours was way higher. What did your brief say about appealing the fine on the ground that it's unreasonably high compared to all the others? Don't suppose you want to keep going over it but it may be worth a thaught M8.
amcluesent
03-12-2002, 18:49
Be interesting to see how the two who pleaded not guilty get on at the magistrates court. Isn't the penalty generally doubled if you contest it and lose the case, to frighten drivers into accepting the NIP and taking the points/fine/ban.
tim rome
03-12-2002, 20:04
Originally posted by amcluesent
Be interesting to see how the two who pleaded not guilty get on at the magistrates court. Isn't the penalty generally doubled if you contest it and lose the case, to frighten drivers into accepting the NIP and taking the points/fine/ban.
but there seem to be lots of little loop holes, if uve got a few hours check
this out http://www.speed-trap.co.uk/index.html
fcuk me! everyone else practically got away with it comparitively. WTF???
Dave
I'd like to know why that girls case went to court in the first place - 43 in a 30? surely that's a fixed penalty? I think they were out to make an example, especially of Vega as he seems to have received a dispropotionate punishment when compared to the others.
The Gill
04-12-2002, 15:52
"Paul Bellringer, aged 21, of Hemmerdon Heights, Plympton, was fined £100, plus £35 costs, after pleading guilty to speeding along the same stretch at 57 mph."
Maybe this guy got such a paltry fine because the magistrate thought that publishing his surname would be punishment enough !
PMSL
Paul "BELLRINGER" !
ROFL
The funniest name I'd heard for a long tim was Brownsword but thats just as good!
lol
:D
i currently insure a Mr A Gay, a Mr B Dick and a Mr N Cock :D
best one ever though had to be someone ringin up to put another driver on their policy..... it was a Mr Roydes on the fone, and he was adding his daughter EMMA (EMMAROYDES!) I damn near pished meself i can tell ya rofl :)
EDITED
Stop this crap before you even start it please. If I see one more post like this from you, I'll hit the ban button!
Originally posted by Owen
EDITED
:confused: Have I missed something here? :confused:
more importantly have i missed something?? :confused:
Nathan_200sx
04-12-2002, 17:15
Originally posted by arry
more importantly have i missed something?? :confused:
Same here:confused: :confused:
Sorry to hear that they used you as an example vince, it was well harsh and a typical pulicity stunt by the police to show they do something. just 20 mins work and they have panderd to the bleeding heart brigade. Just goes to show doesnt it, the report say that lots of drunken revelers where coming out of pubs, yet the police sit on a bridge nicking speeder's instead of sorting out people fighting and smashing things up. (which does go on in every city at throwing out time) you may think Im being a bit unreasonable here but my mate at work has just got back from court after he was glassed in the face earlier this year, the guy who did it got off virtualy scott free. Justice? I think not! a careless speeder gets fined heavily, losses his licence and possibly job while a violent thug who thinks nothing of pushing glasses into peoples faces (what would heve happend if he had a knife) gets away with a slap on the wrists an told not to do it again. Sickening!
Papa Lazarou
04-12-2002, 20:27
CAn't think of much to say except hope you get through this OK Vince :) It could have been worse, but I don't see why your fine is so much more than everyone elses.
Cheers guys.
The fine is massive as I had to effectively "buy back" time from the court. The original ban was meant to be 4 months, but that would have definately kissed my job goodbye.
I currently have work to do, but at the moment, morale is low, and I am just going to end up jacking the job in.
Arry, any idea how this will affect my insurance?
The car is also going to have to go, so if anyone is after any S13 parts, get your butt over to the for sale section. If there is enough interested, its gone.
Cheers, Vince
Vince
No mate, sorry - im a bit out of touch with private car TBH.... havent done it in a while now. What conviction code did you get? was it an sp prefix or cd?
if its an sp then i dont see it being toooo much of a problem (well, not as bad) but if its cd then its a bit yucky really - sorry! cant speculate other than that.
Martin T
04-12-2002, 23:44
Originally posted by vega
Cheers guys.
The fine is massive as I had to effectively "buy back" time from the court. The original ban was meant to be 4 months, but that would have definately kissed my job goodbye.
I currently have work to do, but at the moment, morale is low, and I am just going to end up jacking the job in.
Arry, any idea how this will affect my insurance?
The car is also going to have to go, so if anyone is after any S13 parts, get your butt over to the for sale section. If there is enough interested, its gone.
Cheers, Vince
If its still gonna be there when you get your license back, dont leave your job (unless its sh*te anyways).
And just remember - you made a mistake, got caught and severely punished for it. I think you'll find that most of us on this board have done equally stupid things (when I was younger, I used to drive like an absolute nob, far worse than what you got caught for). Dont let it get you down. You'll probably feel better after a week or so.
Ignore the more judgemental comments on this board, as its probably a bit like the pot calling the kettle black.
However please dont drive like that in future, though - for your sake as well as other people's - I hope you learnt your lesson. It took me a (indicated) 105 MPH accident for me to learn mine.
Look on the bright side - you'll get a lot fitter with all of that cycling.:D
AshT_200
05-12-2002, 13:20
Has the law changed?
When I was done for speeding 2 years ago, the max I could have got was 56 days.
Which is what the others got.... no more? :confused:
Were you done for speeding? or something else?
Although, you can get banned for more because of the totting up system, did you go over 12 points. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, Turbo Pete?
****e mate:(
Looking at the story they have defo made an example out of you.
the others got nothing near what you got.:confused: :confused:
You have learnt your lesson, so there is no need to comment on this matter further.
Do you have to sell the car?
why cant you put it in storage or something? or sell it to someone who will let you buy it back when you have the money?
Not trying to put ideas in your head, just trying to give you ideas to think about:D
Time heals all.
AshT_200
05-12-2002, 15:04
Originally posted by arry
Vince
No mate, sorry - im a bit out of touch with private car TBH.... havent done it in a while now. What conviction code did you get? was it an sp prefix or cd?
if its an sp then i dont see it being toooo much of a problem (well, not as bad) but if its cd then its a bit yucky really - sorry! cant speculate other than that.
What's a cd?
Originally posted by AshT_200
What's a cd?
Compact Disk:D :D :D
Originally posted by AshT_200
What's a cd?
Ok, just read the quote..
dying in embrassment at the moment:o :o :o
Yeah but with the ( :D 's) around it you could have got away with it being a cheeky comment. But not now ..... LOOK EVERYONE HE SCREWED UP!! ;) :p
Dave
Careless Driving prefix as opposed to a SPeeding conviction.... sorry, must be clearer on these things ;)
Originally posted by Dave_S
Yeah but with the ( :D 's) around it you could have got away with it being a cheeky comment. But not now ..... LOOK EVERYONE HE SCREWED UP!! ;) :p
Dave
LOL
future reminder be careful when using funny face and trying to be clever.
Got a letter thismorning from the court.
I have to attend on 13th to hear my case again, as the fine of £1500 exceeds the £1000 limit for a level 3 offence.
Hope they don't increase the ban.
Nathan_200sx
05-12-2002, 17:43
Originally posted by arry
Careless Driving prefix as opposed to a SPeeding conviction.... sorry, must be clearer on these things ;)
Cross dresser sprung to mind, I thought it must have been something about driving in high heels
Maybe they will just decrease the fine ;)
Goes to show how much they clobbered you in the first place tho
Mark
Originally posted by vega
Got a letter thismorning from the court.
I have to attend on 13th to hear my case again, as the fine of £1500 exceeds the £1000 limit for a level 3 offence.
Hope they don't increase the ban.
Hopefully they will just decrease the fine. They have got the headlines they wanted. Surely they should have realised that they couldn't fine you that much in the first place.
Originally posted by vega
Got a letter thismorning from the court.
I have to attend on 13th to hear my case again, as the fine of £1500 exceeds the £1000 limit for a level 3 offence.
Hope they don't increase the ban.
I do hope they aint gonna sting you the costs of the second hearing!!!!!!!!!:eek: :eek: :mad:
Bunch of idiots, shows how much they really know about the law :rolleyes:
Amdathlonuk
05-12-2002, 20:50
Originally posted by bren
Screaming past schools etc is, however, most certainly not big or clever.
I must disagree with this Bren............................
You just have to make sure the window is open so everyone can hear you......:p :D
Originally posted by Amdathlonuk
I must disagree with this Bren............................
You just have to make sure the window is open so everyone can hear you......:p :D
LOL :D
Oh well, chin up mate!
You never know, it may all work out for the best in the end! Life's weird like that sometimes...
I got a 6 month ban for "totting up" which was two speeding tickets and having a car parked on the road with no insurance (or engine as it happens!)..........and I haven't had any points since in 12 years.:cool:
"It's an opportunity in disguise" and other such platitudes don't help much with fines, but you never know.
Just wanted to add some support really mate. :)
Billy.
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