first speeding ticket

northernneil
northernneil Posts: 1,549
edited March 2010 in The bottom bracket
for doing 81 on the A9 in the highlands (glorious road in the middle of no-where with no fvckers about !!)

what do you reckon I will get ?

bit worried at its a 60 limit

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  • verylonglegs
    verylonglegs Posts: 4,023
    What you will get for doing 81mph on your bike? A place in the olympic squad I should hope.
  • brin
    brin Posts: 1,122
    mandatory 3 pts, providing licence is clean, fined £?, oh, and a kick up the a**e for failing to spot the numerous cameras that operate up there.
    and another kick up the a**e for driving so fast you missed all the glorious scenery.
  • northernneil
    northernneil Posts: 1,549
    yeah clean license for 17 years so hope no more than 3

    but it wasnt a camera, they are all on my Garmin !!!! was a bl00dy van tucked away

    (to be honest good job they didnt spot me about 2 miles earlier when I was doing errr :oops: )
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    3 pts 60 quid fine. Well, that's in England anyhoo.
  • Splottboy
    Splottboy Posts: 3,695
    Yeah, you'll get nicked for bigging up Dundee, but not any other Scot's places...
  • Smokin Joe
    Smokin Joe Posts: 2,706
    You should post this in Campaign, offering £50 to anyone who will take the rap for you as you already have nine points.

    Then sit back and enjoy the 25 pages of replies you generate... :lol:
  • Chrissz
    Chrissz Posts: 727
    Ask to see the photographic evidence first. Make sure it's actually a photo that shows you at the wheel.

    There are a few other steps that can be taken - PM me if you like for a couple of tips :) Not that I know anything at all about getting off speeding tickets :wink:
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  • nwallace
    nwallace Posts: 1,465
    Splottboy wrote:
    Yeah, you'll get nicked for bigging up Dundee, but not any other Scot's places...

    Bigging up Dundee is an offence all on its own.
    Do Nellyphants count?

    Commuter: FCN 9
    Cheapo Roadie: FCN 5
    Off Road: FCN 11

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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    Chrissz wrote:
    Ask to see the photographic evidence first. Make sure it's actually a photo that shows you at the wheel.

    There are a few other steps that can be taken - PM me if you like for a couple of tips :) Not that I know anything at all about getting off speeding tickets :wink:

    Or, given that the OP got caught red handed, he could just MTFU and accept his just deserts whilst remembering the 1000s of times he (like most of us) have got away with it in the past.
    Faster than a tent.......
  • Stewie Griffin
    Stewie Griffin Posts: 4,330
    Rolf F wrote:
    Chrissz wrote:
    Ask to see the photographic evidence first. Make sure it's actually a photo that shows you at the wheel.

    There are a few other steps that can be taken - PM me if you like for a couple of tips :) Not that I know anything at all about getting off speeding tickets :wink:

    Or, given that the OP got caught red handed, he could just MTFU and accept his just deserts whilst remembering the 1000s of times he (like most of us) have got away with it in the past.

    +1 :lol:
  • nwallace
    nwallace Posts: 1,465
    brin wrote:
    mandatory 3 pts, providing licence is clean, fined £?, oh, and a kick up the a**e for failing to spot the numerous cameras that operate up there.
    and another kick up the a**e for driving so fast you missed all the glorious scenery.

    Not all that many fixed cameras on the A9 north of Perth.
    I'm sure there are 3 these days between Perth and Dalwhinnie

    Southbound: Start of the straight over the Gary to the Blair Atholl junction
    North Bound: I think it's after the Pitlochry South junction and just before Dunkeld.

    Going south there used to be one at Ballinluig that went with the upgrade, and one at Bankfoot which also went with an upgrade.

    The only bit of the A9 that actually looks nice is the dual carraigeway between CAlivine and Drumochter summit.
    Do Nellyphants count?

    Commuter: FCN 9
    Cheapo Roadie: FCN 5
    Off Road: FCN 11

    +1 when I don't get round to shaving for x days
  • northernneil
    northernneil Posts: 1,549
    cheer for the tips - they say they video evidence rather than a picture though, was southbound on way back from skiing at Dalwhinnie

    I have sent them back the for already though saying it was me .... was I wrong to ?
  • Percy Vera
    Percy Vera Posts: 1,103
    I thought they weren't allowed to hide - is this true?
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    edited March 2010
    Was that thursday? I was on the way back from skiing yesterday at Cairngorm, didn't see any vans, but I reckon a speed gun in Coire Cas might have clocked me at near 81mph a couple of times

    As far as I know it is correct that they aren't allowed to hide, you can see the reflectives from miles off, so if you got clocked at 81, you were either
    a) going much faster than that before you slowed down or
    b) you never noticed the van before it clocked you, in which case you really are a danger regardless of what actual speed you were doing

    I'm with Rolf F on this one.

    EDIT: what's wrong with Dundee anyway? I'm always happy to big up my adopted home, unlike most Dundonians, who never miss an opportunity to slag it
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    northernneil wrote:
    cheer for the tips - they say they video evidence rather than a picture though, was southbound on way back from skiing at Dalwhinnie

    I have sent them back the for already though saying it was me .... was I wrong to ?

    Course not, it was you!
    :roll:
  • da goose
    da goose Posts: 284
    Had to chuckle on Friday A38 nr Castle Motors eastbound downhill, after a fixed speed camera....just where everyone boots the accelerator only to see that small white van....must be roadworks...errr no its the road safety van.......the dude in his audi was smoking...his wallet will be soon... :roll: :roll: :oops:
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Looking at points and a fine. You won't be offered the speeders rehab thing as you were caught too far over the limit IIRC.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • brin
    brin Posts: 1,122
    nwallace wrote:
    brin wrote:
    mandatory 3 pts, providing licence is clean, fined £?, oh, and a kick up the a**e for failing to spot the numerous cameras that operate up there.
    and another kick up the a**e for driving so fast you missed all the glorious scenery.

    Not all that many fixed cameras on the A9 north of Perth.
    I'm sure there are 3 these days between Perth and Dalwhinnie

    Southbound: Start of the straight over the Gary to the Blair Atholl junction
    North Bound: I think it's after the Pitlochry South junction and just before Dunkeld.

    Going south there used to be one at Ballinluig that went with the upgrade, and one at Bankfoot which also went with an upgrade.

    The only bit of the A9 that actually looks nice is the dual carraigeway between CAlivine and Drumochter summit.

    didn't specifically mean the A9, i meant the whole of Scotland in general - there are hundreds of the buggers dotted about , and given the beautiful scenery o'er the border i can't understand anyone wanting to speed, and considering poster was heading south back to England.....why the hurry?
  • markos1963
    markos1963 Posts: 3,724
    Transportation
    Norfolk, who nicked all the hills?

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  • guinea
    guinea Posts: 1,177
    Got done at dalwhinie by a mobile speed trap 4 years ago. I was doing 87. 3pts £60.
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,156
    NapoleonD wrote:
    northernneil wrote:
    cheer for the tips - they say they video evidence rather than a picture though, was southbound on way back from skiing at Dalwhinnie

    I have sent them back the for already though saying it was me .... was I wrong to ?

    Course not, it was you!
    :roll:

    trouble ahead if you say its not you. A couple just got done for this
  • northernneil
    northernneil Posts: 1,549
    guinea wrote:
    Got done at dalwhinie by a mobile speed trap 4 years ago. I was doing 87. 3pts £60.

    cheers guinea - i'll take that to be honest but thanks I was worried 6 were on my way
  • guinea
    guinea Posts: 1,177
    I had to send my form in to Tain.

    Did you get he same address?

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