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fastest speed you have ever been nicked at
stephen_gusterson - 21/9/04 at 03:37 PM

fastest speed you have ever been nicked at

ned - 21/9/04 at 03:43 PM

don't have an option for never being nicked

Ned.

stephen_gusterson - 21/9/04 at 03:53 PM

well, mine was approx 19 years ago. I was driving a new austin montego 1.6L estate full of heavy equipment in the back. I was coming back from France when I was a service engineer. The cops pulled me over - vascar - and told me I was doing 102 mph.

In fact, I was struggling to do more than 85 mph in that setup. However, not much of a defence in court.

At that time, RAC and AA would provide free solicitors in court if it meant you could lose your license.

The story I gave was that I had a 19 day old son, and I was anxious to get back home to my wife and kid as i had spent an extra evening away than expected. Not exactly true, but then neither was 102 mph.

I got 65 pound fine, 3 points, no ban.

was told not to bring my car cos I prob wouldnt leave with license!

atb

steve

stephen_gusterson - 21/9/04 at 03:56 PM

doesnt need one - how can you vote for something that didnt exist?

your time will come......



atb

steve


PS - how many years you had a license? Mines since 1977, so Ive had plenty of time....



quote:
Originally posted by ned
don't have an option for never being nicked

Ned.

ned - 21/9/04 at 03:58 PM

Steve,

I admit to speeding, you admit to lieing in court, what's your next poll going to be on

Ned.

subk2002 - 21/9/04 at 04:26 PM

I was 18 at the time on my way home from collage cought doing 57 in a 30 he sayed 3 more and i would have lost my license
Ended up with £75 fine and 4points

P.S. How long do the points stay on for??

Drew

stephen_gusterson - 21/9/04 at 06:49 PM

quote:
Originally posted by ned
Steve,

I admit to speeding, you admit to lieing in court, what's your next poll going to be on

Ned.



Thought the next one could be fastest you have ever driven on the road.....

we digress

I actually didnt say anything.


When you plead guilty, you dont swear on the bible or anything, and if you have a lwyer he does ALL the talking.

I just gave my name and address and pleaded guilty. the lawyer then did all the talking in mitigation.

He spends 5 minutes with you prior to entering the court.


I did have a 19 day old son, and I was coming back from france, with the exception that I was expected to stay overnight. The lawyer said I was eager to get back after a night away. I just omitted to correct him

The alternative was to lose my job with a month old child.


It wasnt as if I was some kinda person that would drive at 100 in a thirty zone cos I thought I was a good driver and the conditions were right..........




atb

steve




[Edited on 21/9/04 by stephen_gusterson]

Chris_R - 21/9/04 at 07:11 PM

Check out http://www.dvla.gov.uk/drivers/endorsem.htm to find out about your points being removed.

I love speed :-P - 21/9/04 at 07:35 PM

can u 2, (i mean gusto, and ned) kiss, and make up,

stephen_gusterson - 21/9/04 at 07:39 PM

hey

who else can I rib since hippy has gone

atb

steve


quote:
Originally posted by I love speed :-P
can u 2, (i mean gusto, and ned) kiss, and make up,

Viper - 21/9/04 at 07:40 PM

Seems i am the only one to be nicked at that speed.....got me a 6 month ban and a £600 fine back in 1984

I love speed :-P - 21/9/04 at 07:42 PM

p.s. can we have another option

cant drive yet

stephen_gusterson - 21/9/04 at 07:43 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Viper
Seems i am the only one to be nicked at that speed.....got me a 6 month ban and a £600 fine back in 1984



you in the 140+ category?

thats faster than ive been on the road.......

Viper - 21/9/04 at 07:56 PM

fraid so, 3 in the morning on the north circular,they put a road block up coz they couldn't catch me, took a beating in the back of there van coz they said i hurled abuse at them ..

Mark Allanson - 21/9/04 at 08:24 PM

I got a smack in the head for doing 125mph on a deserted dual carriageway at 2:00 in the morning from a old fashioned local sargeant, told of several times, once for lighting up the rear tyres on leaving a 30 limit 25 yards early

Never booked, no points, no ban, no fine, not even a parking ticket

RoadkillUK - 21/9/04 at 09:38 PM

Nothing exciting, 45 on a 30mph road. Oddly enough it's the road I now live on.

stephen_gusterson - 21/9/04 at 09:40 PM

so police adding 15 mph to my speed to give 102mph sounds like an easy get off compared to viper and mark!

atb

steve

chrisg - 21/9/04 at 10:01 PM

I once got arrested for "air rage" on Concorde* doing mach 2, so I win.

I once passed a police patrol on the M62 at an indicated 145 mph (on the bike) but they didn't chase me, or it seems, get my number!

Lucky boy.

Cheers

Chris

*Obviously this is a big, fat lie, sorry to dissapoint.

JoelP - 21/9/04 at 10:15 PM

i got nicked by two fat gits pulling out of woolie edge services, at 105. got 6 points and had to do a retest, due to the newness of my license. very fair cop though, must be said. the speed probably was excessive for the day. sod it, ive avoided any more points (touch wood) so its not the end of the world.

garage19 - 22/9/04 at 07:20 AM

Took my old turbo blade out for an early sat morning spin.

The clocks had been damaged before i bought the bike so i had just cut the speedo off and replaced it with a boost guage.

It was one of those lovely sunny but crisp mornings and the bike was running a treat.

Copper hiding behind petrol garage before Orwell bridge caught me rolling off from silly speed.

Thought about keeping it pinned for a second but then pulled in behind traffic and waited for him to catch me up.

His gun showed 99mph but he was so impressed with my bike that he said he would write it down as 95 so there was no chance of going to court. Nice chap! 3 points £60.

That made 9 points. Bike went shortly after that.

[Edited on 22/9/04 by garage19]

chris.russell - 22/9/04 at 07:53 AM

theres unfair choises in the polling options, my car won't go above 100!

timf - 22/9/04 at 08:08 AM

135 on a bike

£600 2 week ban ( good grovel letter)

ticket looked good though

listing 6 local parishes being sped through

James - 22/9/04 at 08:13 AM

I ticked the 20-30 option as there is no 'not been nicked' option and I wanted to see the results!

James

ChrisJLW - 22/9/04 at 08:26 AM

100.0mph on the A3 North of Guildford just after the BP station.

The guy in the Jag who was 3 metres from my back bumper got away scot free as the Cop wasn't paying attention. Too busy staring down the laser view finder!

5pts £300 fine

Peteff - 22/9/04 at 08:42 AM

Where it says (view results).

phelpsa - 22/9/04 at 08:53 AM

I can't drive yet, but when I was eight me and my dad got caught at 105mph (don't know how many kph) in France without the numberplate showing (because of the bikes) in our V6 mondeo with the boot full of camping equipment on our way to the ferry as we had been stuck in traffic. They gave him a warning (because we were foreigners)!

Adam

P.S. The limit was 120

stephen_gusterson - 22/9/04 at 09:00 AM

Hi Phelpsa

the current limit in france is 68 in the dry and 82 in the wet (110 and 130 kph?)

If you are caught doing +25kph over the limit they can take your license on the spot - even if it is a foreign license.

atb

steve

when I was 8 i dont think cars did 105mph. My dad would have had a 950cc early triumph herald or an A35 austin.

phelpsa - 22/9/04 at 09:06 AM

I think you got those the wrong way round Gusto

phelpsa - 22/9/04 at 09:07 AM

And note 'they can', but they didn't (thankfully, or I would still be stck in france 5 years later).

Adam

stephen_gusterson - 22/9/04 at 09:23 AM

yeah you are right!

"officier désolé, je suis anglais. Je non comprennent ces choses"


au revoir

Steve





quote:
Originally posted by phelpsa
I think you got those the wrong way round Gusto


[Edited on 22/9/04 by stephen_gusterson]

phelpsa - 22/9/04 at 09:25 AM

Philbo - 22/9/04 at 02:37 PM

45 in a 30 - about 5 yards away from where the 30 became derestricted

And I was only doing that speed because I'd been sitting behind a tractor trailing some hay (and leaving large amounts of said hay on my car, the road etc) that was doing about 15mph. So, thinks I:

here comes my chance to get past
it's derestricted just up ahead
nothing behind
check forwards - clear
pull out
foot down
past tractor
lift off
coast down
bugger who's that jumping out behind a hedge?

Bastard copper wouldn't see it my way (was training a new guy, so was keen to do me), £60 fine, 3 pts, 5 minutes of verbal on my driving.

Worst thing was that the tractor was now in front and I had to tail him for about another 10 miles (country roads, no more opportunites).

Only points for speeding I ever got. Got 4 points for dangerous driving aged 18, thoroughly deserved, I drove like an idiot for the first 18 months after passing my test, only God's grace that I didn't kill myself or (worse) someone else. Writing off a car was a wake up call I'll never forget.

phelpsa - 22/9/04 at 03:30 PM

Blame tractor drivers for everything!

Adam