Got done for 46 in a 40, what's your most pathetic?

[username_checksout]

Terminator X said:

No one has ever afaik produced evidence of a ticket 33 in a 30. Make of that what you will.

TX.

If you can access historical magistrate court records, feel free to have a look at those for Norwich, April 2002. There would see my hearing listed after contesting 6 points and a several hundred pounds fine for doing 33 on the 30mph Chapelfield North carriageway at approx 8.30pm. I was caught by a speedgun-wielding police-person parked up in the entrance way of Norvic House.

[Pit Pony]

One of our local councillors, who is good friends with my wife's sister, got done for speeding in a 30.

She told my sister in law it was 31 in a 30.
My sister in law refuses to believe that there's a strong possibility she's lying through her teeth.
I went as far as saying "unless you've seen the notice of intended prosecution, with 31 clearly stated, then your friend should be judged as a liar"

My wife uses this "fact" this totally believable 31 in a 30, to chastise me, for setting the cruise control at 74 n a 70 when the GPS on Google maps is displaying 71 mph. Apparently I'm definately going to loose my licence.

[bad company]

Pit Pony said:

My wife uses this "fact" this totally believable 31 in a 30, to chastise me, for setting the cruise control at 74 n a 70 when the GPS on Google maps is displaying 71 mph. Apparently I'm definately going to loose my licence.

That’s hooligan speed. You’ll be looking at jail time imo.

[Vipers]

So what is more accurate?,

1. Sat Nav.

2. Dash Cam, or

3. Car odometer?

At car showing 60, Dash Cam shows 57?

If Dash Cam is more accurate then when I increase cc so it shows 60, car odometer reads 63.

[Pit Pony]

Vipers said:

So what is more accurate?,

1. Sat Nav.

2. Dash Cam, or

3. Car odometer?

At car showing 60, Dash Cam shows 57?

If Dash Cam is more accurate then when I increase cc so it shows 60, car odometer reads 63.

Just use

Google maps

Or DigiHUD ( on playstore)

[Sebring440]

Vipers said:

So what is more accurate?,
3. Car odometer?

Can you explain how you use the odometer to measure the car's speed? That's a new one on me.

[Vipers]

Sebring440 said:

Vipers said:

So what is more accurate?,
3. Car odometer?

Can you explain how you use the odometer to measure the car's speed? That's a new one on me.

Assuming I have used the correct term, (maybe should have said speedo), I have a read out on the dash of what the cc is set to, so if I keep pressing plus until it reads 60, and looking at the speedometer it matches.

[V8LM]

Cruise Control uses the same measurement as the speedometer.

GPS (Waze or whatever) is the most accurate, but is filtered (weighted average); therefore, lags and smooths speed changes over a few seconds.

[ARHarh]

Sebring440 said:

Vipers said:

So what is more accurate?,
3. Car odometer?

Can you explain how you use the odometer to measure the car's speed? That's a new one on me.

Set your mobile to stopwatch mode, start stopwatch when pulling away, at end of trip, stop stopwatch and divide miles by minutes, then multiply by 60.

Disclaimer : This may not stand up in court if you use it as evidence to get out of a speeding ticket.

[V8LM]

ARHarh said:

Sebring440 said:

Vipers said:

So what is more accurate?,
3. Car odometer?

Can you explain how you use the odometer to measure the car's speed? That's a new one on me.

Set your mobile to stopwatch mode, start stopwatch when pulling away, at end of trip, stop stopwatch and divide miles by minutes, then multiply by 60.

Disclaimer : This may not stand up in court if you use it as evidence to get out of a speeding ticket.

If only to show you must have gone faster than the average speed calculated at some point during the trip.

[Vipers]

ARHarh said:

Set your mobile to stopwatch mode, start stopwatch when pulling away, at end of trip, stop stopwatch and divide miles by minutes, then multiply by 60.

Disclaimer : This may not stand up in court if you use it as evidence to get out of a speeding ticket.

So far so good and coming to about 53 years of happy motoring.

P.S. what’s the best, digital stop watch or a wind up job

[Jim1556]

57 in a 50 - temporary speed limit for empty road works...

[Petrus1983]

Terminator X said:

No one has ever afaik produced evidence of a ticket 33 in a 30. Make of that what you will.

TX.

I was done for 33 in a 30 which I was amazed by as we were all going at the same speed so there would have been hundreds! Warminster Rd exiting Bath about 9 years ago. I did the speed awareness course and that was that.

[oyster]

Fatherdougal said:

AyBee said:

The only pathetic thing about 46 in a 40 is complaining about getting caught

Hardly. I agree with OP - not exactly crime of the century is it.

The punishment's not exactly harsh though is it?

[oyster]

Pit Pony said:

One of our local councillors, who is good friends with my wife's sister, got done for speeding in a 30.

She told my sister in law it was 31 in a 30.
My sister in law refuses to believe that there's a strong possibility she's lying through her teeth.
I went as far as saying "unless you've seen the notice of intended prosecution, with 31 clearly stated, then your friend should be judged as a liar"

My wife uses this "fact" this totally believable 31 in a 30, to chastise me, for setting the cruise control at 74 n a 70 when the GPS on Google maps is displaying 71 mph. Apparently I'm definately going to loose my licence.

Think you need to tighten up your driving.

[BertBert]

Plus8 said:

Was caught last week by camera on M62 near Leeds. 79mph, have subsequently been offered SAC. So the consensus for generally no action is 10% plus 1.

Gosh what a revelation!

[Terminator X]

bad company said:

Terminator X said:

No one has ever afaik produced evidence of a ticket 33 in a 30. Make of that what you will.

TX.

The challenge of showing proof with redacted personal details of such a ticket remains.

No one can do it other than at the request ...

TX.

[Heaveho]

Mine's pathetic, but at the other end of the spectrum. An alleged 123 in a 30 on a Yamaha YPVS 350, on a closed trading estate on a Saturday afternoon, in the early 90s. Nothing came of it, even though it was probably about right.

[evolution380]

My worse was most definitely getting an SP30 doing 35mph on a restricted moped that I rode everywhere prior full throttle assuming it maxed out at 30mph.

I then passed my test a month after turning 17 only to follow up with another SP30 2 weeks later doing 34 in a 30 and having my license revoked and needing to retake my test again.

Made insurance premiums fun for a 17 year old new driver for certain.

[carlo996]

Dingu said:

Because people are usually thick.

We call them traffic officers out of politeness.

…and 33 in a 30, although everyone told me this was impossible..

Yet another mindless SAC