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Progressing nicely 
up the M40 in the outside lane tonight. Cars ahead of me all doing a similar speed, and the car behind me (with those nice xenon lights!) keeping up.
After a few miles of this i start turning off for my junction and car behind follows and puts his other lights on. Fcuk.
No Officer i don't know why you've pulled me over
It's 70 isn't it
Well sir, you were doing in excess of 110mph. Fcuk
However between the 2 bridges we measured the vehicle with Vascar you were doing 96mph and...
Ended up with a fixed penalty of £60 and 3 points. Very bloody lucky. They'd obviously had a good day and were being lenient... thanks guys
(Decided not to rant about speed cameras causing accidents and why weren't they catching real criminals)
Questions:-
1. The ticket has a code of X570 - vehicle driving in excess of 70mph. Do i need to declare to my insurance company come renewal i was doing 96 or can i just say over 70? (Just wondering whether the amount over the limit affects the premium)
2. Just checked my licence and the address is my old address. Is this going to be a problem for the producer? (everything else is in order)
3. When i said i was just following the cars ahead, they said they had the index of the car ahead and he would be getting a summons/ticket through the post. How likely is this?
thanks
>>> Edited by waylander on Wednesday 9th October 22:08
up the M40 in the outside lane tonight. Cars ahead of me all doing a similar speed, and the car behind me (with those nice xenon lights!) keeping up. After a few miles of this i start turning off for my junction and car behind follows and puts his other lights on. Fcuk.
No Officer i don't know why you've pulled me over
It's 70 isn't it
Well sir, you were doing in excess of 110mph. Fcuk
However between the 2 bridges we measured the vehicle with Vascar you were doing 96mph and...
Ended up with a fixed penalty of £60 and 3 points. Very bloody lucky. They'd obviously had a good day and were being lenient... thanks guys
(Decided not to rant about speed cameras causing accidents and why weren't they catching real criminals)
Questions:-
1. The ticket has a code of X570 - vehicle driving in excess of 70mph. Do i need to declare to my insurance company come renewal i was doing 96 or can i just say over 70? (Just wondering whether the amount over the limit affects the premium)
2. Just checked my licence and the address is my old address. Is this going to be a problem for the producer? (everything else is in order)
3. When i said i was just following the cars ahead, they said they had the index of the car ahead and he would be getting a summons/ticket through the post. How likely is this?
thanks
>>> Edited by waylander on Wednesday 9th October 22:08
Wrong address on your licence isn't a problem – mine's been out of date for about five years, and the police have never even grumbled when I've been to produce.
They'll not get me to carry a photograph ID card that easily.
In fact, my girlfriend's licence is registered to where she lived several houses ago – and they didn't even change it when they added points to her licence.
Editied because I seem to have sausage fingers today
>> Edited by spoonman on Thursday 10th October 09:09
They'll not get me to carry a photograph ID card that easily.
In fact, my girlfriend's licence is registered to where she lived several houses ago – and they didn't even change it when they added points to her licence.
Editied because I seem to have sausage fingers today
>> Edited by spoonman on Thursday 10th October 09:09
It is a finable offence and I have heard of it being enforced. Something like £1,000. Which would make your eyes water. Just think - you could have half a Cerbera clutch for that!
What is wrong with having a driving licence with a photo on it? It's only a bit of laminated card. There is no magnetic strip on it containing your life history.
What is wrong with having a driving licence with a photo on it? It's only a bit of laminated card. There is no magnetic strip on it containing your life history.
No DVLA code of X570. Long time since I studied one but would guess it's cop number. X Division representing traffic, 570 being the officer.
As for insurance, only answer what they ask, SP50. What speed ? Selective amnesia can be quite a sudden thing, watch out for it - a bit more than you were watching out for that traffic car though.
As for insurance, only answer what they ask, SP50. What speed ? Selective amnesia can be quite a sudden thing, watch out for it - a bit more than you were watching out for that traffic car though.
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Having the wrong adress on your license isstupid. What if you lost it and someone tried to post it back to you or it was some kind of emergency.
No, driving at high speed at night with a cop car behind you is stupid
I haven't lost the licence, just got the old address on it and i can't think of any dire emergency that would require a driving licence ( a heart bypass perhaps)
Keep thinking of the children though
£1000 - ouch. I'll found out Saturday.
i think i'll just call it an SP50 on renewal and say no speed was mentioned.
thanks
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Having the wrong adress on your license is
What kind of emergency, exactly? Like a producer, perhaps? Even car hire companies aren't bothered about it being in the wrong address as long as you've got other ID. And you'll only lose your licence if you take it out of the house with you (or Mr Magistrate relieves you of it).
Honestly, moving house and forgetting to update your driving licence is the least of the police's worries. And, Waylander, it's the least of yours. When you take it in, just apologise and say you didn't realise. You're out of the woods already.
I was stopped recently - pretty much the same circumstances. My plastic photo license had the wrong address but the officer made no comment on that. What he did ask for was the paper counterpart. Which surprised me as I thought the plastic was the license. Big mistake!!
The plastic is not a license - the plastic and the paper counterpart are. So we now have 2 items that make up a driving license not one as before - progress uh?
So I present my plastic card at the local cop shop and the officer has has to caution me for not having the paper counterpart and report me. They take my plastic license and send it off to the force that issued the FPN.
I then get a snotty letter from them but no help or instructions on what I should do. I check with the DVLA. I need to fill in a D1 or something and send £17 pound for the priiviledge of getting a replacement paper counterpart and a new plastic with my current address. In the meantime the Hampshire Constabulary have my plastic license. So I have to get that back to send it off to the DVLA to get the replacements.
So far so good, the DVLA have returned my paperwork and I will now sent it off to Hampshire plod.
Question: Why have we moved to a plastic license that is not a license?
Answer: it was the only way the government could introduce an ID card.
It is a pity that the plastic card is not a smart card (the DVLA have all info on a computer so why we need paper part to the license I dont know). The replacement card had all my details including the original photo and my signature (electronically stored). This would make the whole process of FPN easy - one swipe and the plod can enter the points plus they could take a credit card swipe at the same time.
The plastic is not a license - the plastic and the paper counterpart are. So we now have 2 items that make up a driving license not one as before - progress uh?
So I present my plastic card at the local cop shop and the officer has has to caution me for not having the paper counterpart and report me. They take my plastic license and send it off to the force that issued the FPN.
I then get a snotty letter from them but no help or instructions on what I should do. I check with the DVLA. I need to fill in a D1 or something and send £17 pound for the priiviledge of getting a replacement paper counterpart and a new plastic with my current address. In the meantime the Hampshire Constabulary have my plastic license. So I have to get that back to send it off to the DVLA to get the replacements.
So far so good, the DVLA have returned my paperwork and I will now sent it off to Hampshire plod.
Question: Why have we moved to a plastic license that is not a license?
Answer: it was the only way the government could introduce an ID card.
It is a pity that the plastic card is not a smart card (the DVLA have all info on a computer so why we need paper part to the license I dont know). The replacement card had all my details including the original photo and my signature (electronically stored). This would make the whole process of FPN easy - one swipe and the plod can enter the points plus they could take a credit card swipe at the same time.
Here's a good one - I thought I heard somewhere that you dont have to answer a question where your answer is likely to incriminate you - so when the Blue Bandit asks you your speed, if it was over the limit - what should you do? - if you say '90 occifer' then you're done, but if you say ' not telling' then you will also be done for some other trumped up thing out of spite more than likely. What is all this utter nonsense about speed? - lets get on the case of crap drivers - who are very often slow/half sighted/ignorant of the highway code/inconsiderate of road conditions/drunk/dont know where the 'fog lights off' button is. We the drivers are actually a major part of 'the society' that the idiot police policy makers are supposed to be working for.
This rant will never be over - its all wrong!!! Speed doesnt kill - idiots do. (feel bit better now)
This rant will never be over - its all wrong!!! Speed doesnt kill - idiots do. (feel bit better now)
NEVER say what your speed is.
ASK them how fast they "think" you were going. It's their problem to prove it, sometimes you can be pulle don suspicion of speeding, if you admit to something in excess of the limit you are in the shite, and they don't need to prove a thing as you have confessed.
Or just pick a speed less than 15mpg over the limit, as this is only 3 points. What they going to do? shoot you? remember than anyhting you say WILL* be used against you if it makes up the figures for that month.
rgds.
* with the exception of a few really nice coppers out there who don't think that XX speed on a dry empty road is bad.
ASK them how fast they "think" you were going. It's their problem to prove it, sometimes you can be pulle don suspicion of speeding, if you admit to something in excess of the limit you are in the shite, and they don't need to prove a thing as you have confessed.
Or just pick a speed less than 15mpg over the limit, as this is only 3 points. What they going to do? shoot you? remember than anyhting you say WILL* be used against you if it makes up the figures for that month.
rgds.
* with the exception of a few really nice coppers out there who don't think that XX speed on a dry empty road is bad.
I know of people who have had their wallet stolen with license in it. The license was then used to gain credit. Person was then blacklisted because of defaulted credit-card debt. Took them ages to get off the blacklist. Wouldn't have happened if they didn't have the correct address on their driving license.
andrewh said: Having the wrong adress on your license is
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