Kent Police promote marital harmony
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Imagine the scenario, I got home last night to find on the doormat not one but two suspicious looking pull apart envelopes. On opening the first one I find it loveingly telling me that the Griffith has been Gatsoed at 46 in a 30 and that as the registered keeper it's own up, grass or your nicked......shit bugger bollox......ho hum £60 and 3 points its been a long time coming take it on the chin.
However there's still envelope two to deal with and that one looks even more worrying now. Hold on this one's addressed to Mrs Mel, there you go dear its addressed to you
to be informed the Passat has been Gatsoed at 41 in a 30 three days later and about a mile away. However because of the time of day the finger of guilt is being very firmly pointed at me as having been the driver
, so marital hostilities are looking very likely at this point. Mrs Mel to her credit did have the initial reaction of "well I suppose I'd better take three of them, you can't have six points on your license" (through clenched teeth 
). But hold on lets have a look at these two, check dates etc etc ah ha well my dear it appears you don't have much choice anyway because you were actually driving the Griff when that happened, because I was in the Freelander in front of you . So we're now in the great position where I've got to grass on her and her on me, lets just hope that the initials N & M along with the same surnames and addresses are just too much for the ticket office to cope with and it all goes tits up in the chaos of paperwork. Above all what pisses me off is that she "beat" me bloody 46mph and I only got a 41
However there's still envelope two to deal with and that one looks even more worrying now. Hold on this one's addressed to Mrs Mel, there you go dear its addressed to you
to be informed the Passat has been Gatsoed at 41 in a 30 three days later and about a mile away. However because of the time of day the finger of guilt is being very firmly pointed at me as having been the driver, so marital hostilities are looking very likely at this point. Mrs Mel to her credit did have the initial reaction of "well I suppose I'd better take three of them, you can't have six points on your license" (through clenched teeth ). But hold on lets have a look at these two, check dates etc etc ah ha well my dear it appears you don't have much choice anyway because you were actually driving the Griff when that happened, because I was in the Freelander in front of you . So we're now in the great position where I've got to grass on her and her on me, lets just hope that the initials N & M along with the same surnames and addresses are just too much for the ticket office to cope with and it all goes tits up in the chaos of paperwork. Above all what pisses me off is that she "beat" me bloody 46mph and I only got a 41 
I can't be arsed Carl. To tell the truth we know exactly who was driving each car, we both knew the Gatso's were there, (the cameras are bloody flourescent yellow) we both knew the speed limits, and we both broke them, the NIP's have been issued in time and everything appears to be correct. No matter how much I hate the bloody cameras, the bottom line is we knew the "enemy" and still got caught, the "grown up" thing to do in this case is take it on the chin. Well and hope they cock up the paperwork
Mel, I could be bothered if it was me. 120 quid, and 6 points at stake, even between 2 people...
Best you don't get flashed next time, or maybe think about things before posting..?
no worries, I know you can afford it, and so does the Gov'mnt. Unlucky though. Please don't give them any more money or they'll build even more cameras.
rgds.
Best you don't get flashed next time, or maybe think about things before posting..?
no worries, I know you can afford it, and so does the Gov'mnt. Unlucky though. Please don't give them any more money or they'll build even more cameras. rgds.
no, I think that's true, but it doesn't matter in the case of NIPs - the upshot woudl be that they can't show who was driving the car, so either the reg.keeper picks up the speeding ticket or ends up with failure to provide information - 6pts, bigger fine and an insurance problem.
Fatboy said: I thought husband and wife couldn't testify against each other? Or was that just a film?
I went to court yesterday for speeding, and for failing to provide information about who was driving.
As soon as I entered a guilty plea for speeding, they dropped the other charge.
They then whacked me with 6 points and an 800 pound fine, though, so my obvious contrition didn't seem to do as much good as I'd hoped.
Bloody means testing.
As soon as I entered a guilty plea for speeding, they dropped the other charge.
They then whacked me with 6 points and an 800 pound fine, though, so my obvious contrition didn't seem to do as much good as I'd hoped.
Bloody means testing.
A colleague of mine's husband got gatso'd a coiple of months ago. As he'd already collected 9 points and her licence was clean she generously agreed to take the points. AND the fine.
And then ...
The stupid, ungrateful to$$er did the same thing on the same stretch of road again three weeks later.
And she took the points again for him!
And then ...
The stupid, ungrateful to$$er did the same thing on the same stretch of road again three weeks later.
And she took the points again for him!
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