Speed Awareness Week

[underwhelmist]

If you're in Worcestershire, happy Speed Awareness Week! I joined in the fun just now by getting pulled over after being clocked at 83 on a dual carriageway (NSL with central reservation).

I got an SP30 in November in the car so doubt I'll be offered a SAC. Bugger.

[jdizz]

At least you're aware of your speed now.

[Pica-Pica]

I think you should be exempted from any points, for spelling ‘dual’ correctly.

[underwhelmist]

jdizz said:

At least you're aware of your speed now.

True, you can't say it didn't work.

Pica-Pica said:

I think you should be exempted from any points, for spelling ‘dual’ correctly.

Very kind, mind if I call you as a character witness?

[MrGman]

I wonder if we had this in Sussex recently, never seen so many camera vans! I had three weeks waiting for a letter to drop on the door mat!

[mike-v2tmf]

I think I read somewhere its nation wide , keep your eyes peeled out there

[Tribal Chestnut]

I’m fast approaching the ‘sod the big bike and get an electric bicycle’ threshold for commuting etc.

[ddom]

MrGman said:

I wonder if we had this in Sussex recently, never seen so many camera vans! I had three weeks waiting for a letter to drop on the door mat!

It's the same in Cornwall.

Plod need some loose change in the pot....

[scorcher]

Covid has cost the country dear. Time to get some cash rolling in……….

[Dog Star]

Tribal Chestnut said:

I’m fast approaching the ‘sod the big bike and get an electric bicycle’ threshold for commuting etc.

TBH for local commuting and getting across town I think my electric MTB is certainly no slower than car or motorbike and getting some places (where anti-rat run bollards are there) a lot faster. Just make sure there is somewhere safe to keep it when you get there.

[underwhelmist]

OP here, I got a speed awareness course - no fine, no points, which I consider a result.

[black-k1]

A good result.

[TimmyMallett]

Pica-Pica said:

I think you should be exempted from any points, for spelling ‘dual’ correctly.

Question: (which I could Google but reasons...) -One of the defining characteristics of a DC is having a central reservation. We have one here in sunny Swindon that has a central reservation (a patch of grass approx 2m wide) but no dividing barrier. Is that therefore still NSL 70?

[Dr Jekyll]

TimmyMallett said:

Question: (which I could Google but reasons...) -One of the defining characteristics of a DC is having a central reservation. We have one here in sunny Swindon that has a central reservation (a patch of grass approx 2m wide) but no dividing barrier. Is that therefore still NSL 70?

Yes, the defining feature is a barrier. To oversimplify slightly, if you can't roll a golf ball from one side to the other, it's a DC.

[underwhelmist]

I thought the central reservation was the important bit, not the presence/absence of a barrier. I dare say I'll be able to say for sure after my SAC

[rexwexford.]

underwhelmist said:

OP here, I got a speed awareness course - no fine, no points, which I consider a result.

thats really impressive, i'd be over the moon.

i got stopped doing 91 on the motorway recently. Its been over 4 weeks and i am yet to hear anything. the wait is killing me as i'm anticipating 6 points and im already on 3 which will take all the fun out of driving anywhere for the next 3 years