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Davies 20-06-13 08:49 AM
Watch your speed in London for a while
 
Just a quick heads-up. Apparently there is a big operation on at the moment (according to the officer who stopped me) to catch speeders in London, particularly on the larger roads heading into/out of town. I got done going over the Hammersmith flyover westbound by a marked car sitting in the slipway just under the down ramp (therefore completely out-of-sight and detecting cars/bikes from behind). The first I knew of it was near the Fullers Brewery when I saw the reflection of blue lights in the back window of the car in front. The officers were nice enough (both bikers) but said that they had to give me something for being "a tad cheeky" over the limit so I got off very lightly with just 3 points and £60 fine.

Ride safe!

Cheers,

Paul

pookie 20-06-13 08:53 AM
Re: Watch your speed in London for a while
 
will keep em peeled .cheers for that

Mauler 20-06-13 08:56 AM
Re: Watch your speed in London for a while
 
Ouch! Thanks for the warning!

Ajwou 20-06-13 09:16 AM
Watch your speed in London for a while
 
Good to know!!! Thanks a lot.

SvNewbie 20-06-13 09:16 AM
Re: Watch your speed in London for a while
 
Humph. The Hammersmith flyover has the most ridiculous speed limit. Try doing 30 over that and you'll become little more than a rolling road block, to the point of feeling unsafe. Average speeds are between 40-50 on the clock.

chris8886 20-06-13 08:47 PM
Re: Watch your speed in London for a while
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Davies (Post 2878793)
Just a quick heads-up. Apparently there is a big operation on at the moment (according to the officer who stopped me) to catch speeders in London, particularly on the larger roads heading into/out of town. I got done going over the Hammersmith flyover westbound by a marked car sitting in the slipway just under the down ramp (therefore completely out-of-sight and detecting cars/bikes from behind). The first I knew of it was near the Fullers Brewery when I saw the reflection of blue lights in the back window of the car in front. The officers were nice enough (both bikers) but said that they had to give me something for being "a tad cheeky" over the limit so I got off very lightly with just 3 points and £60 fine.

Ride safe!

Cheers,

Paul
you PLANK paul!!! but good on you for the heads up, ta muchly. I shall do my best to remember this fact on my future visits into the big smoke!

Cazza 20-06-13 10:20 PM
Re: Watch your speed in London for a while
 
Blimey, hello Paul!

Sorry about your tug.

nikon70 06-08-13 03:42 PM
Re: Watch your speed in London for a while
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Cazza (Post 2879127)
Blimey, hello Paul!

Sorry about your tug.
same here, sorry to hear you got point and a fine.... that sucks!

I know the fly over well and also find it hard not to be pulling at least 50 over it...


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