Got a speeding ticket - Advice?

I was pulled in leeds, in the rain in the dark doing

50+mph at 365 yards away from the officer with the handheld gun. It was a 30mph zone! I had a bald rear tyre and a scorpian race exhaust stamped race use only. He just said take it easy after showing me my speed and sent me on my way.


It did not look like a 30 mph zone and there was 2 lanes in each direction and no junctions.

[fastdruid]

Originally Posted by ian505050

I was pulled in leeds, in the rain in the dark doing

50+mph at 365 yards away from the officer with the handheld gun. It was a 30mph zone! I had a bald rear tyre and a scorpian race exhaust stamped race use only. He just said take it easy after showing me my speed and sent me on my way.

Oh if we're doing being pulled tales I was once stopped by armed police for undertaking and larging it up to over 120mph (in a 60) before I saw the blue flashing lights a long way back. One major bollocking later and I was let off with a warning.

Druid

Chris was a bit peed off as you can imagine!!

Oh not for getting caught speeding ..... getting caught speeding on an SV

Blooming Gixer Boy x

Bounce it around between you making use of the full 28 days, and play for time. With three months gone already you have an excellent chance of dragging it out past six months.

Ask for the camera picture too ('for the purposes of helping to identify the rider'), that wastes a bit of time and also acts as a 'clock stop' on your 28 days.

[Dave20046]

Not sure if this'll work but you could say you've let a few riders borrow your bike in the past and as they've cocked up taking so long to contact you you can't remember who had it on that day and you don't recognise the gear... see what they suggest.

[fastdruid]

Originally Posted by Dave20046

Not sure if this'll work but you could say you've let a few riders borrow your bike in the past and as they've cocked up taking so long to contact you you can't remember who had it on that day and you don't recognise the gear... see what they suggest.

I suspect they'd suggest court with a failure to furnish charge and 6 points.

Druid

[yorkie_chris]

The asking for photos at 25 days or so seems like the best idea if that stops the clock, when they've sent the photos does that mean you get another month?

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by fastdruid

I suspect they'd suggest court with a failure to furnish charge and 6 points.

Druid

What's it gotta do with them if she doesn't have a sofa? (sorry)

Touché. plan B laugh at chris then.

[fastdruid]

Originally Posted by Dave20046

What's it gotta do with them if she doesn't have a sofa? (sorry)

http://www.drivingoffencesolicitor.c...ts-failure.htm

If she really *didn't* know and supplied the names of all the possible riders then might not go to court/get found guilty. She has however admitted she knows who it is on a public forum...

Druid

[CheGuevara]

Originally Posted by fastdruid

Oh if we're doing being pulled tales I was once stopped by armed police for undertaking and larging it up to over 120mph (in a 60) before I saw the blue flashing lights a long way back. One major bollocking later and I was let off with a warning.

Druid

This is going a ways back, but I got pulled for 256kph in an 80kph zone, was charged for causing a pursuit (as well as the excessive speed etc), nearly landed myself a criminal conviction, did get hit with an 18 month ban and several thousands in fines and legal fees

When I pulled over I got off the bike and waited for him to arrive. He jumped out and as I was starting to say "Sorry about that, I didn't see you back there." he was drawing his gun and screaming (red face and spit flying) for me to get on the ground.

Now I'm in snug leathers so I'm lowering myself to the ground. It apparently wasn't quick enough for him as he came running over and slammed me down the rest of the way then, knee in my back, started trying to tear my gloves off so he could cuff me. I let him struggle for a few seconds before politely advising him there was a strap that needed undoing first. I then asked him if we could shuffle back so my head wasn't out in the road, but he refused

Still amped up he asks me if I knew how many people he could have killed while pursuing me. Now this I recognise as a rhetorical question, and so choose (wisely, I believe) not to follow up with "So why didn't you just radio ahead?", despite the fact that policy dictates he should have done just that (without greater cause to initiate a pursuit -like I had commited some serious crime and was attempting to escape for example).

I heard he got to ride a desk for a while after that incident. Regardless his mistake didn't negate my offence, and it seems fortunate I was able to negotiate a plea to a non-criminal charge. The law where I'm from does not clearly state that I have to have intended to cause a pursuit, or even that I had to know I was being pursued -just that the pursuit occured as a result of my actions.

The pursuit car was a modified Chev Camaro. After the "chase" it refused to start again, and as part of the evidence I received there were photos of the police car on a flat-bed being towed away.

And I don't ride like a **** on the roads anymore (although in 23 years of road-riding I've only ever come off a bike once, in 1987, while doing the speed limit and a pedestrian crossed in front of me without looking -so my judgement can't be that poor.).