Current speeding punishments....

[Ch00]

I find lay magistrates to be very reasonable people. All the times I have been to court they seem so reasonable to point they look soft and believe everything the defendant tells them.

Stipendiary judge you have a different ball game. As a defendant I don't think you want one sitting on their case.

I got done at avg of 96 on a motorway (for 6 miles). Cop said that I wasn't driving badly but it was too fast to let me off with a warning so gave me 3 points and £60 (I think) fine. So my experience (which obviously counts for less than the forum coppers knowledge) is that he won't necessarily lose his licence.

[PyroUK]

Oh also FPN's have all increased now £60 up to £100 in this case

[shiftin_gear98]

As were all sharing.
A few moons ago, I got pulled going down the M3 at 11.30pm. Not alot else on the road.
I was clocked at an average 99 miles an hour. Which just went to show my speedo was out. It had been reading 110!

I got 4 points and a £200.00 fine. I was between jobs at the time, so got a lower fine.
We are talking about 10 years ago.
Family man now, have a renault scenic, couldn't go that fast even if I wanted it to.

Good luck to your friend.

I'm not telling what speed I did years ago (in a sports car) but it was really good fun on the M4 before the days of speed cameras. I would not be so reckless now as I have DJ and the kids at home, but when you go really fast it is just like playing a computer game and somehow becomes a strange sort of out of body experience, and no I was not under any drink or drug influence, that is a totally different out of body, and no I don't smoke anything anymore either.

[Mej]

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