Fecking Police Mobile Speed Traps

[Bluejuice]

Re: The Hamilton thing

Correct me if I'm wrong but is it not irrelevant who is driving a car when it is caught speeding as the car's registered owner foots the bill regardless? As far as I am aware the only way of disputing this is if you have reported your car stolen.

However, I did hear that if when asked to pay a fine you write a cheque for an amount just over what you owe (say £61 for a £60 fine) it confuses the computers and it will simply never get processed. I've thankfully yet to have chance to test this.

 

[moggy]

Re: The Hamilton thing

Correct me if I'm wrong but is it not irrelevant who is driving a car when it is caught speeding as the car's registered owner foots the bill regardless? As far as I am aware the only way of disputing this is if you have reported your car stolen.

However, I did hear that if when asked to pay a fine you write a cheque for an amount just over what you owe (say £61 for a £60 fine) it confuses the computers and it will simply never get processed. I've thankfully yet to have chance to test this.

this defence is only any good if you're married and both on the insurance.
all that happens (to get out of it) is you say you weren't the one driving at the time. the only other possible person to have been driving at the time of the alledged offence therefore had to be the spouse.
seeing that legally you don't have to testify against your wife/husband there is no proof as to which person was driving.
has to be thrown out of court

 

[B.M.F]

but 90% of crashes are caused by driver's incompetance, not speeding.
bad habits, not looking in mirrors, lighting up fags, mobile phones. the list goes on & on

So you have never done any of the above matey

 

[beorhthelm]

moggy, i'll reiterate: the Hamilton thing is bullshit. an urban myth.

bluejuice is dead right, unless you can *prove* (and the onus is on you not the police) that someone else was driving, the registered keeper is held responsible for any offences involving that car. the idea that spouses dont have to testify against each other is utter bollocks. Just change speeding to a hit and run resulting in a death - reckon you still dont have to testify against your spouse?

 

[Sitting Room Only]

99.9% of people who moan about speed cameras have never actually been caught by them

What the HELL are they moaning about

 

[Safeway]

99.9% of people who moan about speed cameras have never actually been caught by them

What the HELL are they moaning about

Very true. I hate speed cameras and I can't even DRIVE.

 

[Sitting Room Only]

90% of crashes are caused by driver's incompetance, not speeding.
bad habits, not looking in mirrors, lighting up fags, mobile phones. the list goes on & on

You're an IDIOT

 

[Sitting Room Only]

Very true. I hate speed cameras and I can't even DRIVE.

 

[The Great Cornholio]

99.9% of people who moan about speed cameras have never actually been caught by them

What the HELL are they moaning about

Quite true. I drive 30000 miles a year and hate them. But have never been caught. Speed doesn't kill - bad driving kills. Inappropriate speed kills. I have yet to see a mobile camera at a dangerous spot - always on 40mph dual carriage ways or 70mph straight dual carriageways. Never outside schools, colleges, shops etc.

Bring back more traffic police is what I say.

 

[dougdeep]

I cover about 75,000 miles a year and try not to speed. But I'm sure I'd have lots of accidents if I spent most of my time watching the speedo. Most drivers break the speed limit every day.

 

[Safeway]

This thread has just given me a brilliant idea for a thread.....

 

[moggy]

You're an IDIOT

eh!

hark at you with wogan as yer avatar.

gonna sing the floral dance for us now?

f*** off unless u've got something constructive to say on this matter.

TIT!

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

reckon you still dont have to testify against your spouse?

It's a fact - spouse cannot be forced to testify in court - whatever the crime alledged (of course that can voluntarily give evidence if they choose)

Don't believe speeding points get awarded to registed keeper either. There are a huge number of vehicles on the road that are registed to companies, not individuals, who do not have a licence to endorse with penalty points. However, they are liable for parking ticket fines if the person who was in charge of the vehicle at the time cannot be identified (i.e. bad records kept of pool car use) but there are no endorsement points at stake with parking tickets.

 

[Little Piggy]

Speed cameras are good because they catch speeding motorists who kill people.

Saying that, when was the last camera you saw outside a school?

 

[brunswick]

"Speed cameras are good because they catch speeding motorists who kill people."


this is a very stupid sentence.

 

[Little Piggy]

It was deliberate attempt to write in a child like way, to portray naive, two-dimensional thinking. I know it was stupid, that was the point... Damn me for trying to be too clever again.

 

[timseagull]

It's a fact - spouse cannot be forced to testify in court - whatever the crime alledged (of course that can voluntarily give evidence if they choose)

Although the crown can issue a summons, and if this summons is served with conduct money they are technically committing an offence if they don't attend court!

 

[Gazwag]

Use this website to
check if you have been caught on any speed cameras in the last 3 months, pending issue of Fixed Penalty Notice.

Sign in with
Username: tiger
Password: parrot

But I've never bloody driven in Middlesborough

 

[Bombardier]

Bloody hell...just seen my car captured on camera.....it's got more hair than I have!

 

[trueblue]

Quite true. I drive 30000 miles a year and hate them. But have never been caught. Speed doesn't kill - bad driving kills. Inappropriate speed kills. I have yet to see a mobile camera at a dangerous spot - always on 40mph dual carriage ways or 70mph straight dual carriageways. Never outside schools, colleges, shops etc.

Bring back more traffic police is what I say.

Absolutely. Speed cameras on genuinely dangeroues bends, outside schools etc are fine.

There was a mobile camera van parked in a layby on the A23 last week - don't think it was operating, but it had the effect of putting stationary traffic on an otherwise free-flowing dual-carriageway. The drive had been clear all the way from London when suddenly you come up to a static queue, which then clears after the van. Obviously the ripple effect of people hitting the brakes when they spot the van at the last second. Now THAT is dangerous.