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hash tag said:
I got numbers and really thought black cabbies and the authorities had better standards than that. ie that that might even care.
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Well they would if you had proof. A license number isn't proof. Anyone who gets mildly pissed-off with a cabbie (probably a few thousand people a day!) could make that kind of complaint out of spite.
 
the otherthing to remember now is that to even get to points i nthe first place you've been caught at least once and not taken the hint from an SAC / Motorway safety course , theoretically you can get done twice for speeding every three years and never get any points you just have to make usre you go at least 3 years between getting caught by a fixed or roadside camera (SAC) and at least 3 years between getting caught on the vairable limit sections of the Motorway or major A road (smart motorway course thing)
 
InArduisFouette said:
the otherthing to remember now is that to even get to points i nthe first place you've been caught at least once and not taken the hint from an SAC / Motorway safety course , theoretically you can get done twice for speeding every three years and never get any points you just have to make usre you go at least 3 years between getting caught by a fixed or roadside camera (SAC) and at least 3 years between getting caught on the vairable limit sections of the Motorway or major A road (smart motorway course thing)
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You don't get the option of a course for some speeding offences. I've got to go to court, no option for a course.
 
I think on my course they said they ignored = 10% +1 mph

So in my case in a 70 + 7 + 1 = 78 and I was doing 79 so I was punished. Had I been ding 77 they might not have punished me at all.
 
weltweit said:
How much over the limit were you going?

I was caught at 79 in a 70 and was offered a course.
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Never happened to me but I am sure I remember some people- very likely in this forum- saying they weren’t offered the course as first time offenders even though it was a mild speeding case. Perhaps it depends on the local authority?
 
weltweit said:
How much over the limit were you going?

I was caught at 79 in a 70 and was offered a course.
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I didn’t notice the limit had changed to 40 on a smart motorway. Was doing 66 in what I thought was still a 70. My own fault but the punishment is going to be super-harsh.
 
T & P said:
Never happened to me but I am sure I remember some people- very likely in this forum- saying they weren’t offered the course as first time offenders even though it was a mild speeding case. Perhaps it depends on the local authority?
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Nobody has a right to a SAC, and some police forces don't offer them at all. Other forces may operate a quota system and only offer a limited number. Whether or not you are offered one is at the sole discretion of the old bill.
 
Elpenor said:
Compensation is quite often paid in instalments to the court and then onto the victim so the £3k may not be paid in a lump sum
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From memory, I had at least 3 lots of compensation each paid in a lump sum. Saying that, one or two interim figures were paid while people argued over the final figures.
 
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