Speeding ticket advice

paulsturgess said:

Fortune 82nd Minute said:

Starinnaddick said:

My wife had to go on a speed awareness course after clocking 22mph on Eynsford Drive Abbey Wood. 

As someone who has spent his working life in the transport sector, I know the dangers that speeding can cause.

But this is just absolutely absurd.

Was she done by a mobile van or a fixed camera?

I remember when I did my driving test (admittedly 22 years ago), my instructor always said "no 25s no 35s" - as in, in a 30 zone, if you dropped unnecessarily to 25 or went up to 35, you'd get a "minor" mark against you in your test. That was a minor, not even a "major" - i.e. not an automatic fail.

to be done for 22, or 33mph in a 30, seems incredibly harsh. Again, from an attention to the road scenario, if you don't have a speed limiter on your car, you almost have to pay more attention to looking at the speedo to ensure you don't unknowingly tip over the limit Vs focussing on the road in front of you... 

Arsenetatters said:

paulsturgess said:

Fortune 82nd Minute said:

Starinnaddick said:

My wife had to go on a speed awareness course after clocking 22mph on Eynsford Drive Abbey Wood. 

As someone who has spent his working life in the transport sector, I know the dangers that speeding can cause.

But this is just absolutely absurd.

Was she done by a mobile van or a fixed camera?

I remember when I did my driving test (admittedly 22 years ago), my instructor always said "no 25s no 35s" - as in, in a 30 zone, if you dropped unnecessarily to 25 or went up to 35, you'd get a "minor" mark against you in your test. That was a minor, not even a "major" - i.e. not an automatic fail.

to be done for 22, or 33mph in a 30, seems incredibly harsh. Again, from an attention to the road scenario, if you don't have a speed limiter on your car, you almost have to pay more attention to looking at the speedo to ensure you don't unknowingly tip over the limit Vs focussing on the road in front of you... 

My old van doesn't have a speed limiter so I do keep looking at the speedo (which I assume is slightly under reading from when I pass the things that tell you how fast you are doing). Is it possible to have a speed limiter fitted?

cafcfan said:

Arsenetatters said:

paulsturgess said:

Fortune 82nd Minute said:

Starinnaddick said:

My wife had to go on a speed awareness course after clocking 22mph on Eynsford Drive Abbey Wood. 

As someone who has spent his working life in the transport sector, I know the dangers that speeding can cause.

But this is just absolutely absurd.

Was she done by a mobile van or a fixed camera?

I remember when I did my driving test (admittedly 22 years ago), my instructor always said "no 25s no 35s" - as in, in a 30 zone, if you dropped unnecessarily to 25 or went up to 35, you'd get a "minor" mark against you in your test. That was a minor, not even a "major" - i.e. not an automatic fail.

to be done for 22, or 33mph in a 30, seems incredibly harsh. Again, from an attention to the road scenario, if you don't have a speed limiter on your car, you almost have to pay more attention to looking at the speedo to ensure you don't unknowingly tip over the limit Vs focussing on the road in front of you... 

My old van doesn't have a speed limiter so I do keep looking at the speedo (which I assume is slightly under reading from when I pass the things that tell you how fast you are doing). Is it possible to have a speed limiter fitted?

It is illegal for a speedo to underread. Which is why they all show a higher speed than you are actually travelling at. This to prevent law suits against the manufacturers. Of course, as your tyres wear out and the circumference becomes less, they overread even more.

In short: a speedo must never show less than the actual speed, and must never show more than 110% of actual speed + 6.25mph. So if your true speed is 40mph, your speedo could legally be reading up to 50.25mph but never less than 40mph.

My speedo is pretty much accurate; some manufacturers are worse than others. Nissan Micra speedos are notoriously inaccurate and overread badly. This may be why Micras are always being overtaken by everyone else. (I bet their drivers think we are all nutters.)

So, you don't need a speed limiter.