sonic
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ACPO recommendations, which most forces follow.No it is not law, I believe it is totally discretionary
ACPO recommendations, which most forces follow.No it is not law, I believe it is totally discretionary
ACPO recommendations, which most forces follow.
And the speed limiter...Thanks for the clarification. Doesn't affect me anyway in as much as I always respect the speed limits, often much to the frustration of the driver behind me. That is where Cruise Control is such an asset.
Thanks for the clarification. Doesn't affect me anyway in as much as I always respect the speed limits, often much to the frustration of the driver behind me. That is where Cruise Control is such an asset.
Most speedometers over read by 10% so if caught at real 31mph the speedo would be at around 34mph.....No it is not law, I believe it is totally discretionary
Must be one hell of a queue behind you...This is why I set my cruise to 7mph on Motorways, 40 years licence still clean..
Speed limiter is great but setting cruise control could mean you are driving to the speed set rather than what is right for the current road conditions. As the Police will tell you, 30mph is a limit, not a target.And the speed limiter...
Most speedometers over read by 10% so if caught at real 31mph the speedo would be at around 34mph.....
This is why I set my cruise to 7mph on Motorways, 40 years licence still clean..
Mercedes SL500 R231
Corrected, was going to add 2x 0 .I must admit I don't go to that extreme
Interesting as my car is bang on 2 mph lower compared to a couple of different GPS’s so cruise control at 72 and I’m doing 70
Same here, Mercedes are pretty consistent in over reading by 2mphI don't know about 70mph but at 30mph mine is actually doing 28mph
I will continue at 77mph, worked for 40 years driving just about every motorway in at least 8x different cars, if I get a ticket will let you know .Same here, Mercedes are pretty consistent in over reading by 2mph
You’re probably right and never going to have an issue, I’ve been used to going through a lot of average speed cameras when I used to have to travel around the country so got used to the lower speed,I will continue at 77mph, worked for 40 years driving just about every motorway in at least 8x different cars, if I get a ticket will let you know .
Mercedes SL500 R231
Glad it's over for you and now you just have to be cautious then in about 3 years it'll just be a dim memory. I've seen beaks like you describe, especially when it's fairly obvious one of the others is a newbie. I was pleased to read that the Clerk stood up for you although it might have gioven you p[erverse pleasure to appeal agains whatever he ruled because he was ignoring (or at least tying to ignore) factual evidence. Do you think that made a difference to the penalty in the end?Update on the initial reason for this thread:
Thank you all again for your assistance regarding the speeding prosecution, we successfully negotiated them to be combined into a continuing offence in court. 4pts & £190 fine. (unfortunately not 3pts as they took the highest 'average' as their base point under the sentencing guidelines.)
Albeit the magistrate was initially adamant that there was no such thing as a continuing offence and would not consider the dashcam footage which showed on the first offence the 30 signs being completely obscured, with no other markings or visible streetlamps to suggest the limit had been reduced 60-30. Thankfully the clerk of the court(?) stood up for us on that one and made a very blunt point to the rather rude male magistrate.. who also wouldn't let the female magistrate get a word in edgeways. * rolls eyes *.
So now its dealt with, see the attached and play 'spot the 30 sign'... good luck! (The truck on the right was parked)