112.4 mph speeding THE SUMMONS
 

having been stopped yesterday by an unmarked silver volvo on the m20, the officer believes according to the equiptment fitted to his vehicale that timed me over 1 and a half miles that my average speed was 112.4mph.

should a court happen to agree with this claim, following the relevent questions about calibration etc, what would be the penalty i might expect, should i contest it and be found guilty or decide to plead guilty. the nice officer indicated that i might expect a ban, ??? would be dire for my job etc..

has anyone any knowledge of any guidance regarding penalties that is issued to magistrates when dealing with excessive speeding.

[Edited on 26-8-2004 by Bungi]

not a chief constable then...;)I'd think ban, tho only a couple of weeks, depends on the county you're prosecuted in. Most guys at work who have this usually take couple of weeks on leave and/or 'crap' duties.

As far as I understand it, anything over 100mph on the motorway will result in a ban of some sort.

Get a good local brief that specialises in traffic and plead lots of mitigation!

Appologise to the judge, ask for your work requirement to be considered then bend over and take your punishment.
The road is not a race track young man... if your licence is that important to you then why risk loosing it???
Sorry for the lack of sympathy btw, but I'm getting too sensible in my old age!

Bungi,

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but my brother (and business partner) got stopped on the M20 last September, average speed 106mph, clear road, clear day and all that ...

We run an estate agency so his car is essential for his work, even after getting a decent brief and pleading mitigating circumstances and all the "car for work" stuff they fines him £620 and banned him for 56 days ....

Probably what you are looking at ... except most magistrates hate bikers with a passion ...

I have no symapthy but wish you well, we have all done it .... just hope they arent too harsh mate.

Pietro

What\'s with you guys today?
 

Bungi wasn't looking for your sympathy, just asking for information.

And in any case, why are you not sympathetic? You've all done it; Bungi gets my sympathy for being the unfortunate one that got caught.

I did give him some information, its about as relevant as it gets ....

cheeky mare ... lol

Yeah, sorry bungi.
Good luck with it all.

Methinks that what this bloke shoulda done ;)

http://www.visordown.com/forums/showthread.php?t=159854 :D