| Happened to me a few years back on the M1 in the same area. Was giving it large in a big company VW, got up to 130 at one point and was then pulled by a jam sarnie that had sat well back out of sight and clocked me. At the time they said I'd been doing 120 and driving "aggressively" ie trying to get on while people were doing 60 in the outside lane.
When the summons came through they had put it in at 100mph (I guess assuming it was an immediate ban) and not bothered with the aggressive bit. If you plead guilty and go to court the prosecution can only read out what is on the summons but you can say what you like in your defense.
Went to magistrates court, took my then wife with young baby and made her sit in the back of the court sobbing a bit. Explained that I wasn't a nutter and would lose my job if I lost my licence. Ended up with 6 points and as I recall £400 fine.
My advice, DONT go the lawyer route based on what you've said, you're bang to rights and the magistrates are fed up with smart arses trying to get off by looking for loopholes. Unless as Guido has said there was something dodgy about what they did to nick you. To be honest blatting away from a car thats been tailing you for a while is not really to be recommended, like as not if you'd backed off a bit instead they'd have left you alone. I know we get a jaded view of the old plod but some of them are almost human and won't always nick you for speeding a bit over the limit unless you are driving a bit daft as well :-).
Good luck with it !!!  |