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DaveDCB

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I am doing a Motorway Speed Awareness Course on Monday. Grateful that I have the option and don’t get the points. My thought process simply has me smiling as I was only doing 50mph. The motorway at 6am was under a 50mph limit and then I passed under a variable speed limit sign that was 40mph and I could see the next sign at 50mph. But hey Ho.
My friend was doing 89mph and got fines and three points. Surely he needs educating more than me!!
Ah I can show this my Mrs now who always goes ape at me when I slow down for the random signs that show an error speed like yours obviously had.. bloody things! They’ll never admit they were at fault for such errors will they?!
 
Routy56

Routy56

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I am doing a Motorway Speed Awareness Course on Monday. Grateful that I have the option and don’t get the points. My thought process simply has me smiling as I was only doing 50mph. The motorway at 6am was under a 50mph limit and then I passed under a variable speed limit sign that was 40mph and I could see the next sign at 50mph. But hey Ho.
My friend was doing 89mph and got fines and three points. Surely he needs educating more than me!!
Excellent 👍🏻 thanks for being honest about this opportunity of learning some new life saving stuff 👏
When you’re done the course please share it with us and tell us the one thing that you have learnt 😉
 
Routy56

Routy56

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Ah I can show this my Mrs now who always goes ape at me when I slow down for the random signs that show an error speed like yours obviously had.. bloody things! They’ll never admit they were at fault for such errors will they?!
All you need to do is look a loooong way up the road and follow the rules 😉
 
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6feetdown

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All you need to do is look a loooong way up the road and follow the rules 😉
Agree but also those making the rules most of the time rely on bs for brains.
I got stopped a few times over the years, was always polite and honest and always got treated fair. Apart from 1 time my 1 wheel was about 2" on a zigzag literally i was asked "do you park here often?" Yes I replied thinking he meant the street ,but no he meant on the zigzag 3 points and a fine 😅
 
Bri963

Bri963

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Hey Shaun, agree with yer sentiments in principle buddy (y)
As many will know in a former life I was a Traffic Sergeant for about 9 years - retired from that after 30 years in 2009 and bought a digger :cool:
In my time I was a "Road Death Scene Manager" - what that meant is that when on duty I went to most FATAL and SERIOUS INJURY collisions in Essex.
When my team wasn't dealing with DEATH and DESTRUCTION we tried to prevent it.

The most satisfying was giving the answers to the bereaved families as to WHY their loved ones were killed.:cry:
AND locking up the complete fcukwits on the roads :devilish:
BUT back on topic yes in those days we had bucket fulls of discretion to deal fairly with this that passed the 'attitude test' ;)
Those that didn't were dealt with fairly and invariably went to Court :ROFLMAO:
I’m afraid most of traffic that I‘ve encountered in Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire would have failed their own “attitude test”. I‘ve had to put up with a few too many random stops to look kindly back at the past, none of which resulted in convictions, and were obviously just fishing trips. It’s also interesting, when you challenge them about the stop, how quickly they get the arse about having their time wasted.
 
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fred

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I am doing a Motorway Speed Awareness Course on Monday. Grateful that I have the option and don’t get the points. My thought process simply has me smiling as I was only doing 50mph. The motorway at 6am was under a 50mph limit and then I passed under a variable speed limit sign that was 40mph and I could see the next sign at 50mph. But hey Ho.
My friend was doing 89mph and got fines and three points. Surely he needs educating more than me!!

the local eastern euros do these for you round these parts. take a point or two as well on their mums licence! Not that I would donate 100 quid for such a service of course as it would be hard to put through the books as tax deductable...
 
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Smiffy

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the local eastern euros do these for you round these parts. take a point or two as well on their mums licence! Not that I would donate 100 quid for such a service of course as it would be hard to put through the books as tax deductable...


A Lithuanian told me they build up like 9 points on there UK licence, go home, give their UK licence in and receive a Lithuanian one back with no points. Come back here and hand it in to dvsa and get a fresh UK licence with no points on it
 
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