Driving speeds

02-29-2016 07:22 AM #1
rong View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Join Date Nov 2008 Posts 9,033 Location behind you with an axe	Wait, what? You can get caught speeding and just get a fine with no points or formal record? I'd speed far more than I do. We have a points system. 12 points is a ban. Typically 3 points for minor speeding. I got caught doing 32 in a 30, 62 in a 60 and 92 in a 70 and each got me 3 points. That was within a 2 yr period so I reached 9 points. Not been caught since so I'm down to 3. Each came with a £60 fine I think.
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02-29-2016 07:59 AM #2
MadMojoMonkey View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries AINT SHOVELING SHIT Join Date Apr 2012 Posts 10,456 Location St Louis, MO	Originally Posted by rong Wait, what? You can get caught speeding and just get a fine with no points or formal record? I'd speed far more than I do. We have a points system. 12 points is a ban. Typically 3 points for minor speeding. I got caught doing 32 in a 30, 62 in a 60 and 92 in a 70 and each got me 3 points. That was within a 2 yr period so I reached 9 points. Not been caught since so I'm down to 3. Each came with a £60 fine I think. You know about traffic lawyers, right? Pay a lawyer. Lawyer is much more expensive than city's fine, in general. Lawyer gets the moving violation plea bargained down to a non-moving violation.* bonus: no points on license / no increase in insurance costs. *I love the conceit. Lawyer says, "I know you have evidence that my client was driving above the speed limit, but I think we can both agree that it's better if we just assume he was parked at the time."
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02-29-2016 05:33 PM #3
NightGizmo View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Join Date May 2010 Posts 1,081	Originally Posted by rong Wait, what? You can get caught speeding and just get a fine with no points or formal record? Like Ong said, I got a lawyer from the town where I was supposed to go to court. He specialized in traffic violations (it's a very small town, I doubt they get much else). I got "court supervision", which means that if I don't get another ticket in that county within a year, the ticket disappears. As a bonus, I didn't even have to show up to court -- the lawyer was my representative. Since it was about an hour and a half away from where I lived, that was a nice bonus. I think his fee was $450. I probably saved significantly more than that each year on insurance premiums by keeping that ticket off my record.

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