2 speeding notices for same stretch of road

[ianshearin]

Hi,

 

I have just received through the post 2 speeding notices, one for 38 mph and another for 42 mph, I am assuming it was a 30 mph limit.

They are both for a Sunday Morning one Week apart on the same stretch of road, I had just started a new contract at a company and was following my Sat Nav.

 

I accept of course that relying on a sat nav to beep if your over the limit isn't any excuse and being in an unfamiliar area is again no excuse.

 

My beef is that had I known I had been done for speeding on this stretch of road on the first Sunday morning, I would have been able to be more vigilant the next Week when I was travelling there.

So I feel it is unfair to prosecute me twice in this situation.

 

I am thinking to go to court and plead my case, has anyone else had a similar experience?

 

Ian

[Conniff]

I think appearing in court always brings a higher penalty than paying a fixed one, but you can give it a go. Just be prepared that you might have to fork out more.

[dx100uk]

you'll get hammered

 

 

its for you to be aware of where you are driving and the correct speed to be travelling...

not for them to rush a ticket through to you to stop you being a ...again.

 

 

dx

[Tony P]

Irrespective of a potentially higher penalty at Court, they will then automatically add £20.00 Victim Surcharge to it - twice over by the sounds of it as there would be two victimless 'crime' cases, even if heard together.

[ianshearin]

Not looking good is it....

 

I am not so bothered about the cash but the points on my licence, I have 3 points from last Year and now face disqualification if caught again.

 

The Irony is that having just left the Military I was called 'Miss Daisy' because I always drove too slowly, I am the opposite of a boy racer but obviously I am not attentive enough at the lower speed limit areas....

 

Thanks for the comments.

[Gemma.]

I would go back to the road and see how it was signposted? With your history it seems unlikely that you would ignore a sign? There may be a way in there? Was it a built up area, street lamps etc would you have expected it to be 40mph or 30mph? Were you driving unsafely at that speed, were there roadworks, bad weather, good visibility etc etc Pull the case to pieces and look at every aspect, was it fair, were there signs, was it a fixed camera etc

[Migster]

Perhaps post a Google Street View link to the road you were on, so people can check that the signage is OK.

[topcat1802]

If you have the option of a speed awareness course then take it! That way you will only get 3 points not 6.

[Ford]

I would go back to the road and see how it was signposted? With your history it seems unlikely that you would ignore a sign? There may be a way in there? Was it a built up area, street lamps etc would you have expected it to be 40mph or 30mph? Were you driving unsafely at that speed, were there roadworks, bad weather, good visibility etc etc Pull the case to pieces and look at every aspect, was it fair, were there signs, was it a fixed camera etc

 

things like bad weather, bad visibility, road works, etc wld involve a reduction in speed re driving safely!

expectations/fairness wont come into it. either over or not the deemed speed limit, no matter how many times. if no signs, then as per the road/street markings etc.

from first post, seems speed limit is 30

[ianshearin]

I am back there next Sunday and will check the road, from Memory I cant remember any built up area. It is a mile from the trading estate I was working on to the motorway, so somewhere along that road there was a 30 MPH zone.

 

The course awareness is obviously a choice I will make to reduce the points.