Talk Morgan Forums Community The Malvern Arms Speeding Convictions.

Now I know that none of you ever speed ( apart from Cereal and Me Tony) but I become curious as to the actions of our friends in blue lately.

A few years back I was caught going through a local village by a Special Constable and ticketed for 33 mph. He said I didn't slow down quickly enough on the road into the village. £60 and 3 points.

A few nights back I was caught in my own village at the back of a line of cars at 36 mph. Currently awaiting outcome.

I currently have a clean license (not been often I could claim that & French speeding doesn't count) and having gone around the office to assess likely outcomes and it appears that those caught for speeding locally have had mixed actions. 38 mph no points but speed awareness course, 33 mph points and a fine.

I spoken to a traffic officer recently on this and he laughed and said it must be van or camera and that they would only ticket if you were doing something stupid. A strong bo***cking was considered far more effective.


I'd be interested in everyone else's experience in differing parts of the country /world.

Back in the communist era I was stopped for speeding in Poland in my Citroen AX Sport. I paid US $3, yes three dollars! The fine was set so that it was easy to divide among the three cops:

Harald

I was stopped with Laser in Cornwall on Sunday, expect a big fine and around 2 month ban. looking to hire driver for the duration!

Fifteen years ago when I lived in China, I was caught speeding on a four lane road. The road was completely empty, which is uncommon in China.

A police officer, hidden behind a tree played the chicken and jumped in the middle of the road to stop me. I jumped on the brakes, locked the wheels and stopped a meter from the policeman that didn t move an inch.

I had a Chinese worker with me and he translated that I was caught speeding at 84kmh, when the speed limit on every road in China was 70.

I told the officer that I didn t believed they had a radar. The guy said, I should go backward and have a look a kilometer or so away. He didn t ask for my license or any document.

He blocked the traffic on the motorway, I did a U turn crossing the middle bank and drove back. A kilometer away, there was a policeman sitting on a bench with something that looked like an hair dryer.

I stopped, did another U turn on the motorway, drove back to the chicken. I was fined ten RMB, approximately 1 GBP. I asked for a reciept, to prevent corruption, and the policeman kindly wrote a reciept.

Away I went, happy to have been a good citizen, paying my fine for speeding at such a low price.

A week later, on the same motorway, I was driving much faster, probably 130 kmh or so. Once again, the raod was perfectly clear and it was 3PM in summer.

A chicken jumped ahead of me, opened his arms, instructing to stop. I locked the tyres again, thinking I was way too fast to stop. I remember vividely that I expected the policeman to jump sideways and was wondering wether he would jup right or left and was in despair to guess which side he would jump, so that I could steer the car and avoid him.

I pointed in his direction to the last second, tyres smoking, he didn t move

I made a guess, released the brakes, steered the car to the right and did a life elk test.

I didn t hit the policeman, the car didn t roll over..

I stopped the car at least twenty meters from the policeman who, amazingly DIDN T move and was still standing his arms wide open, at exactly the same place...

He then walked to the car, very calm, I opened the window. The guy started to speak Chinese and as I had no interpreter at hand, told him 'je ne comprend pas'.

The guy took his ticket book and a pen, and drew on the cover a circle and wrote 70 in it and showed me the road.

He then drew another circle, crossed it and wrote 84 and pointed his finger to me.

Very smart!

I knew I wasn t driving 84 but more likely 130.

Having paid 1GBP for 14 kilometers in excess I guessed how much 60 kilometers in excess may cost

I picked his ticket book and pen, drew a circle and wrote 130 and pointed me.

The guy in disbelief, indicated me to go without any penalty

So 14 kilometers in excess, 1GBP
60 kilometers in excess, no costs

I was later told that up to 84, drivers are issued a fine, and likely the policeman pockets it and let you go

For anything above, the law says you have to go to Court. Not only the policeman won t see any income, but also he will have to write many papers in pure waste

So, my learning was to be honest with the Police at any time!

Sounds serious what were you doing when caught?

A friend recounted a story many years ago of getting stopped on his motorbike for doing 40mph in a 30mph zone. When the police office gave him the ticket he asked for it to be changed to 70mph as he didn't think he could face his fellow bikers for being nicked for only being 10mph over the limited.

A discussion took place and his refusal resulted in the police officer tearing up the ticket and letting him go.

111

ouch... got an nip in the post for doing 84 on the motorway on wales. currently on a clean license and have only previously ever had 3 points... got a speed awareness course instead of points...

Were you visiting your Mum?

You told me that you have had to make a few dashes down that way in the past year.

Has someone been watching "Police, Camera, Action" on TV? Or is this thread a coincidence to last night's prog?

Cheers,