Been caught speeding

Lol

As someone who has experienced being hit by a speeding driver, it always makes me despair when I see threads where people try to justify it. I was on a clear road at 10pm at night, with good visibility and my lights on. I was doing about 55 in a 60 and was hit by a car doing 80, so the same speed over the limit as op. I was hit with such force that my car smashed into a lamp post, over a ditch and landed upside down in a field. My car landed about 50 feet away from where the impact happened. I was trapped inside the car for 3 hours and had to be cut out and taken to hospital. My life will never be the same again, I have permanent injuries and I am terrified of being in a car. I will always remember the feeling of sheer terror when I couldn't get out of the car, and DH is scarred by receiving a phone call not knowing whether I was dead or not

If he had been doing the speed limit like he should have been, we wouldn't have crossed paths at all and it wouldn't have happened. 'Only' 20mph over the limit can make a big difference

A shocking thing they went though on the speed awareness course is a driver driving within the speed limit was still prosecuted for manslaughter/wreckless driving after ploughing into the back of another car over the brow of a hill doing 50 I think. It was considered driving without due care and attention because of the particular conditions of the road and failure to take precautionary steps.

Never admit to speeding on mumsnet.

I suspect you’ve got away with it this time, OP, but do watch out. I’ve noticed a huge increase in speed cameras over the last few years. I got done for going 79 on the motorway recently. If you do break the speed limit regularly, you will get caught.

I do actually recommend the speed awareness course. You can now do it online and I actually found it quite interesting.

I've gone maybe 65 in a 60, not 80! That's not error, that's deliberate.

I think you need to sit and think about what impact it would have had on your life to hit someone at that speed.

Waiting by the side of the road calling nmbulance for someone who may or may not be dying, who's groaning and covered in blood. Being in the papers. A year or two waiting for trial. Flashbacks and PTSD. Time off work. Being sacked. Stress. Relationships under strain or breaking up. A driving ban, fine or community service or even prison. Being scared to drive again. Not being able to get car insurance unless you pay £££. Everyone you know treating you differently, even people in shops, neighbours etc.

Your post is asking 'will I get away with it' and the answer is: you already have, really. You didn't have an accident despite doing something very unsafe. Maybe you'll get a fine and points, I hope you do.

With respect - don’t drive like a w@nker then!!!!!

I hope you get points and fined- maybe you’ll learn before you hurt someone.

@GoodChat I wasn't suggesting the police were tailgating.

You can use naughty words. Personal attacks are against the rules. A bit like knowing when something is likely to be actively hurtful opposed to generally mildly offensive.

Priorities huh

Maybe you should ask to go on the speed awareness course anyway seeing as you seem so unaware.

How did you manage to do 80 in a 60 zone? Didn't you realise? I don't think you should be driving in all honesty. And you seem more worried about the fine than the fact you were going way too fast. The speed limit is there for a reason, the road isn't safe enough to go 20mph over! You should have your license taken away for that, no second chances. Too soft a law.

OP - I have been caught speeding twice in the last 25 years. Both times on camera. Once I was doing 37 in a 30 as didn’t slow fast enough from a 40 zone and another time doing nearly 70 on a 60 dual carriageway.

I got points once and did a speed awareness course once. The speed awareness course was very good. I’ve been driving a long time and wouldn’t consider myself a ‘speeder’ but it went though what makes people speed, how to avoid it and more importantly the hidden dangers in all mph zones and why that road will have been a 60 and not 70 zone.

What might concern me is you didn’t realise a police car was following you as well as the speeding, therefore your ability to assess other dangers wasn’t what it should be - all covered on speed awareness training.

DH got a speeding ticket recently and I must admit I was furious with him. I was in the car with him at the time and repeatedly old him he was speeding as he was doing 29 in a 20
zone but he insisted it was a 30. I don’t even drive but I knew it was a 20.

Thats by the by. Anyway, within a week, the ticket showed up and he chose to take the speed awareness course plus pay £100 to avoid the points. This is what will probably happen to you.

Why on Earth did you think the Police would pull you over. It’s your responsibility to drive safely. Not 20MPH over the speed limit. They play videos where a car drives into boxes at various different speeds and I think you’ll be extremely shocked at the difference it makes even going one mile over the speed limit. DH said that the smash of the boxes was massive at 30mph compared to 20mph and that could be a child. The stopping distance is also longer. Think about that 🤷‍♀️

As others have said they need specific equipment to issue a speeding ticket.

They don’t. The opinion of two police officers that you were speeding is sufficient apart from motorways when only the opinion of a single officer is required.

school mistress nonsense is really misogynistic. Usually something men throw at women to put them down and belittle when they are saying something the man doesn't like.

I knew an abusive prick who regularly used this when asked or told to do anything perfectly reasonable by a woman.

OP was speeding. Not doing 24 in a 20mph but 80 in a 60 - in the dark. God help anyone who got in her way - they wouldn't have had a chance.

8? That should read ‘I’

Neither do 8. A clear, empty road at a speed that isn’t off the scales insane - how can you crash into cars that aren’t there?

Oh FGS - that hasn’t happened in OP’s case, and I don’t like to live my life berating people after the fact on things that are incredibly unlikely to happen. Especially on a clear, empty road.

I stand by my point - people frothing with delight at sticking the boot into the OP, I think doing this is the highlight of some people’s day.

And I don’t appreciate these emotionally manipulative extremes to trip me up either. Other people would think “oh shit I’d better be gracious when you’re talking about ill family members” but I don’t mind telling you to get a grip, not everything everyone else does is about you and your situation and it’s not healthy to get so OTT.

I got caught doing 24 in a (non residential) 20 zone a couple of years ago. Knew nothing until a letter arrived, they didn't pull me over at the time. I don't even recall seeing police, but they are known for sitting with their lights off at this unlit location.

No offer of a speed awareness course. £100 fine and 3 points.

To have stayed behind her for a period of time absolutely does mean they were travelling the same speed. Unless the police were tailgating at the start, in which case I think the OP would have noticed. They do not need to be tailgating to travel at the same speed.

This is why gcse science is so important

It’s very unlikely anything will come of it, they would most likely have pulled you over there and then. Even if they do issue you a ticket the NIP will need to arrive within 14 days so if you haven’t heard anything by then you’ll be in the clear. In the worst case you’d be within the band for a £100/3 points fixed penalty so no need to sweat as you have a completely clean license. Just use this as a learning experience and be more vigilant about your surroundings.

Does that ever happen? Where a driver was aware and driving with caution only above the limit, and that's what caused an accident? I just don't buy it.

Why should anyone be helpful to the OP? What purpose will that serve?

Many have said they likely won't get a ticket if they weren't pulled over at the time. What else does the OP need apart from learning it's not ok to speed.
They're not a victim of anything, they haven't made a terrible but easy mistake. They deliberately drove too fast and are panicking because a police car saw them.

They would have pulled you over if they were going to give you a ticket x

Those people gleefully wishing a NIP in the post for OP are going to be sorely disappointed.

Ever had a family member permanently disabled by a speeding driver?