To be terrified I'll lose my license

I assume you lot go on other threads about legal matters and just post random made up guesses there too.

You have just described most threads on MN

So you were posting about the chances of a child dying after being hit on a motorway?

I haven't said anything about hitting a child in a 20 or 30. Maybe you're reading too fast.

Happy to help, it's important information like this is shared with the masses.

Loving the "I'm guessing" and "felt" with regard to points applicable. It doesn't work via alignment of stars, tarot cards or a lottery. Someone posted up thread a table of exactly what's applicable.

And then there's this: "could potentially be careless driving by some magistrates"

That is so far from factual that it's bizarre.

1. Magistrates don't decide what the offence is.
2. 3 x minor excess speeding offences - via fixed camera, no less, so not witnessed poor driving - would never, ever be classified as anything but 'minor speeding' offences by the people who do decide what the offence is.
3. OP won't be going anywhere near a court of any type.

I assume you lot go on other threads about legal matters and just post random made up guesses there too.

I'm so glad you've passed that on. I'm going to cancel the direct debits now and go on a shipping spree.

But someone on an internet forum told me that it's not mandatory to pay bills and you get a free allowance of tolerance on meter readings meaning £100 is instantly written off by providers. Are you telling me this isn't true?

You can do that anytime you want.

Just be prepared for the consequences.

I'd quite like to ignore the law that means I have to pay my bills please.

What you said re "three times."
I've posted before and felt 9 or 12 points but no ban.
However, once speeding same hour, foolishness or lack of awareness, 2nd time, total disregard of your surrounding, 3r time could potentially be careless driving by some magistrates,

3 times, same night, same road. When driving you are supposed to be driving with 'due care and attention' - the magistrates will consider that but also how important the driving is to OP in their day to day living - ie is it essential etc

A lot of people seem to disregard facts on a speeding thread

Lots of people disregard laws if they don't agree with them.

In fact it is one of the ways governments get feedback that what they have done is unpopular and needs further thought.

Plenty of people disregarded the poll tax for example.

I sometimes go over the limit on motorways if I consider it safe to do so....

This is an interesting approach. What other laws do you disregard after giving them due consideration?

You're not really 'cruising' at 150mph are you. It's very, very fast and you'd have to be hyper-aware of everything going on around you. Hardly a relaxing driving experience.

’Cruising’ as in sat at a constant speed rather than chilling out with one elbow hanging out the window. Absolute concentration and hyper vigilance required.

Given that it's twice the German advisory limit its not just selfish it's beyond ignorant.

You're not really 'cruising' at 150mph are you. It's very, very fast and you'd have to be hyper-aware of everything going on around you. Hardly a relaxing driving experience.

These threads always attract posters that seem to think they are extremely cool and the best fucking drivers ever.

They actually, sound like a bunch of teens bragging about taking drugs.

Not cool. At all.

Of course they mean 160mph! It’s always amusing when you’re cruising at 150mph and someone comes up behind you, first time that ever happened to me I was like WTF!? I have managed the magical double-ton in Germany though (and I mean mph)

Exactly @teaandtoastwithmarmite they legally have to write within 14 days. The fact you didn’t receive/ignored previous correspondence is neither here nor there. It’s automated and will have been sent. They hold you accountable for checking your mail. If you genuinely didn’t receive the letter then you could have gone to court and defended and not received points etc. but you would have needed to have some evidence along the lines of postal disarray from po to support your claims. If they are the only mail you didn’t receive then it’s more likely your fault and you mislaid/didn’t open the mail.

This thread is about driving on a motorway.

Assume you were pissed when you wrote this (hopefully not driving, if so).

Where does anything I've written say I think I'm above the law??? I have never even mentioned personally breaking the speed limit.

And as for the barrister - calling him "a speeding tosser"??? How do you know he even drives?!

How incredibly arrogant.

OP has a clean licence so first offence is likely to be a course if it falls within the criteria.

Three times!!!! The first should have made you slow and think!!
I am guessing 9 points and a fine however they don’t all have film in so you may get lucky but you need to realise that speed control is constant no matter the time of day or whether you are the only car or not!

Someone did a FOI about the speed cameras and many of the old fixed ones are not working as it costs too much to upgrade them, they still stand there though, probably as a deterrent, all 8 were inactive in our county, its quite easy to find online. So they don't all work now.

The cameras work all the time. I do occasionally do 80mph on the motorway (but most cars speedos are set high and I know my car is only doing about 76mph at that point, each car is different so you would have to work out your own cars set point). I don't however ever speed on a road with cameras, no matter what the cameras are. It used to be that sometimes they weren't on (or originally had film in). Now however they are all digital and can be set remotely, so speeding wherever there are cameras is just asking for a fine.

Yes, COVID and a war in Eastern Europe are mere trifles compared to a couple of fender benders in Tesco car park.