I just got pulled over for doing 32 in a 30

My DH activated a speed camera at 32 in a 30 limit so consider yourself lucky as he got a £100 fine and had to attend a speed awareness course (which is offered at the discretion of the police) you can end up with a fine and points on your licence so it's up to you whether you learn from the experience or end up with the fine and points next time.

That’s not the point. The speed limit is the law, there shouldn’t be different interpretations depending on where you are, it’s too confusing.

If a police officer notices a car doing slightly over the limit then they would pull them over, chances are they could have been drinking/on drugs. Not all drunks drive with their foot flat to the floor.

They pull you over and make a judgement from there. You obviously weren't a drunk or on drugs and car must have been taxed and insured. You haven't been charged and police have done their job.

It’s not either or, they can do both.
Probably if a car had overtaken the OP at 40 they’d have prioritised and persued them.

Anyway, much easier box to tick than tackling the drug dealers and their snarling pit bulls in town.

Since when has this been the job of the traffic police?

Always remember that 30 is the LIMIT, not a target. As the instructor on my speed awareness course said 'it's 30 for a reason'. (I was doing 34 in a 30 limit). The course was quite an eyeopener as to the risk to other people.

There are multiple posts referring to dangerous driving and killing someone. 32MPH is not dangerous driving in the conditions as described.

I don't think she is "blaming" the police as such. She's asking if pulling someone over for doing 32 in a 30 is overkill. Arguably yes. Though I do question why the exchange would leave someone shaking.

It’s not hard to understand that you are more likely to run over a pedestrian when speeding through a town than on a motorway. Both are dangerous, but it of course makes sense to deter people from speeding in residential areas where children could be running around.

So all the hardliners on here would say the traffic cop in this instance should be fired for not doing their job!

This is really black and white.

32mph in a 30mph zone is speeding. You can’t argue this 🤷🏽‍♀️

Yes over the top by the policeman in my view. But, factually you were speeding.

I don't think traffic cops generally deal with drug dealers and illegal dogs

It's all bloody 20 mph zones around us, right pain to go anywhere!

Yes indeed.

There seem to be double standards, although maybe you are too immature to grasp my point. The police don’t seem to rigidly enforce speed limits on the motorway but they do in town. The messaging this sends is that the speed limit is flexible on the motorway but not in town which is confusing and opens them up to legal challenge.

No, when doing their jobs. You were going over the limit so he was entitled to do the same in order to catch you and stop you.

He saw a lone woman and thought he'd put the shits up her. The Police are very good at that. His power trip probably gave him a hard on. Anyway, much easier box to tick than tackling the drug dealers and their snarling pit bulls in town.

Mine shows under too.

That’s happened to me before. They told me they’re not going to do anything because today, they’re fining people who are doing over 40.
It’s probably a process.
I just said thanks and drive off. Don’t worry about it but just keep to the speed limit.

No, they're just saying she should own up to her mistake, be glad she wasn't fined and not blame the police as though it was their fault.

Traffic cops tend no to get involved much with catching murderers and rapists.

And if the OP is scared of male police officers, she did a very silly thing by knowingly driving over the speed limit.

Ridiculous imo. What a jobsworth.

I thought the reason that there is an “informal” presumption that you are allowed to be 10% over is because otherwise those are being prosecuted for speeding can raise the question of when the equipment was last calibrated for accuracy and, if that date is not recent, can escape conviction. 32 in a 30mph limit is not usually prosecuted because it is too easily challenged.

You'd have got done at 33.

And you'd probably have been offered the speed awareness course which explains why the speed limit is 30 not 32- which you won't forget once you've been.

But if you drive a lot, every now and then you're going to go over because it's a mundane task and it's hard to main concentration. You accept the slap on the wrist and learn the lesson. Not complain about it! He was right to pull you over, and you should be grateful you were only doing 32. You'll be more careful for a little while. It's embarrassing for a while, but you really were in the wrong.

The only think I would never do again is get into their car- marked or unmarked....

This thread is an example of the batshittery of Mumsnetters. Accidentally going 2MPH over the speed limit and they're acting like OP was rat racing through a housing estate in a souped up Honda Civic.