Police van camera. I despair, what does this mean?

This would be stupid and immoral. She knows she was speeding, she made a simple mistake. She simply wanted to know what the outcome might be.

Why would she 'fight' it? On what grounds?

They are not always 'sodding great red circles with a big number on it' in really clear and obvious places though. And occasionally drivers don't notice it til it's too late. (And they are not looking for it, if it's been the same speed for many years and only just changed quite recently!)

Must be so lovely to be sooooo perfect. What's that like? 😃

Go to court and fight it - that's your right. I did this once. They changed the date 3 times and the location once and on the third date they couldn't locate the paperwork so apologised to me for wasting my time. If you lose the case then you've lost nothing.

Hope you get some help for all your worry. My sympathies.

Last I heard was men were twice as likely to speed than women.
Yeah, 'my god that's so funny'.

Regardless of how many times you’ve driven the road

If you can’t spot a sodding great red circle with a big number in it, then I worry about all the other things you may not spot.

42 in a 30, thought it was a 60. No excuse but it was a country road and less than 100 yards after I was caught it did turn to a 60. hedges on either side so no child killing would have been involved.

anyway, in 26 years of driving that’s the only time I’ve been caught.

got the course and £100 ‘cost’

don’t beat yourself up, perfect drivers on here obviously. It’s easy to miss a sign and think you’re in a higher speed area than you are

Yes of course I did, its a road I travel on all the time, this was some years ago, so did not look for, or expect there ot be any difference.

I was answering your point where you seem incredulous that a road would drop 20mph 'overnight'. This one did. As do many

So you missed the sign that denotes the speed limit then…

I solve this problem by paying attention.

The road I was caught on doing 57 in a 50 had changed from 70 to 50, its a 2 lane dual carriageway.

45 in a 30 is crazy and if you hit someone it doesn't matter if it was intentional or that you are usually a good driver. You aren't a good driver if you can't tell the speed limit

I would expect 3 points and a fine but hope for a course.

Drive more slowly

Fair enough, but I’ve never seen a 20mph reduction overnight and I’m a 10k miles year driver all my life.

A road near me changed from 50 to 40 just recently, but because I was paying attention while driving I saw the sign and adjusted.

I was doing 36 in a 20 zone (won't waste time trying to excuse it) and got 3 points, plus fine.
I was too far over for the speed awareness course.

Try not to catastrophise.

if you were going double the speed limit I believe it’s much more serious. 45 in a 30 is points and a fine. Use Waze in future and it will automatically tell you the speed limits everywhere you go.

42 in a 30 - I got speed awareness course. Was told by police officer who pulled me over at the time that it was borderline and I might get a fine. Thankfully not, no previous.

Quite a lot of the roads near me have changed from 60 to 40, so I will believe OP that a 20mph difference is possible.
(Just in case people ask whether I'm in favour of the change, I'd say yes, if it's made clear, but I'm more concerned about overall safety. With all the potholes, it was probably safer when the roads were 60. Until relatively recently, the roads were well maintained and there were fewer accidents.)

Agreed.He sounds like a supercilious prat.

Theres no set threshold, another thing that gets trotted out on these sorts of threads.

I blame street furniture for people missing signs some of the time, there is too much distraction on the roads and pavements. I can completely understand how OP missed the new signs.

There is no set rule. Legally they can prosecute for you doing just one mile per hour over the limit (although most don't).
I was caught doing 42 in a 30 and was offered a course. I am aware just how lucky I was and am pretty certain it was borderline for points and a fine.

Depends on the force. My sister and DH have both been done for speeding in a 30mph zone. The 10% plus 2mph would have made it 35mph. My sister was given a fine and points for 33 mph. My DH was doing about 40 (apparently he needed a poo) so totally deserved his points. I've been done by the same force for doing 57mph in a 50mph but I got a speed awareness course instead. My offence was a good few years after theirs though.

Dh did similar recently (although I think it was 43/44). He got offered a speed awareness course (he’s never had points or courses before). So you might get lucky and get that or 3 points and a fine. I think it varies a lot across different areas so it’s hard to guess. If it makes you feel better I’ve done this before where I missed where a speed limit changed and got points. Try not to beat yourself up over it.

If the speed limit has recently changed, they sometimes do this and send letters to say the speed limit has changed.

I hope that happens in your case 🙏

You may get a speed awareness course @Turneinp

Depends.

Why has this road changed from 50 to 30? (MPH) That is a BIG drop in speed.

And WHEN did it change?

In mid February, I did 36-37mph down a road I hadn't been down for a year or so (another town 20 miles away) and I rarely drive down it, and I didn't know the speed had dropped from 40mph to 30mph several months ago. There was a policeman with a speedgun part way down the road and he clocked me. I was like FUCK! I thought it was a road repair man from a distance!

I'm not gonna lie, I didn't notice the new speed sign until half way down this road - it's about two thirds of a mile long... but I guess there must have been one further back, and the one I saw was there - so I only have myself to blame really. I am hoping they take pity on me a bit, as I am not from the area, and the speed only dropped around October 2025.

It has been 2 weeks and 3 days. No ticket yet. I think I will get one! I don't know how long they take.

Best of luck @Turneinp Hope you get a speed awareness course!