Caught doing 87 on an A road - stupid - what will happen?

[Speeding87stupid]

We were on holiday, road was empty and we were rushing to get to a check in.

Just got home and received a scary letter in the post from the police.

I know it was monumentally stupid. Will write back immediately saying yes it was me.

I’ve never had a speeding fine - can’t believe I was so stupid, I never usually speed.

What will they do - will I lose my licence?

17 mph over is likely to be 3 points and a fine. Usually 25mph+ over is court. So on a 70mph, you should be fine, with points

Your insurance is going to rise very steeply.

You may very well loose your license, you might try to claim extenuating circumstances but you need a really good one. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

It’s easily done, I’m sure you will learn from it.

You will either get an SP30 offence code, meaning 3 points and a £100 fine, or be offered a speed awareness course, provided that there was nothing dangerous/dodgy about your driving and that you don’t have recent speeding convictions.

If you get offered the latter, grab it with both hands!

You could have killed my family because you wanted to check in quickly. Hope you get maximum. Stop feeling sorry for yourself and admit you are a moron

She won't lose her licence, it's not in that realm. Also, no, you can NEVER claim any extenuating circumstances for speeding. It's a strict liability offence.

Honestly, why do so few people know how this works?

Not if they are dual carriageway. Then it’s 70. If it’s single carriageway it’s 60.

Selfish, stupid behaviour. Stop accusing people of being "horrible". What's horrible, worrying and stressful is knowing people like you are completely disregarding road safety.

86 is usually the cut off for speed awareness courses so you will likely get 3 points and a fine. You’re lucky it was a 70 and not a 60 dual carriage way as it would have been instant court summons.

Stop throwing a pity party and face up to the consequences of your selfish behaviour. It's because of people like you that parents are grieving for their dead children.

Nobody is going to give you any sympathy, so stop pathetically looking for any.

A roads can be 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 or 70. Only 70 if a dual carriageway and national speed limit applied. 60 if single and NSL.
Other speeds would be sign posted.

Motorways are dual carriageways, by the way, just with special extra rules, and no roundabouts/direct junctions.

As someone who lives in a village where the only way out of it is on to an A road, I hope you do lose your licence!!
We see so many accidents along said A road and the majority is because people driving at excessive speed.
You are only sorry you got caught and you certainly didn’t have anyones lives in the back of your mind.
Yesterday a man in his 70’s died along the A road outside our village due to him speeding, luckily the other driver was unhurt but that’s still a family grieving a loved one.
My daughters friend from school was left with brain damage due to someone speeding and all they were doing was innocently going swimming.
So I agree with this commenter, you do need to lose your licence to learn your lesson and I don’t give a damn if you was running late or not there are such things as mobile phones and I am sure you have one.

You could read the thread, some people have been sympathetic. But, either way, it's a daft thing to be nasty to someone about - most people speed at some point. I'm not saying it's OK, but people definitely do it! You can't be nasty to everyone.

Now, stop panicking, everyone! Read this:

RAC speeding information.

You broke a rule. You weren't massively reckless. 87 in a 70 limit is Band 1. The worst will be a fine and 3 points. You might even get away with a Speed Awareness Course. And.....relax.

I used to live rurally. It was shocking how many farmers sons lost their lives racing round roads with which they were familiar.

Most A roads in Cheshire are 30 mph and on some parts 40 and you need to look out for the changes.

70 on dual carriageway stretches.

It might depend on what they charge you with. If it is speeding, you are lucky. It could be careless driving, reckless driving, driving without due care and attention.

They ask you to confirm it was you driving and other details you send it in then they'll send you your options depending on them could be a speed awarness course and £100 or points and fine

Nonsense!

I use this road regularly. I've been caught out twice, first time I was driving along chatting with my passenger on the malton bypass and realised id crept up to over 80! I let off the accelerator to let it slow down steadily but didn't realise there was a police car on one of the bridges. I got caught at 81 and got 3 points and the standard fine.
The following time we were heading to York hospital as we'd been told my father was dying, I was trying not to speed but I got caught at 79 at the bottom of Whitwell hill - its their favourite place to sit and anyone who lives locally knows to keep braking and expect them to be there at the bottom! Their other fave spot is on a big grassy corner near the Tadcaster junction.
The second time I explained the circumstances and they didn't give me any points or fine which I was grateful for as it was a difficult enough time.
Im not sure what the standard fine is for 87 on a dual carriageway, I believe it gets mo, re serious for doing over 90, as you're under this it will hopefully just be 3 points but they've changed how they do the fines now, it could be £100 but it might be more (mine was £100 but it was nearly 7 years ago)

Pay attention Captain, OP was 17 miles over. You just seem to be delighting in being rude and bullying.
You’ll get a fine and points OP. No great drama.

Most likely it'll be 6 points and a hefty fine - plus some court fees and victim surcharges - even if no victim. With doing 87 in a 70, you do risk a ban. you can write a letter to the court explaining that you had a lapse in judgement and it is out of character for you to speed and ask them to consider that you have always had a clean license and loss of license would mean you couldn’t take your children to school, this may go in your favour if they are considering a ban.

The OP is clearly decent and of good character, she doesn’t deserve some of the wildly over-the-top responses evident on here from the permanently offended, sanctimonious types that have infested this forum.

OP, I think you will be offered a speed awareness course, provided there are no aggravating factors, like speeding in busy conditions or poor weather etc

Tbe worst-case scenario is an SP30 conviction (band A), with 3 points and a £100 fine.

Contrary to some comments on here, that would have little or no impact on your insurance, as you will see by running a GoCompare quote online with the conviction included.

Good luck OP!👍

Apologies but you driving at that speed 100% deserves a bolluking. How dare you risk the lives of others even if was just for a minute or so.

If an A road is 2 lanes and has a central reservation then the limit is 70.

I think that you will be lucky to just get a driver awareness course at this speed. Points and fine at a guess