60 in a 40mph area

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I just need to know other peoples experiences!! I was driving home (I wouldn’t normally be speeding but my mind was elsewhere today!😔)
As I came round the bend I would’ve been doing about 58mph I think then I noticed the speed van and braked to 50 before realising it was a 40 and slammed my brakes on to 40.

I’m hoping it’s a 3 points and a fine and nothing more. But was hoping someone may have had something similar and just wondered what your outcome was?

Thank you! X

Have a look at the threshold for speed awareness course in your area. If 58 on your dash, probably actually going 55.

OP I'm really sorry

Don't you know that literally nobody who posts on MN has gone a mile over the speed limit themselves? Despite the fact that 70% of drivers apparently knowingly speed.

What a shitty day for you. Take it easy xx

I’m really sorry your being given such a hard time and I’m sorry for your loss. Can all of those that have been so nasty to OP be 100%sure and honest that they have not once crept over the speed limits by even 1mph?

I did a speed awareness course for 37 in a 30 - also coming home from a bad news hospital appointment. Hopefully you slowed down in time to not be doing 59 in range of the van. Sorry for your bad news too.

Perhaps repost your question in www.pistonheads.com. I understand they have a helpful forum there for exactly this kind of question.

My SIL did pretty much the same thing after the speed limit on a dual carriageway she had been using regularly for years was reduced from 60 to 40. She got six points. You might get three or a course if you managed to knock off enough speed before they clocked you.

I think you deserve to lose your licence.

Sorry for your loss, op. I recently got caught doing 36mph in a 30mph zone - big wide road, not built up area so I thought limit was 40mph. Anyway, I received either 3 points and a find or do speed awareness course. I chose the course but I imagine nearly 60mph in a 40mph zone may carry a heftier punishment. Good luck

Minor Speeding Offences – Usually dealt with via a Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN), 3 points & £100 fine or you may be offered a speed awareness course, or you can elect to defend the alleged offence in court.

Serious Speeding Offences – Normally defined as 20 mph or more over the speed limit. Usually leads to a Court summons & prosecution. Penalties in the range of 3 – 6 points and up to £1000 fine (up to £2500 for speeding on a motorway). Police are required to lodge the summons with the Court within 6 months, but this does not mean that if you don’t hear from them within six months that you have escaped prosecution.

Very Serious Speeding Offences – Usually regarded as 30 mph+ over the speed limit. Often result in a 7 – 56 day driving ban. In the most serious cases involving very high speeds you can receive a custodial sentence.

I've just seen your update, I am truly sorry for your loss but still that is no excuse. You were in no fit state to drive, and as a driver it is your responsibility to make they call. If you can't then you shouldn't have a licence.

Sorry for you loss but you were still 20 mph over the speed limit. No excuse!

Sorry about your loss OP, but there are limits for a reason. Be glad you ran into a speed trap and not into somebody else’s child at 60 in a 40 zone.

OP
A friend on a speed awareness course said they had done some research and for people driving a familiar route their concentration on the road was something frightenly low like 40%.

I've had 1 speeding ticket (in over 20 years of driving) I should have had another before xmas but the camera must not have been working. My Ddad had been very ill and then passed away and on one of my visits I passed a speed camera (at the bottom of a hill) where the road changes from 40mph to 30mph, and I was probably doing nearer 40.

@Tara336 don't be so bloody ridiculous, creeping over the wooed limit by one mile us hardly the same as being 50% over the limit now is it?

If your child was hot by a car driving at almost sixty in a forty you'd go "oh well I'm sure that others have been over by one mile".

I'm sorry for your loss OP, but causing devastation by reckless driving is only going to make things worse. If you're not fit to drive, which I understand, call a friend or a taxi.

You'll get 3 points and a fine or may be offered a course and can consider yourself very lucky that no one was hurt either by your 50% over the limit speeding or your slamming your brakes on.

Your slamming brakes on is also potentially dangerous and you should think carefully about your recklessness.

And yes, we've all broken the speed limit but 50% is a huge chunk over, it is the equivalent of 45 in a 30 limit or 105 on the motorway, not 35 in a 30 limit or 80 on a motorway.

All of you saying the OP shouldn't have a license, didn't you see that she hadn't realised that she was breaking the speed limit to that extent because of what she had just gone through. She didn't come close to causing an accident. I actually think it's unlikely she's ever done this before or will do it again.

It's not that I would ever suggest that it's a good thing to speed by that much, I know the possible consequences of bad driving. But I don't think the OP is a bad driver normally. It happened, she's admitted it. What she needs now is support. Which is why I don't think AIBU is the place for her right now.

Lizzie

I have sympathy for the OP, who must definitely made the wrong choice to drive. An error of judgement you shouldn't make when in charge of a ton and a half of metal travelling at any speed.

I'm sorry for the difficult time you're having OP.

If it helps, I recently received a Notice that I'd been doing 34 in a 30 zone. The Notice came within a few weeks and I was offered a speed Awareness course. I signed up for the course which cost £90 and I was able to book a Saturday morning at a venue close to home (even though my offence was in another Police Authority).

So, hopefully you'll get the letter very quickly, take whatever punishment is offered and soon be able to put the speeding offence behind you.

I, like you, know what I did was inexcusable. I'm grateful that my driving did not cause any harm and I am determined to be a better driver from now on.

Best wishes.

Sorry but theres no excuse for being so far over the speed limit. Clearly you shouldn't have been driving under the circumstances but you were a danger to other road users at that speed.

I’m sorry these hideous people are all being horrible to you, try not to worry to much

OP, I'm very sorry for your loss. Dealing with that as well as the possible outcomes of your speeding, I'd strongly suggest you come off this thread. There are some incredibly judgemental and harsh responses and I doubt you're in the right head-space to deal with them. I hope you ha e support around you to deal with your loss

Seriously, how many people would leave their car in a hospital car park and get home some other way after bad news?

FFS of have needed to do that at at least 50%'of my late husband's oncology appointments. Which were 30 miles away with no public transport.
I don't believe for a second that all the sanctimonious people on this thread would have done so in the OP's situation.

Also she didn't ask people to say she wasn't wrong to speed. She asked what penalty she'd get.

I didn't have your excuse, but I was caught doing 37 in a 30 limit, OP. I got a speed awareness course.

Jesus, what's with all the "no empathy, so harsh, horrible" complaints.

My 3 year old was hit by someone who sped round a bend and mounted the pavement, where we were standing, and knocked us down. The driver got out screaming "it was an accident, it was an accident". I was really very vocal in how much I did not care that it was an accident. She was speeding. If she had got out the car shouting "I've had terrible news so wasnt paying attention", I wouldn't have changed my reaction at all. Whatever is happening in someone's life does not give them permission to take a very dangerous action which puts other lives at risk. That is what OP did, and you cannot excuse that.

Sorry but there are many things you could be doing with your mind not being on it - watching tv, reading MN, etc but one thing you shouldn't do is drive without paying 100% attention. At that speed had you collided with another car it could have resulted in death or serious injuries.

That's an example of why OP shouldn't have taken a "lethal weapon" out when not able to control it! @Lulualla I hope your child is fully recovered?

@spongejack sorry not ridiculous at all in my opinion