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

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I did 45 in a 30. I didn’t realise the limit had changed from 50 to 30. There was a police speed van and obviously they will have got this. Does anyone know what will happen? Internet search is not helping, some sites say 6 points and 28 day ban and others say usual
fine and can do driving course. Very worried and I am usually such a careful driver!

I got done doing 34 in a 30 by a police van camera. I had a notice through the post and a choice to pay the fine and get three points or pay the fine and do a speed awareness course. I did the latter.

I was doing 45 in a 30 but had was meters from the national limit sign. I got 3 points and 100 fine.

For those saying there are signs no, that’s not always the case. I went to Birmingham recently and almost every road that used to be 40 or 50 has been reduced down to 30. I’m not sure when, as I don’t drive there often, but I used to, it could be so easy to run on autopilot having driven a lot of them for many years. Many of them are dual carriageways where 30 feels unnaturally slow. They do not have 30 signs on them anywhere. Instead they have small rectangular signs on lampposts saying “new 30 mph speed limit in force” - they are white writing on a red background which is no where near as easy to read as a big black number in a red circle. Especially at night. Or when it’s lashing with rain like it was for me the other night and visibility was poor. Or when you’re also busy dodging the hundreds of potholes along the road… There’s not even warnings/speed signs as you enter these roads. You could easily sail past a couple without noticing (especially on a dual carriageways where there could be a lorry obscuring them, too) and boom, speeding ticket.

I can’t help think that if they’ve gone to the trouble of putting up these small signs, they could have easily put some actual speed signs up and they would have actually been a lot more effective.

Uk police the registered keeper gets a "notice of intended prosecution" in the post, and has to declare who was driving, failure to do so is also an offense.. French police issue on the spot fines, payable by cash or card.

Loving all the perfect drivers. The ones who fully concentrate on everything, every time they get behind the wheel, particularly on routes they travel every single day.

someone could have died yes. But they didn’t. Nobody is suggesting it is absolutely fine what OP did, she made a mistake, she doesn’t need to be hung, drawn and quartered for it. I’m sure if you had asked her previously would she knowingly drive 50 in a 30 zone, she would have said no.

Driving without due care and attention, @dadtoateen if you are going to bandy about legal driving offences, probably best to know what you are talking about. That specific offence doesn’t cover simply not noticing a speed limit change.

I’m a driver with 35 years’ experience. I passed the IAM Advanced test and have to do driving assessments with my work. I have never had nor cause an accident and beyond a few motorway speeding tickets over the decades, have a clean driving licence. Can I say I am absolutely, 100% paying full attention to everything, every time I drive? Of course not, because I am human. They changed the speed limit on the road I drive in to work from 50 to 30 a few weeks ago. My car pings an alert furiously for just about everything and I wondered what was wrong until I saw the speed notification changed on the dashboard. There is nothing different about that part of the road, it isn’t suddenly built up, with street lights and pavements, it’s a rural road. There is a village ahead of it, which already had a 30 zone, they’ve moved that about 1/4 mile further out from the village for some reason. Missing the odd speed limit sign doesn’t make you a terrible driver.

Non of us are perfect on here, don't think anyone has stated that?

I never said driving without due care and attention was due to the speeding offence.

Pleased about your driving experience and passing a test.

Never mentioned missing the odd speed limit makes someone a terrible driver.

Have a wonderful day.

To the OP, don't stress about it :)

Easier said than done but don't stress.few points and a small fine I imagine. It's done now... we are all human and it's sounds like you've learnt your lesson already.

Here in Wales speeds seem to get changed on a bi-weekly basis , it really is hard to keep up ( and the signage is tiny)

And covered in trees, massive gaps between signs and sometimes no other cars / people on the road. The police have their money making spots when they want their quota though.

Yes, my speedo is calibrated to make it look as if I'm going 3-4mph faster than I actually am. It is NOT a myth. 🙄(Like the 'common law wife' having the same rights as an actual wife' myth!)

Oh nooooooo.

Although. It has been 3 weeks (on Friday) since I did 36-37mph on a road I thought was 40mph.(But it was 30mph!)

It had been 40mph since the road was created 30 years ago. I didn't see the new '30' sign at the start, and only saw another '30' sign part way down the road. A few seconds after I went past the policeman with the speed gun... I live in another town and rarely go down this road, so didn't know the speed had dropped from 40 to 30.

Should I have had a speeding ticket/letter by now?

3 points and £100 fine. If you have no points already, you may be able to pay the £100 fine for a speed awareness course and keep the points.

Don’t worry it happens I also felt awful accidentally did 45 in a 30 ( dual carriageway with roadworks) £60 fine and 3 points ( tge points did not affect insurance premium xx

We had a road change from 50 to 20!

DH got a ticket for doing 33 in a 30 zone - road drops quite sharply from 50 to 30 to enter a village and he got caught by a mobile unit. He got offered a speed course or taking the 3 points. He did the course.