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I have just been reading a local IAM bulletin that lists "new guidelines nationally introduced.” It does not indicate who issued the guidelines, but goes on to say that "These new guidelines have been...
I was surprised to receive a Notice of Intended Prosecution (NIP) for allegedly travelling at 56mph along a stretch of dual carriageway I know has a 40mph speed limit - which I do consciously try to observe....
I was recently stopped by an unmarked police car and accused of exceeding a temporary 40mph speed limit on a dual carriageway at 9.45am. I maintained 40mph throughout the road works and accelerated to...
Somebody told me yesterday that if you are caught speeding you are allowed 10 per cent over the limit plus 3mph because a car's speedo is not calibrated. Is this true?
I get really fed up and irate when prats (usually but not always driving BMWs or Audis) speed past me or generally drive inappropriately for the road conditions. Speed limits and so on are there for a...
I was recently (January) caught speeding in a temporary speed limit area on a dual carriageway in Essex. Whilst I am not complaining about being caught (I am quite prepared to accept a fine and points)...
I have received a NIP after I triggered a Gatso camera whilst travelling at 51mph into a 30mph zone. I had been seeking an exit that would have led me onto the M4 motorway. This occurred when I entered...
I have recently been dunned for £60 for speeding by an unmanned camera, all, apparently, in the interests of road safety. This raises the question of who audits the money? I feel that it merely goes to...
Do points for speeding affect your insurance premium?
Many years ago I believe you ran a item in your pages concerning a lorry driver being found guilty by police for warning drivers of a speed check/trap, but on appeal to the law lords he was exonerated....