Speed camera help!

scotttait · 05-05-13, 10:54 AM

I was in a friends car, he was driving and drive by police holding a handheld speed gun. He thinks he was speeding. I thought if he was caught they would have waved him in?

Any knowledge on here?

Jay-ZS+ · 05-05-13, 11:09 AM

Believe the mobile units they can sent you a letter now. Sure smokey or Dan will confirm though.

Did you wave?

ZS · 05-05-13, 11:15 AM

IIRC, the drive by units now send you a letter, and have 2 weeks in which to send it out.

But, if you can't pay the fine, don't do the crime

Din · 05-05-13, 11:20 AM

Not the end of the world either way really, £60.00 three points normally, i got that for doing 86 in a 70 (camera van on a bridge) in sep 08.... just paid up and got on with it, made no difference to insurance or what have you.

In fact i still have the pic lol.

talkingcars · 05-05-13, 11:27 AM

Letter in the post.............

ZS · 05-05-13, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Din

Not the end of the world either way really, £60.00 three points normally, i got that for doing 86 in a 70 (camera van on a bridge) in sep 08.... just paid up and got on with it, made no difference to insurance or what have you.

In fact i still have the pic lol.

IF he is lucky he could be offered to go on a speed awareness course instead, still £60 fine (IIRC) but no points.. and from what I hear they are quite good and effective, if only for 6 months to a year after the course...

Dan1971 · 05-05-13, 11:42 AM

Here's the thing -

If they were actual officers using a camera, and you were over the limit, they have 14 days to inform you that you were over and commence proceedings.

However - very often these days, we're using it as a tactic to dissuade speeding. So we send poeple - support officers and even volunteers sometimes out in yellow jackets to point the gun at passers by. They don't know what the difference is and it has the impact of slowing cars down.

Din · 05-05-13, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ZS

IF he is lucky he could be offered to go on a speed awareness course instead, still £60 fine (IIRC) but no points.. and from what I hear they are quite good and effective, if only for 6 months to a year after the course...

Yup, my Mrs got a speed awareness course a few years back for doing 45 in a 40.

petet16 · 05-05-13, 12:46 PM

Are the speed awareness courses available everywhere now, got to be worth doing to avoid the points.

Ritchy · 05-05-13, 12:57 PM

Last time i checked the awareness courses werent in scotland