just been flashed doing 40 in a 30 in slough, though i was in a 40 but appears not. do i instantly get 3 points now as ive heard of people doing awarness courses? cheers

 

sorry about that mate, cheers for helping me get the gearbox, i appriciate that !

 

yea 3 points & sixty quid!! its at the cops discresion for the course, but cameras are automatic & fines are instantly issued .................join the club.....

 

not a prob, just pissed off i got flash though as really didnt even realise i was speeding, not your fault anyhow. cheers for picking up me head gasket btw

 

About a month ago my Dad got flashed doing 36 in a 30.

Letter came giving him the option of 3 points and Ł60 fine or speeding awareness course and Ł60 fine.

He did the course, I think he said it was 3 hours long and free coffee/tea aswell!

 

This happened to me well chuffed as i got away with points and spent the afternoon looking at some lovely women!

 

hopefully i get offered that as quite like my clean license and if other goes bad when i go court could end up with 6 points then if i get these 3 which sucks as will proper boot insurance up as everyones i know so far has gone up this year

 

when i did speed awareness course it was a 2 day course and cost me 120quid was the most boring two days of my life full of smarmy patronising driving instructors only bit i enjoyed was tailgating and scaring the shit out of one of the instructors on the way home after the second day!

 

i think the speeding awareness course is 39mph or under

cause i got done doing 40 and 3 points was mine

 

My ex-father-in-law got done for speeding. That was 36 in a 30 zone and he had the choice. He took the course too, but 3 points shouldn't do anything to your insurance, but if you have the points you do run the risk for the next 3 years of getting more and then increasing your insurance

 

what road in slough was it?

i think you can go for awareness course if you blag extnuating circumstances such as job dependancies, etc

 

well my license is crucial as im a self employed carpenter so van is my livelyhood. not sure of road, i'd never been slough before, dont want to go again now either lol. Ginge prob knows the road or roughly?

 

Ł60 for the course! Must depend on the area then cos in West Yorkshire its Ł100 to do the course instead of getting the points! and no, it wasn't me, it was Keith, the first day he took the BMW out

 

My uncle also got flashed and had the option of 3points/Ł60 fine or Speeding awareness course/Ł60 fine.

He choose to do the course, paid his Ł60 and forgot to turn up! He hasn't heard anything since, was 4-5months ago.

I suppose they don't care once they have your money.

 

was it near two petrol stations - one on each side of the road if so that is London Road and you may get lucky as my old dear years ago sped thru that without realising and never got a ticket.

If its slough you willmore than likely have a ticket by the end of the week - my one came the next day

 

i did one in boston but have not heard anything from it and it was 8 weeks ago,it may not have film in it

 

I got caught doing 37mph in a 30mph zone and never got the option of doing a course, i phoned the police up about why i didnt get the option and they said coz i was doing over 35mph and its more dangerous

 

was a long straight after we came left out of services if im right?

 

when i got caught speeding i got 3 points and a 60 quid fine. I was gutted cause i would of done the course instead to save me getting points but thats life.

 

the course depends on what yu've done

first up, wait for the letter to arrive
in some cases, if it's your first offence or whatever, the offer of the course is available, but sometimes not depending otn eh speed you've been clocked at

bloke at work got clocked twice for speeding, once locally and once n liverpool, on the same day

he got speed awareness courses letter options for both offences

 

i had to do this course and what a load of crap lol the chap who was doing the course was a complete tool and loved his job what a muppet