Quinny:
My brother in law, who is ex traffic Northumbria, told me that the 10% + 2, is not compulsory, only discretionary.Ken.
That is correct.
tmcassett:
ScaniaUltimate:
tmcassett:
I have just been done by a mobile speed van in my car last week in Nottingham when taking my little girl to nursery.I totally missed the van at the time of the offence as the first I knew about it was a week later when I got a letter from Nottinghamshires finest - I was doing 35 in a 30 so no 10% +2 here.
Speeding around nursery starting & finishing times whilst not paying enough attention to spot a police van suggests a speed awareness course would be useful.
Your speedometer would have been showing above 35 MPH too; likely 37+ MPH.I’d like to correct a few inaccuracies in your statement there as you have wrongly assumed a couple of things.
First of all I was over 1 mile away from where the nursery actually was so I wasnt speeding around a nursery, nor its start or finish times.
Secondly the stretch of road I got done on was a dual carriageway with houses set back from the road and separated by another road that runs alongside the dual carriageway. I’m fully aware it’s a 30mph limit as I use it every day. While I have every intention of driving at speed limits it’s easy to creep over without realising from time to time - particularly on a dual carriageway when the limit is 30mph
Lastly where the van was placed from what I can see on the NIP letter I recieved was set well back from the road and behind a footbridge that passes over the road so very sneaky and easy to miss.
Bottom line, I was unknowingly travelling over the limit and I got caught so will accept whatever I end up with. It’s just one of those things.
Lastly, I would like to throw some praise your way for never ever creeping over a speed limit in however long you have been driving. That is a pretty amazing thing to have achieved, you must be so proud!
I did not state you were speeding around the nursery; just around the nursery start & finish times.
Interesting that you were taking your little girl to nursery outside their start time time; I think my assumption you would be taking your little girl there around their start time was a reasonable assumption.
I also didn’t state I had never crept over a speed limit.
I did not state you were speeding around the nursery; just around the nursery start & finish times.
Interesting that you were taking your little girl to nursery outside their start time time; I think my assumption you would be taking your little girl there around their start time was a reasonable assumption.
I also didn’t state I had never crept over a speed limit.
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Not sure of the relevance of the nursery time comment in that case then but anyway.
You may not have stated you had never crept over a speed limit but your post came across as holier than thou and patronising.
ScaniaUltimate:
I did not state you were speeding around the nursery; just around the nursery start & finish times.Interesting that you were taking your little girl to nursery outside their start time time; I think my assumption you would be taking your little girl there around their start time was a reasonable assumption.
I also didn’t state I had never crept over a speed limit.
Not sure of the relevance of the nursery time comment in that case then but anyway.
You may not have stated you had never crept over a speed limit but your post came across as holier than thou and patronising.
msgyorkie:
Had a massive upgrade of the road a few years back but kept the 50mph limit!! Ridiculous.
It’s due to the crappy junction southbound for the airport and the first one northbound into the village and the Starbucks.