maddenmark Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 Well some of you may remember I was caught doing av 118mph on the M6 toll road back in Apr. Well today was judgement day - 6 month ban, £1,000 fine plus costs Well it will be a while before me and my BMW will be able to enjoy each other again, but look on the bright side, at least the argument with SWMBO about who is driving over xmas is sorted. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamD Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 Wow that is pretty severe. Did you have other points on your license or was that from clean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 eeek, that is very severe. Did you have a solictor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemod Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 My sister has just been done for exactly the same speed in her Mini Works Cooper S. I'll pass on the bad news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lottiefox Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 Ooooffff 6 month ban and fine, thats rough..........I know its well over the limit but.....M6 Toll is just SO easy to keep going on the old speedo.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woppum Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 Well you got no points which sounds like a good thing. you need to do any driver training after? A long ban, how will it effect your work, you in trouble? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avus_Bub Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 [ QUOTE ] Well some of you may remember I was caught doing av 118mph on the M6 toll road back in Apr. Well today was judgement day - 6 month ban, £1,000 fine plus costs Well it will be a while before me and my BMW will be able to enjoy each other again, but look on the bright side, at least the argument with SWMBO about who is driving over xmas is sorted. Cheers [/ QUOTE ] That is crazy, just crazy!! It makes my 56 days for 113 on the M4 pale into insignificance I work with a bloke who's just got his license after a years ban for DD and no insurance. How the feck do they work this stuff out? BUB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 [ QUOTE ] Well you got no points which sounds like a good thing. [/ QUOTE ] No it's not because it tends to carry more stigma with the insurance companies than points do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamD Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Well you got no points which sounds like a good thing. [/ QUOTE ] No it's not because it tends to carry more stigma with the insurance companies than points do. [/ QUOTE ] true, but it means you wont lose you license again the next time you get 3 points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woppum Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Well you got no points which sounds like a good thing. [/ QUOTE ] No it's not because it tends to carry more stigma with the insurance companies than points do. [/ QUOTE ] true, but it means you wont lose you license again the next time you get 3 points [/ QUOTE ] Yup, id prefer the premium... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 I got done for 118 about 9 years ago. I only got 25 days and £250. This seems quite heavy. Mine was a first offence and I did the very humble thing...or maybe times have changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvantSE Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 That is shocking, I know of people who have persistently driven without insurance and on an expired provisional who have got less than that !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drow Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 Nightmare, mate. At least your other half drives and can ferry you to and fro the train/bus/pub. I was caught doing 127 on the M56 about 10 years ago and was charged with Dangerous Driving and received a 12 month ban, £450 fine and had to retake my test again!! Pretty severe considering it was 1.30am and there was nothing else on the road. theonly saving grace was that I used my bike a lot more and was super fit by the time the ban expired!! I tend to agree with the earlier post, though, how they work out these bloody penalties is a joke! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_himself Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 I was done for DD 2 years ago - 50 in a 30 (in a quiet town at 430 am on a sunday morning no less) then 80 in the national speed limit after it. 1 year ban, extended test after it + £180 fine. The best of it is, the guy infront of me had crashed into 2 parked cars whilst speeding in the middle of the afternoon, when the sheriff told him he'd need to resit his test his lawyer got up and said that her client had no problem passing the practical bit, but due to dyslexia had trouble with theory. Result? "In that case, 6 month ban with his license to be returned after". A farce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHA Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 [ QUOTE ] That is shocking, I know of people who have persistently driven without insurance and on an expired provisional who have got less than that !!! [/ QUOTE ] Call crimestoppers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botang Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 That is very harsh, it should be derestricted being private road anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theduisbergkid Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] That is shocking, I know of people who have persistently driven without insurance and on an expired provisional who have got less than that !!! [/ QUOTE ] Call crimestoppers [/ QUOTE ] Agreed, same with drunks, fooking tw@ts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvantSE Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] That is shocking, I know of people who have persistently driven without insurance and on an expired provisional who have got less than that !!! [/ QUOTE ] Call crimestoppers [/ QUOTE ] Agreed, same with drunks, fooking tw@ts. [/ QUOTE ] Very little point in calling Crimestoppers when they've already been convicted - read my post again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 I suspect markm may have 'previous' to have earned that punishment... If not, it seems harsh. A drunken Christmas in store then Mark?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvantSE Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Anyway, someone mentioned drink drivers. 2 examples: Driver 1 blows 68 on the Intoximeter, almost twice the limit. He gets a 6 month ban. Driver 2 blows a similar reading but gets 12 months. 1 is a late 50s male who was a former school headteacher with no previous. Well-heeled, middle income, middle class. 2 is an early 40s male with no previous. He works in a factory, lives in a council semi. Why?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpellypo Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 This is controversial, but in my mind, if you drive that fast, you endanger lives. Unless you are properly trained, you'd have a job to control the car should you have a blowout, or someone have an accident coming the other way and end up on your side of the carriageway. I was coming up the A1 last year, on a totally empty, well lit stretch, in a brand new car with ESP, new tyres, superb brakes etc etc, certainly 'capable' of handling speeds of more than 100mph, but I chose not to. Half way down said road, a collision occured on the opposite side of the A1, the Megane involved spun, rolled, and ended up on it's roof right in front of me. I didn't hit it because I was going 65-70. Had I been going faster, although seemingly safe, I would haev killed two people, and I would have been to blame for that. All I am trying to say is that, there's really no need to go as fast as that, whether it's deemed safe or not. Yes, we all put our foot down a bit on the bigger motorways, but the reason the penalties are now so harsh for 100mph + drivers is because pure and simple, it's dangerous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Driver 1 knew the judge? It's difficult to get real consistency, because different cases are heard in front of different judges who interpret different set of circumstances in different ways... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfer Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 [ QUOTE ] Anyway, someone mentioned drink drivers. 2 examples: Driver 1 blows 68 on the Intoximeter, almost twice the limit. He gets a 6 month ban. Driver 2 blows a similar reading but gets 12 months. 1 is a late 50s male who was a former school headteacher with no previous. Well-heeled, middle income, middle class. 2 is an early 40s male with no previous. He works in a factory, lives in a council semi. Why?! [/ QUOTE ] I bet they were not convicted in the same court, were they?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpellypo Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 [ QUOTE ] Driver 1 knew the judge? It's difficult to get real consistency, because different cases are heard in front of different judges who interpret different set of circumstances in different ways... [/ QUOTE ] That's exactly correct. Precedent in UK Law means it has to be identical in most ways, so where there are differing circumstances, there will be differing penalties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Its in the paper today that they are going to start dishing out stronger sentences for drink drivers than they have done before. Has to be a good think IMO especially for those that are well over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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