9fingers wrote:RogerS wrote:9fingers wrote: I've just been awarded 3 loyalty points on my driver collection card! Grr!
Bob
Could you not do a Speed Awareness Course ?
One was not offered. Maybe not offered on a first offence?
I was doing 38 in a 30 limit on a deserted road around midnight!
Bob
I wonder if different police forces have different criteria ? Wouldn't surprise me. A quick Google shows this criteria for Nottinghamshire
To be eligible you must meet this criteria
you admit to being the driver of the vehicle and this is received by us within 42 days of the date of the offence
you haven't attended a Speed Awareness course within the last three years
the speed you were travelling at the time of the offence must fall within the acceptable speed range (Speed limit + 10% + 9mph). For example, in a 30 mph limit – you could attend a course up to 42mph inclusive.
So on that basis and assuming the other criteria were met, then you should/would have been offered a course.
You specific instance reminds me that I will have to keep my lips firmly buttoned up because as well as attending the course you have to 'pass' it. Which from Googling means sitting there quietly and speaking when you are spoken to.
So me saying that it's not speed per se but the wrong speed for the road and weather conditions and that doing 150 mph down an empty motorway at 4am in Summer is perfectly acceptable might not go down too well.
Or pointing out that the braking distances given in the Highway Code have never been updated and that most modern cars stop in a much shorter distance these days.
If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.