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Forum: General Chat Topic: Insurance bar stewards |
| Hairyloon |
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Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 01:33
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| And something which is not obvious with most policies is that if you change your vehicle, they charge you "administrative costs" of £15-30 (maybe more, I don't claim to have done a survey) and don't tell you unless you ask, or read the small print. |
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Forum: Help! I'm being prosecuted! Topic: Material evidence |
| Hairyloon |
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 11:08
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| I've been on Pepipoo and they've pointed out that there doesn't need to be an offence (or any evidence of an offence) for a section 172. All there needs to be is an allegation of an offence. They've also pointed out that the penalty for the 172 is about double that of the alleged speeding offence, n... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Mr loophole does it again |
| Hairyloon |
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Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 18:11
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| But we still have to have a set procedure und this has to be upheld for each und every case. It can also depend on situation. We once had a German in his big bad Porsche up here.. before the speed cams. He was nicked by the police. In the court - via interpreter - who was allegedly struggling to ke... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Mr loophole does it again |
| Hairyloon |
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Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 23:08
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civil engineer wrote: Could you please define the sprirt of the laws pertaining to speed limits, their enforcement and the prosecution of transgressors please?
That driving at excessive speed is dangerous and irresponsible and punishment should be proportionate to the degree of irresponsibility. |
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Forum: Help! I'm being prosecuted! Topic: Material evidence |
| Hairyloon |
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Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 10:15
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| If you win you claim costs. Make a note of every cost incurred and all your time you spend preparing for the case. ;) Yeah, but let's be honest, I don't really have much hope of winning, and costs are at their discretion. :( A38 near Lichfield is a bit vague, and they didn't even identify the direc... |
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Forum: Help! I'm being prosecuted! Topic: Material evidence |
| Hairyloon |
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Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 15:02
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| Have you been to http://www.pepipoo.com yet? Couldn't get on earlier, then managed 5 minutes before I had to go out & thought it polite to have a bit of a read around th site before posting. Have discovered that a NIP should specify the location to within 1/4 mile, now I need to find mine to ch... |
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Forum: Help! I'm being prosecuted! Topic: Material evidence |
| Hairyloon |
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Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 11:31
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| My vehicle was flashed doing 50 on a dual carriageway. There was a temporary speed restriction of 40 and a coned off area. (You can't call it roadworks, there was no evidence of work that time, or at any of the other times I took that road). They sent me a NIP, and I wrote and asked for more informa... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Mr loophole does it again |
| Hairyloon |
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Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 10:44
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| If the so-called speed limit is not signposted properly, how is the driver supposed to know what it is ? Where is the "technicality" there ? My understanding was that he was let off because the NIP was late. And my thinking is that because they have to let off so many because of reasons l... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: Mr loophole does it again |
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Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 02:26
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| I don't hold with this kind of thing. It is basically admitting to the offence, but getting away with it on a technicality. I feel that this just makes it harder to argue a genuine defence. Also it reiterates the fact that if you're rich enough, the law need not apply, which just undermines public c... |
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