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I've read stories before about McDonald's fining people for taking too long over their meal, but I've just found a new variation. I went to a McDonald's on February 4th; two days ago they sent me a £50...
Last week one of my heavy goods vehicles went through a Gatso style camera on the single carriageway A5 Northbound, Red Gate junction. The posted limit is 50mph and my driver has been reported for travelling...
I recently received a Notice of Intended Prosecution for doing 37mph in a 30mph limit. I was given the opportunity to attend a Speed Awareness Course in Salisbury, which I accepted and duly paid the £60...
Yet again you miss the point made so well by R.A.: Drive within the law and you won't be fined. It's simple.
I think it was RA, and not CG, who "missed the point" recently. CG was valid in saying that he "concentrates more on speed cameras than what is around him". I know that you can reasonably expect to suffer...
With hundreds of thousands miles behind me, happily accident-free, I reckon I generally know when I am driving at a safe speed for the conditions and, given fair reminders of the speed limit (often lacking)...
Expect More Speeding Tickets in Weak Economy (from ScienceDaily Jan. 12, 2009. Got a lead foot? Hold on to your wallet. When local revenue falls, traffic citations go up. A new study to be published in...
I wonder if you can help. Today I received what I think is a parking fine for 70 Euros during holiday in France in July 2008 in a hired vehicle, which is obviously how they have tracked us down us. I’m...
I read the other day that French drivers are so angry at the number of speed cameras that they now contact a website with details of NOIP's, pay a fee and then let a solicitor do a 'class action' which...
A note in my diary tells me that 2 years ago we had an argument. My point was that anyone caught speeding deserved all they got. You bet me £5 that I would get points on my licence for speeding within...