Notice of Intended Prosecution - it arrived after 14 days. Can I get off?

My son has received Notice of Intended Prosecution from Suffolk Constabulary for driving at 37mph in a 30mph limit on 2 November 2012. I, as a named driver, was driving the car on the day in question....

Average Speed Cameras - How Do They Work?

When driving through roadworks where there are a series of average speed cameras - 4 for example, is the average speed calculated between each camera in turn (1 to 2, 2 to 3, etc ) and so technically...

Motorists were being persecuted for speeding in 1908, apparently.

Nothing is new, apparently. Average speed devices and the persecution of motorists were around at the beginning of the last century according to ‘The MotorCycle’ dated 29 April 1908. I thought you and...

Who decides who should receive an NIP when a driver is caught speeding?

I had my photograph taken on an unfamiliar road in Bournemouth, which for miles had been subject to a 40mph limit but, unnoticed by me, at a junction the limit changed to 30 mph and I was duly clocked...

French speeding ticket - this seems expensive

I Have received a speeding fine from France for 93 Euros for doing 58km/hr in a 50km/hr zone. Can I argue about the amount, seems very high and it has taken six weeks to get the ticket.

French speeding ticket - can they do this?

Having driven round France with extreme caution on a recent holiday, I have just received an "Avis De Contravention Au Code De La Route" through the post. It was sent unregistered to my home in the UK...

Why was there no local venue where I could take a speed awareness course?

I am relating this experience in the hope it will reach a wider audience and serve as a warning of what they can expect when taking up the police offer, as a first time offender, of taking a speed awareness...

Do I have to pay a French speeding fine?

I have just received a speeding fine from France whilst driving a hire car. 80kph in a 70kph zone apparently. I thought I was generally driving very carefully but this is only 6mph over the limit. The...

Speeding offence code SP04 - does it exist?

Please could you give me your opinion on the following: I was given a fixed penalty speeding ticket last week by Cambridgeshire Constabulary for doing 93 on a dual carriageway (70). On reading the ticket...

Where can I do a speed awareness course without being caught speeding?

My son attended a four hour evening Speed Awareness course earlier this year run by the AA and he told me about the contents next day. It sounded great so I asked the AA if I could attend one. Seemingly,...