52% support Highway Code retest every 10 years

[Alex321]

My act of evil criminality was before speed awareness courses.
I was only too happy with the police's "THEY SAY" of 86mph, the reality may have been a little more...
A fine and 3 points was my bargain of the decade

I had one in 1999, when I was a freelance developer, working on a Y2K project in Solihull. Travelling up on teh Monday, home on the Friday, so I'm bombing along the pretty well empty M50 on a sunny August morning, when this car behind me suddenly starts flashing blue lights between their headlights

Puled over, and was told "According to our VASCAR, you were averaging 95 for about a mile. Normally, that goes to court, and you are looking at 6 points at least, maybe more, but since it is a nice day, with good visibility, an empty road and nothing else wrong with your driving, we'll give you a fixed penalty ticket if you accept it".

Me: "Yes thank you, and I'll keep it much slower from here".

3 points and £60 in those days. I've never driven that fast since.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I had one in 1999, when I was a freelance developer, working on a Y2K project in Solihull. Travelling up on teh Monday, home on the Friday, so I'm bombing along the pretty well empty M50 on a sunny August morning, when this car behind me suddenly starts flashing blue lights between their headlights

Puled over, and was told "According to our VASCAR, you were averaging 95 for about a mile. Normally, that goes to court, and you are looking at 6 points at least, maybe more, but since it is a nice day, with good visibility, an empty road and nothing else wrong with your driving, we'll give you a fixed penalty ticket if you accept it".

Me: "Yes thank you, and I'll keep it much slower from here".

3 points and £60 in those days. I've never driven that fast since.

So you and me saved the world from Y2K then?