Re: Producer/ fixed penilty/ Advise needed

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What do I do now?

Wait for the court summons to appear. You'll either get off or get shafted.

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Subject: Producer/ fixed penilty/ Advise needed
From: "vlg" vlg (AT) btinternet (DOT) com
Date: 30/07/03 10:59 GMT Daylight Time
Message-id: <bg84tq$3ki$1 (AT) sparta (DOT) btinternet.com

I was caught doing just over the speed limit at 1:30am last night on a dual
carriageway. But I'm positive I was not speeding! Anyway I was told this was
an endorseable offence as I could have been a danger to wildlife

People who recklessly endanger fish should have the full weight of the law
thrown at them IMO.

(there was

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not one other sole on the road).

It would have been very fishy if there had been.

I was given a fixed penalty fine of £60. I

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took the ticket to the Police station in along with all my documents and
they were uncertain if I had to produce my counterpart licence. I told them
I was going to court to contest the offence

Waste of time unless you can prove a fault in the camera or whatever system
caught you.

and they said ok that's fine

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then and just logged what details I had. My questions are:

Were they meant to take my counterpart licence?

What do I do now?

Pay the £60.

Dave Baker - Puma Race Engines (www.pumaracing.co.uk)
"How's life Norm?"
"Not for the squeamish, Coach" (Cheers, 1982)

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"Sparky" <stuff (AT) progression-uk (DOT) com> wrote

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"vlg" <vlg (AT) btinternet (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:bg84tq$3ki$1 (AT) sparta (DOT) btinternet.com...
I was caught doing just over the speed limit at 1:30am last night on a
dual
carriageway. But I'm positive I was not speeding! Anyway I was told this
was
an endorseable offence as I could have been a danger to wildlife (there
was
not one other sole on the road). I was given a fixed penalty fine of
£60.
I
took the ticket to the Police station in along with all my documents and
they were uncertain if I had to produce my counterpart licence. I told
them
I was going to court to contest the offence and they said ok that's fine
then and just logged what details I had. My questions are:

Were they meant to take my counterpart licence?

What do I do now?

Lucky - if you'd hit an orang-utang, you could have been facing
manslaughter.

Well, if he hit an *orang utan*, he's probably not driving on UK roads
anywhere...probably somewhere in the region of S.E. Asia

#4

"Mark W" <s@o> wrote

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"vlg" <vlg (AT) btinternet (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:bg84tq$3ki$1 (AT) sparta (DOT) btinternet.com...
I was caught doing just over the speed limit at 1:30am last night on a
dual
carriageway. But I'm positive I was not speeding! Anyway I was told this
was
an endorseable offence as I could have been a danger to wildlife

vlg,

Which police force was it - Dorset?

Rob J

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West Midlands Police.

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Which police force was it - Dorset?

Rob J

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