Speeding points on license

[Rollingskies]

Time to cough up. If you don't want to just vote in the poll. Car points count too - because the license is one.

I have had several close near-misses. I freely admit both in my car and bike my license should strictly have been taken away at some point or other. Nowadays if I do go over I make sure it is within non-banning speeds.

And for the disclaimer we, that is me, this thread and this site, do not encourage or gloat in law breaking.

[mackemforever]

Got 3 points on my license. Was caught doing 49 in a 40.

The most annoying thing was that it was the first time in about 3 months I had used the car instead on the bike, and I kept on drifting over the speed limit because I was so used to judging my speed by the noise of the engine and the feel of the wind, neither of which you have in a car.

[davefly76]

Been caught twice in 16 years of driving. 1st one was 70 on a single carriageway in a van, I was young and I didn't know the limit was 50 2nd time was 96 on a dual carriageway luckily got away with 60 quid and 3 points licence is clean now though

[iWannaGoFast]

Like many of you, (I may have) done some proper licence losing speeds (yes even on a 125, but imagine if you did 70+ in a 30?

Not yet been caught, mainly through dumb luck.

Drove my mums TT for a while earlier this year. Id call twice the National Speed Limit on the M40 quite something.

[techno]

Have 3 points on at the moment 70 in a 50, been caught twice before.

I will stand 3 points every 4 years if i dont get caught for owt else

70 in a 30 amateur

[rennie]

my licence is clean at the moment!

hasn't always been that way though

[croup101]

mine is clean so far through sheer dumb luck i think.

was doing 85ish on the motorway a while back and had a cop car flash his lights at me and waggle his finger at me on his way past so i did the palm up sorry gesture and slowed down, next thing i know the blues were on and he went charging off lucky me

[Silverspring]

Only been caught once and that was doing 38 in a 30 at 4am. In my defence, it was not in housed area and used to be a 40 til some drunk in a jeep killed 3 people one Christmas. They changed the speed limit, cos you know, if he'd known it was a 30 he wouldn't have been drink driving That was over 4 years ago so it's squeaky clean now, not sure how long that'll last once I get a bike

[XmisterIS]

3 points here, 48 in a 40 zone - on one of those big, wide non-urban dual carriageways that you look at and think, "Now why the hell does that have a 40 limit?!" bast*rds!

[iWannaGoFast]

70 in a 30 amateur

 

Woke up at 8:56am. Had an exam at 9am. Live 3 miles from school.

Made it.

[OhJay]

Licence is clean as far as the DVLA care but not as far as my insurance company care, but that's a different rant entirely

53 in a 40, A417 between Swindon and Cheltenham, dual carriageway but had roadworks so was down to 40 but it was 10:45 on a Sunday night so there was no one working, completely straight bit of road so I could see there was absolutely no one else on it whatsoever so it really wasn't a danger to anyone but the camera still flashed me. If anyone's working in roadworks I'll slow down, I've seen the damage a stone kicked up from a tire can do to someone, but when there's no one there...

Until that exact moment I would have defended speed cameras, got to think a real live, breathing cop would have told me to slow down but accepted it wasn't a danger to anyone so given me a good ticking off and let me on my way.

Still, at least I always know when my sister's wedding anniversary is, it was on the way home from her wedding so her anniversary date is printed on my licence

[Matt Strange]

Clean atm, has been for several years.

[Guest]

6 points and a speed awareness course in the last 2 years. think my 'speedcop esp' is waning lately ironically I've never been stopped on my 1098, 3 points and speed awareness came on my Blackbird and 3 points came on a shop loaned Fazer 600 after dropping the 1098 off for service

[Stu]

ive had 3 points and a £60 fine for going fast and we shall leave it at that!

i learnt my lesson......

......keep an eye open

[fredc]

My last speeding ticket was before they started using the points system

SP30 - 50 in a 30 zone £20 fine

[mealexme]

(yes even on a 125, but imagine if you did 70+ in a 30?

really? worst i have done on the 125 was 60 in a 30

[iWannaGoFast]

I was late and properly spanking it.

[davefly76]

I was late and properly spanking it.

 

Maybe you should change your username to iShouldSlowDownAndGetUpEarlier..

[techno]

(yes even on a 125, but imagine if you did 70+ in a 30?

really? worst i have done on the 125 was 60 in a 30

 

Wait till you can do more than twice that lol...ooops

IOM what a place

[whitedevil]

I try to keep the triple figures for the track. But I have seen the 6th gear redline on a few occasions

*slaps wrist*

[Nogin]

Had points in the past, but now i'm clear.

[Tango]

Clean at the moment.....touch wood....

110mph on the A13 in Essex back in '83 was my last recorded misdemeanor........

Captain sensible now though.....

[mealexme]

Clean at the moment.....touch wood....

110mph on the A13 in Essex back in '83 was my last recorded misdemeanor........

Captain sensible now though.....

sensible enough to know the local police hide-outs you mean?

[Big Stu]

72 in a 50. 3 points and 60 quid. Many moons ago now though and (touch wood), stayed clean since.

[Rollingskies]

Extraordinary poll result. I never thought we were all so good at not getting caught.