110mph in a 60mph limit

M1ke · Ped Boi Joined: 11 Jun 2002 Karma :

Apparently I have been caught doing 110MPH in a 70 limit.

I was tootling along on a dual carriageway on my way to keiths house, Some bikes over took me and I thought I might as well try keeping up.

About 6 mile up the road an unmarked pan european bike with flashing blue lights and a siren came shooting past me (probably doing 120-130) He didn't indicate for me to pull over so I assumed he was after the bikes in front of me who were going considerably quicker.

Anyway, to be on the safe side, I braked and did a u-turn so as not to go past the cop. I hid for about 20 minutes before carrying on my way. I caught up with the chap the policeman pulled (he was on a zx6) The guy said the policeman had me on video along with my name and address.

2 hours later I get a phone call on my mobile phone. Police man was at my house and wants me to go to police station at 3pm tomorrow. I got home and dad tells me the cop said he clocked me at 110mph, (I ride a cbr250, it hardly does 110). So i think i'm in the shit.

WILDECELT · Scooby Slapper Joined: 12 Jun 2004 Karma :

Good luck mate

Sacarius · Scooby Slapper Joined: 02 Jun 2004 Karma :

Sorry to hear that m1ke, where abouts were you? Good luck with tommorow anyway.
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M1ke · Ped Boi Joined: 11 Jun 2002 Karma :

Apparently about 1 mile from market drayton (near the stormy bike meet)

I'm still not convinced about the speed though, wil be interested in seeing what evidence he has.

Ninja · Caption Abuser Joined: 22 Apr 2004 Karma :

no chance - he didn't accurately gauge your speed by following you for any notable length of time - ie he didn't follow you, match his speed to yours or spend any time measuring the speed differential between his bike and yours whether or not he had the equipment on board to do so is another thing altogether.

The minimum distance to be measured through and pulled is something like just 200yards - did he tag/ tail you for at least 200 yards matching your speed etc? If not, he doesn't have enough evidence.

His evidence will no doubt consist of him guesstimating your speed when he came past you - not good enough.
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NSR125-Kid-UK · Attention Whore Joined: 03 May 2003 Karma :

Fingers crossed for ya dude. Never pleasant having speed cameras breathing down yer neck Sad

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Frost · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 May 2004 Karma :

police cars have acurate ways of detrmining your speed. police bikes however i would have thought would need to follow you at the same speed your going at for a distance to prove your speed. if he overtook you then he was going quicker than you, so how the hell can he tell how fast you were going?

Shaun · Likes 'em bent Joined: 17 May 2003 Karma :

Mike, if he had been following you for a while would you have noticed, travelling at speeds like that I tend to be concentrating on what is in front of me not behind me anyway.

Mr Pants! · I Karma Joined: 29 May 2004 Karma :

Deny it, deny speeding at all. Say I was not aware of the speed I was doing, can you show me??

See how they clocked you.

I am sure they are sometimes reliant on you admitting it.
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carvell · Scuttler Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Karma :

As T.C once said, the police do not need an accurate speed check on you, or even any evidence.

A police officers word is enough to do you for speeding, as long as he is convinced that you were over 70mph.
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Shaun · Likes 'em bent Joined: 17 May 2003 Karma :

So having to do 120-130mpg to overtake mike would be enough to say he was doing 110? Confused

carvell · Scuttler Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Karma :

He was probably following for a bit matching his speedo to Mike's speed. (Their speedos are 100% accurate)

If it's unmarked, I guess Mike didn't see him without any blue lights or sirens on.
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Mr Pants! · I Karma Joined: 29 May 2004 Karma :

I thought the police had to be able to prove some sort of speed trapping? They could not just say you were speeding.

Innocent until proven guilty surly? Confused

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craigT19 · Jolly Green Giant Joined: 09 Feb 2002 Karma :

That will probably be hard to prove....it takes 2.5 miles for them to get an acurate speed from a moving speed camera. Unless he was behind you for a while?
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primalcarl · Crazy Courier Joined: 13 Jun 2004 Karma :

I saw on a police program the other day I guy was followed by an unmarked car, they measured his speed but charged him for the average. His top speed was about 107 but the average was just under 103 so they didn't take it to court (I think 103 was their cut off for some reason)
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sv_cath · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 19 Apr 2004 Karma :

Did you know that speed testing equipment has to be tested every day? Ask to see the calibration certificate, as you're sure you weren't going that fast.
If the copper can't produce it, you should be OK.

Kris · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Feb 2002 Karma :

You should tell themm that you tried to slow down but your dodgy brakes wouldn't let you Laughing

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M1ke · Ped Boi Joined: 11 Jun 2002 Karma :

Neah, someone had straped a bomb to my bike and if I dropped below a certain speed it would go off Wink

On a more serious note the throttle cable jammed open so i couldnt slow down.

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swaffs · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Mar 2004 Karma :

They can get you by timing you between the white squares on the road, they are 1.5 miles apart. I think that's how the early Vascar systems were used.

mazza · Nova Slayer Joined: 27 Apr 2004 Karma :

Risky strategy to dispute video evidence on the basis that it wasn't recorded for the regulation distance. Courts get peeved with amateur lawyers. But you may be lucky, it seems you've nothing to lose anyway. Maybe better to admit to being drawn y the other riders and that you were completely unaware of the speed your were doing and was shocked to find out. Plead for leniency considering your unblemished record so far (it is unblemished isn't it?). Maybe also sign up for an advanced riding course to show your rehabilitation has already begun.

Oh....., nearly forgot, and make sure your sincerity light is switched on!

But 110 is fast though, too fast in fact no matter how good you are. Hopefully you might just get a shed load of points and a big fine. I hope you escape an outright ban, it seems you've already learned your lesson.
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