Anyone know the range on scammer van scum ?

[hornetmike]

How close do you have to be to get caught, or is it as soon as it can see you ?

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[Kwaks]

In sight is in range generally. 14 day wait I'm afraid.
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[JP7]

As a general rule, as soon as you see them, they've already seen you. As Kwaks, says, it's a waiting game by the sounds of it.

[calyx]

I guess you have 1 or 2 seconds to slow down. Which won't help more than 5mph.

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[Finglonga]

They are all laser now so if they can see you they can get you.
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[WetSparks]

Yes, but then it has to be one of the newer type vans that can take a photo of your number plate once you've passed it.

[Grosvenor]

I had this system demonstrated to me by a bike cop at a show.
With lazer technology, it takes just .02 of a second to calculate your speed, which can be done from any distance from the moment you are in their line of sight.
A lot will depend on the speed.
In a 30 limit for example, contrary to popular myth, you will not get done for being a few mph over the limit.
All forces allow a margin.
If you were up to 8mph over the limit I wouldn't sweat it, but anything over that up to twice the limit, you will get a fixed penalty notice with points.
At over twice the limit, you are looking at a ban.
On the motorway or any national speed limit road, a ban will only be imposed at speeds of 100mph+

[UnknownStuntm...]

[Grosvenor]

[/quote]That's bollocks. I know 2 people done at 33mph from a scamera van.[/quote]

Nope I'm afraid it's not.
There is no documented evidence that proves anyone has ever recieved a ticket for being a few miles over the limit unless there were other offences taken into account.
It just doesn't happen.
If you can show the proof that i has by photographing the paperwork and positng it on here (masking the name and address of course), then I'd love to see it.
You won't of course, because it never happened, no matter what your friends told you.
Very often, when people are done, they stretch the truth and claim they were hardly over the limit out of anger.
Dig a little deeper and you'll always find more to the story.
It's just human nature.

[ClaireBear]

A retired policeman told me that you were allowed to be 10% +3 but Im not sure how true that is.

[Grosvenor]

[ws4936]

I used to believe that 10% +2mph was the 'safe' zone, but it turns out, it is discretionary. After police were doing a sting in a nearby residential area, there were many 'offenders' turning up to the speeding class to avoid penalty points - including one nurse that was 1mph over the limit. The policeman's response is that the 10%+2mph is discretionary and not a legal guideline.
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[Poseidon]

I'm the lowest over the limit I've heard of for getting an NIP (3 points £60)... 36mph in a 30zone. Got off scott free in court though
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[calyx]

My cousin said I got a NIP for doing 34.(fixed camera) Is she bullshitting me?
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[UnknownStuntm...]

Actually, I did deviate from the truth a bit there, and I apologise. The first person who got probed at 33mph attended a speed awareness workshop for a 'first offence' in lieu of points and a £60 fine. At 33mph. The second one, it was 34 mph, same stretch of road, but he did get three points and a fine. No, I haven't got the paperwork (yawn) and all, but it has happened, albeit at 1mph more than I said. Funny thing was my mate (2nd one) told me he thought he was caught at 39mph, so expected it.

[dodgydog]

34 in a 30 was enough to get me, I took the SAC at £60 and no points.

but speeding is an absolute offence, you either are or you aren't.

My cousin was pulled at 31mph, he got a warning but no prosecution.
they made it quite clear they could have done him, and don't forget, it just takes the opinion of two officers that you were speeding, they do not need to record your speed with any device to have you.

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[lofty]

I got done for 37 in a 30, which means a drivers awareness course & approx 70quid to pay for it. They catch you as soon as they see you, even if you slow down pretty damn sharpish you're probably still going to get caught, hope you weren't too far over!

[Minty]

So stop your bike and then wheel it, backwards, from whence you came, until out of view and then go another route?

Is that illegal?
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