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alistairolsen · Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:39 am Post subject:

Thing is, at 120mph, 0.2 miles is 12 seconds. It's not hard to get a reading, especially as the OP said they were "pushing" ie close behind for a period till the leading car floor it.

Someone was exceedingly stupid and got far luckier than they deserved to be IMO

Spanishfly · Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:55 am Post subject:

Yes it is 12 seconds, if there at the start of the dots, however the dots aren't every 0.2miles, sometimes they don't have them for a couple of miles.

I'm not condoning speeding, however we've all done it, and most will continue to do it.
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alistairolsen · Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:57 am Post subject:

Never said you were. You dont need the dots, we dont have them up here at all and people are still convicted of speeding on the basis of calibrated speedos.

Spanishfly · Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 4:11 pm Post subject:

Maybe Scottish law is different. However to get an accurate average speed the cops have to travel a known distance in a xxx time.

This is how it was about 5 years ago when I used to work for the MET police and spoke to a friendly Traffic officer. I have also been in a police car with blues and twos going, and he used the system to show me how it worked.
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alistairolsen · Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 4:36 pm Post subject:

up here they get a calibrated speedo box with a digital readout and have to see it exceed xxx speed over 0.2 miles, so they have to follow you at an even distance, with constant sight of you for 0.2miles.

makes it quite hard to do someone for 35 in a 30, but VERY easy for 100 in a 70 or whatever!

Spanishfly · Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:27 pm Post subject:

Down here we send our speedos to IRS nottingham who calibrate it to the tyre and car. I had my old GSI clock done to 205/40R17 tyres.
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alistairolsen · Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 9:49 am Post subject:

Ah, no they have a seperate box ahead of the gearstick giving a digital readout of speed in the ones up here.

Spanishfly · Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 10:18 am Post subject:

Bicco · Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 3:23 pm Post subject:

Thats bloody lucky dude, I got stuck in a Speed awareness course for 2 hours after doing 35 in a 30! They`ed have set fire to my license at the side of the roadfor that. Thumbs Up

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corsa-let-09 · Joined: 01 Oct 2009 Posts: 199 Location: coventry

i was done about 2 years ago doin 110 in a 40 the guy said he had to do excess mph to catch up with me but was not close enough to get the speed reading etc and when he was close enough i realaised it was an unmakerd car i backed off so he could only measure over that distance when he was close enough making the average speed about 70 and i got 3 points ;) if this makes sense or is of any help
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SuperCaldo · Joined: 05 May 2010 Posts: 6

If they charge you with dangerous driving then them not having a reading of your speed doesnt matter. With dangerous driving all that is needed in court is the opinion of 2 officers of what speed you were doing for it to be counted as evidence.

If you were racing then you are in a whole lot of bother, I would get a very good road traffic officer who could try argue the speed down and get anything regarding the racing dropped leaving you with a speeding charge.

GAZ`D · Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 8:28 pm Post subject:

as spanish said everyone no matter how much of a goody goody you wish to make yourself look has driven over the speed limit and most if not all will again. I too am not condoning speeding and paid the price for speeding i was merely trying to point out that it is not a fair system when someone doing 45 in a 30 gets 3 points and £60 fine and someone else gets away with 120+ breaking several other laws too but hey shit happens
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freezeblue · Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 115

Just get a car that will outrun the police car, then no need to worry.

Trig · Joined: 09 Jun 2008 Posts: 717

So something that'll do over 180 then otherwise the chopper will still get you...
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fennyLET · Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 3:54 pm Post subject:

A jet plane Confused

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T.F.S. · Joined: 14 Nov 2006 Posts: 974 Location: Londonish

got caught doing over 120mph on the A2 by traffic police, they had me on average speed over timed distance and on camera...i saw the footage

long story short they let me off...i was stunned TBH
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fennyLET · Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2010 7:50 pm Post subject:

Most of the choppers can only fly for 30mins ish iirc
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