Defending Speeding Tickets

[Paule]

This is a Free guide provided by Drivers Champion - Fighting for Motorists .

Its is available to download for free on their site

Due to copyright, I cannot post the document here, but it is worth a read.

About this Guide and the Author

Oliver Mishcon qualified as barrister in 1993 and has successfully defended scores off motorists through his mastery of road traffic law and regulation. He was challenging magistrates and making law with a case before the Lord Chief Justice less within a year off qualifying. He currently writes the ‘‘Judge Tread’’ column in the Sunday Mirror, as the paper’s motoring law agony uncle.

Many lawyers (and now an assortment off non-qualified folk via the Internet) are promising unsuspecting motorists that they can wave a magic wand and make their motoring tickets disappear. Much of the froth and spin is designed to lull clients into paying for services, which are based on mythology and urban folklore. Like most miracle cures, they simply do not work.

This guide, in contrast, is an accurate and comprehensive outline of the law relating to Speeding. It is not intended to substitute having a really competent specialist lawyer advising, assisting and representing you throughout the proceedings. What it can do though is greatly enhance your chances of being able to defend yourself, if you decide, for whatever reason, not to instruct a lawyer.

Defending a speeding ticket involves principles that apply to almost any challenge. The more resources you deploy, the greater the chances of success. Those resources include time, energy, determination and sometimes – butt not necessarily – money.

This is the Link.

[Xena]

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I would have tried not to pay mine, but my bloody husband sent off the cheque without me knowing!! Grrrrr, 3 points and an extra £60 on my insurance because of him!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, we had a massive row!! LOL

[Amethyst]

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You were speeding. The 3 points and £60 extra on insurance are down to that, not your Hubby.

Why would you try not to pay it ?

[Paule]

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The Attitude Test

Police Officers are human beings. They suffer from mood swings, delicate and sometimes over-inflated egos and an assortments off common human frailties. It will serve you well to remember this if you are stopped by a police officer for speeding or any other motoring offence.

When an officer first approaches you you will be subjected to a test. This is not a test of motoring knowledge or skills or anything off the like – this is what the police call “The Attitude Test”.

Fail this test and you are almost certain to receive a ticket. Pass it and you may still receive a ticket, but you surely reduce the chances. So use the fact that the police officer who stops you is a human being to your advantage. He or she is likely to respond more positively to a calm, courteous and reasonable motorists.

[Xena]

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You were speeding. The 3 points and £60 extra on insurance are down to that, not your Hubby.

Why would you try not to pay it ?

Because, the camera flashed from behind me - I wanted to see the proof that it was me, it could have been me or the husband driving the car!

I have 9 points on my licence, so if I get done again I am stuffed big time!

[stevokenevo]

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Because, the camera flashed from behind me - I wanted to see the proof that it was me, it could have been me or the husband driving the car!

I have 9 points on my licence, so if I get done again I am stuffed big time!

I will take that as an admission of guilt :okay:

Your a riot xena :rofl:

[Xena]

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I will take that as an admission of guilt :okay:

Your a riot xena :rofl:

PMSL......you know what I meant!

[WendyB]

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How's about slowing down a bit then? Or I hear F1 are looking for test drivers:rofl:

[tomterm8]

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Well, if you get the next ticket, point out to hubby he is gonna be the one driving you everywhere.

don't get mad... get a chauffeur.

[Xena]

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Well, if you get the next ticket, point out to hubby he is gonna be the one driving you everywhere.

don't get mad... get a chauffeur.

lol think he knows that! I already have a chaffeur aswell as a butler LOL

[Amy]

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You were speeding. The 3 points and £60 extra on insurance are down to that, not your Hubby.

Why would you try not to pay it ?

I have one from October that I still haven't paid.

It's not about speeding, speeding is not a problem. All these cameras are for is to raise revenue.

If I can make them work for my £60 I will.

[Guest]

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You were speeding. The 3 points and £60 extra on insurance are down to that, not your Hubby.

Why would you try not to pay it ?

Speeding in and of itself is not dangerous. Safety cannot be measured in miles per hour. If it really were true that "Speed Kills" then everyone who has ever travelled on a commercial flight, for example, would be dead as they travel at speeds in excess of 500mph for hours on end.

Here is a quote frome somebody who really knows and so far has steadfastly refused to believe the lies from the Department for Transport.

"I actually believe in casualty reduction and trying to make the roads safer but, having looked at the accident statistics in this area, we find that if you break down the 1,900 collisions we have each year only three per cent involve cars that are exceeding the speed limit. Just 60 accidents per year involve vehicles exceeding the speed limit.

You then need to look at causes of these 60 accidents. Speed may be a factor in the background but the actual cause of the accident invariably is drink-driving or drug-driving. Drug-taking is becoming more of a problem. In 40 per cent of fatal road accidents in this area one or more of the people involved have drugs in their system.

Many accidents were caused by fatigue, although one of the most common causes of crashes was the failure of drivers to watch out for oncoming vehicles when turning right.

The cause of accidents is clearly something different than exceeding the speed limit and we ought to be looking at those other factors."

- Chief Constable of Durham, Paul Garvin, reported in The Daily Telegraph, 7th December 2003.

Speed cameras don't work - in fact, it has been shown that they make road safety worse.

[Amethyst]

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Speeding may not cause accidents and I personally have no problem driving at a ton or so on motorways where conditions allow.

I DO have a problem with speeding in 30 zones where there are more likely to be peeps and kids and animals about, THEN speed does matter because the unexpected DOES happen and if you are driving at 20 and hit a child they are a lot more likely to get through it than if you annihilate them at 40.

But am not rowing so pointless yelling at me.

[tomterm8]

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Like every other crime, if there is a defence to speeding in law - even if it is merely a technical defence - you are entitled to use it. That's right at the heart of our legal system. In any case, speeding is a strict liability offence where you go faster than a prescribed limit, it is (legally) irrelevant as to whether you are endangering life. That's a different offence (dangerous driving).