I was driving into Derby earlier, and I spotted a chap at the side of the road with a Tripod and Camera in a Hi Vis. I spotted him from a good way back and thought to myself Aha a speed trap.

So a tried to keep to what i thought was the limit, at appx 35 (assuming a limit of 40) only to notice there werent any 30 signs at the end of the stretch of Dual carriageway.

i was in the 30 already, and they have at some point moved the 30 start point back along the road.

My fault on the speed, but i had a drive past the 30 signs and they are only about 16"across....tiny.

this is the chappie from my dash recording.

Bad luck ,On the other hand you might have to attend a speed awareness course. gone fishin'

My mate just got caught at 40 in a 30 as he was getting out of the way of an ambulance, he did the speed awareness course instead of the points.

Do you still get the SP30 on your license though?

Didnt look too much like a police officer though and his Hi vis did not say Police on it. something enforcement i think. There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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My wife got captured doing 38mph in a 30 last year I think it was and she was offered a S.A.C. She had to pay £80 and attend a 4 hour course, quite some weeks or months later if I recall. No points, no SP30, no need to declare to insurance company.

She said she did learn a lot from the course, despite her initial fury at having to attend.

By opting for any offered S.A.C you are in effect, accepting the evidence offered to you by the road safety officials who allege that you were speeding.

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the general rule of thumb before being issued with a speeding ticket or a instant disqualification relies on this equassion 10% plus 2 which means if you was in a 30 mph zone your 10% pushes you up to 33 mph and your 2 plus equals to 35 which by law puts you in the clear ,,this is as long as you was doing 35 miles per hour in a 30...not above...
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also found this which might put your head to rest,,,,you might have to copy and paste...http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1375049/New-speed-camera-guidelines-allow-drivers-86mph-escape-fines.html
steve

Had seen that, not too sure of my speed as i was watching the chap at the side of the road with the camera. 99%sure it was under 40 most likely 35-38mph. So hopefully SAC will be an option.

not even sure its a speed cop, but likelyhood is that it was. Hey ho, £120 and 4 hours down the tube. My mate actually learned something he didnt know when he went on it a couple of weeks ago. Namely that vans (transit type) are restricted to 50 on A roads and 60 on dual carriageways.

From this i also concluded that this would apply to my Disco commercial, and possibly the Hilux's (though they should be classed as dual purpose vehicles). The Disco falls foul of the classification by not having personel seating in the rear, so is not classed as a DPV, so is limited! (I think) There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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Most police forces employ 'civilian' operators on road safety equipment now (doesn't need to be a traffic/ police officer operator)

Take out the dashcam and install a machinegun.

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Take out the dashcam and install a LASER-JAMMER

There corrected it for you

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Take out the dashcam and install a LASER-JAMMER


There corrected it for you

Take out the Operator .....


Corrected that for you Vogue ....  ====================================

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Ref the speed limits for vans, the only ones allowed to do the same speed as cars are Car Derived Vans with a maximum authorised mass less than 2000kg

Eg corsa or fiesta van.
Even transit connects fall outside this Mike
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Ok I give in, no machinegun, but was this you ...?

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Hold your breath for 14 days and hope nothing lands on your doorstep.

I got caught by a roadside camera van. Came round a corner and saw it. managed to slow down, but not enough as I got an invitation to donate and have 3 points on my license. Speed was recorded @81 in a 70, so just missed slowing enough to avoid it.

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a bit OT, but yes thats what I clocked re the vans however Dual purpose vehicles are classed in the same category as cars under the Detailed Version Of Section 86 (1) and Schedule 6 Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/27/schedule/6

So as long as the vehicle meets the fairly narrow definition of a DPV under the construction and use regs then it should be able to do the same speed as a car....

defn of DPV:
dual-purpose vehicle
a vehicle constructed or adapted for the carriage both of passengers and of goods or burden of any description, being a vehicle of which the unladen weight does not exceed 2040 kg, and which either—

(i)is so constructed or adapted that the driving power of the engine is, or by the appropriate use of the controls of the vehicle can be, transmitted to all the wheels of the vehicle; or
(ii)satisfies the following conditions as to construction, namely—
(a)the vehicle must be permanently fitted with a rigid roof, with or without a sliding panel;
(b)the area of the vehicle to the rear of the driver's seat must—
(i)be permanently fitted with at least one row of transverse seats (fixed or folding) for two or more passengers and those seats must be properly sprung or cushioned and provided with upholstered back-rests, attached either to the seats or to a side or the floor of the vehicle; and
(ii)be lit on each side and at the rear by a window or windows of glass or other transparent material having an area or aggregate area of not less than 1850 square centimetres on each side and not less than 770 square centimetres at the rear; and
(c)the distance between the rearmost part of the steering wheel and the back-rests of the row of transverse seats satisfying the requirements specified in head (i) of sub-paragraph (b) (or, if there is more than one such row of seats, the distance between the rearmost part of the steering wheel and the back-rests of the rearmost such row) must, when the seats are ready for use, be not less than one-third of the distance between the rearmost part of the steering wheel and the rearmost part of the floor of the vehicle.


so the Hilux would qualify as far as i can tell but the DIsco is too heavy and doesnt have and seats so doesnt. There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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