The bastards have a mobile camera they set up regularly just outside of our village on a bend out of sight as you approach and merrily sit there catching cars just as they start to slow down. Been questioned if it is sited correctly, but they’re raking in the dosh kerrching!
Only got caught once in the mid-'90s by a cop with a hair dryer. 42mph in a 30 zone. I’m not in hurry to get anywhere these days so I always set my cruise control to the prevailing speed limit and relax.
I generally try to set cruise control for 53-54 mph on the M27 roadworks. I’m fucked if I know why every other cunt thinks they need to do 35-40 mph FFS.
Checking speedos in modern cars against a Garmin Sat Nav I’ve found on successive cars I’ve owned inherently show 2mph higher at 30 mph…so 30mph on the speedo shows 28mph on the Garmin. Sat Nav is supposedly the more accurate indicator.
Ironically my 61 year old jaloppy shows 30mph on the cable speedo and 30mph on the Garmin…also the same at 50 mph.
This suggests both accuracy and inaccuracy are intentional.
It is those times, particularly after work, when you are a bit distracted by some issue you were dealing with and before you know it, you have sailed through the camera at 38mph
Then you have the two week wait to find out if it was one of the cameras that had the working bits inside - there are only four actual cameras in Hampshire - they get rotated around the various sites
Once got done doing 118 on the M3 by an unmarked car. He asked me why, so I said no excuse, but my sister has just been diagnosed with cancer and I just want to get home.
Cop said sorry I can’t let you off at this speed, it’s recorded on camera. He said my driving was good - had been following me for ages - but it’s normally a ban at this speed. I said fair enough, though a ban would have made work very difficult.
Eventually he gave me an SP50: three points and a fine of £70. Top bloke.
- but it’s normally a ban at this speed. I said fair enough, though a ban would have made work very difficult.