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Thread: Speed Awareness Course.
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20-10-2010, 08:35 AM #1
Speed Awareness Course.
I have to attend one today which is offered in Somerset.( I believe some counties don't offer these?)
It is 3 hrs long so I have ended up taking a day's holiday to cover it.
I still had to pay the £60.0 fine but at least I don't get the 3 points on my licence.
Given the mileage I do, it's inevitable I suppose!
Do other Counties/ Countries operate similar?
Grizzly
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20-10-2010, 08:43 AM #2
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Re: Speed Awareness Course.
Did you now more aware of speed because of that course or because of fine and possibility of loosing license and jeopardize your income?
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20-10-2010, 01:46 PM #3
Re: Speed Awareness Course.
I got done in Bournemouth the other week. I shall look into this as it might save me some points too
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20-10-2010, 05:25 PM #4
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20-10-2010, 05:47 PM #5
Re: Speed Awareness Course.
I was caught by the Norfolk police whilst i was away doing my fgas course.They sent me a letter offering me this speed awareness thingy but their one was a day and a half and can only be done in Norfolk.
I asked to have it transferred to Kent as i live there and was told that if i did i would have to pay £195 instead of the original £60.Plus having to take time off work unpaid.
I told them to stick it up their theiving behinds and paid the fine and got the points.I feel so proud.If it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet.
Damo
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20-10-2010, 06:12 PM #6
Re: Speed Awareness Course.
Derbyshire do the course costs you to do it
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20-10-2010, 07:25 PM #7
Re: Speed Awareness Course.
Nottingham offer the course to first time offenders and the course lasts 1/2 day in Newark.
Not that I've been on it myself you understand
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20-10-2010, 11:06 PM #8
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20-10-2010, 11:23 PM #9
Re: Speed Awareness Course.
You have to reply within fifty days of the offence. Because I have a lease vehicle it took them 60 days to trace me, so I had to pay the fine and have the points.
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21-10-2010, 12:29 AM #10
Re: Speed Awareness Course.
Me being a general lead foot and always in a hurry, I discovered "cruise control ", and saved myself a fortune.
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21-10-2010, 12:32 AM #11
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21-10-2010, 12:39 AM #12
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21-10-2010, 08:33 AM #13
Re: Speed Awareness Course.
I'm really dischuffed after getting a notification through the door. A cold misty morning just outside of Hull. The "A" road goes from national to 30mph for some road works, which are about 400 yds further on. 30 feels insanely slow on a wide open rural road, until the camera flashes!!!!
My last points had cleared this year
So how do you get on one of these speed awareness courses???Quidvis Recte Factum Quamvis Humile Praeclarum.
Latine dictum, sit altum videtur.
Si hoc comprehendere potes, gratias age magistro Latinae.
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21-10-2010, 10:01 AM #14
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21-10-2010, 09:59 PM #15
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22-10-2010, 12:02 AM #16
Re: Speed Awareness Course.
I (am) was a speeder, lost the licience a couple of times (all but one of the many fines was work related), I found that moving to a desiel helped, but that is now out of the window, What i do now is install a large spring on my excelerator pendal, this has certainly slowed me down especially in low speed zone areas. where it is so easy to speed just by nudging the pedal in modern cars
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22-10-2010, 12:31 AM #17
Re: Speed Awareness Course.
I may be treading on the fine line here but as we are on the road near everyday and know the lay of our land, why can't we have an exclusion clause on our licence... as in .. Sorry officer, its just.. i have to get to this job urgently otherwise (bla. bla) and i let the vehicle run out to 120k/hr in the 100 zone.. (officer) Oh, i see you have this "dribble" on your licence, .. and he lets you go with a warning. What? Am i daydreaming?.. mike.
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22-10-2010, 11:25 PM #18
Re: Speed Awareness Course.
i understand wiltshire have now stopped the option of this course but i also believe they are doing away with their fixed cameras
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23-10-2010, 06:10 AM #19
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