Been fined for speeding! And I'm annoyed at the injustice!

There, there >patting smorgs on the noggin<

(Has there ever been a speeder who actually deserved the ticket?)

Does "30" looks different in Welsh?

Are the shape & colour of speed limit signs different in Wales? I thought that there is now an international standard, just so that everyone can recognize them, whether or not they speak the language.

I live in a bilingual country, so I understand the length of official things. Consider it an opportunity to learn a new language.

Why is the UK still not metric?

I know, I know...

It's just annoying that the police can get off with it - but not me!

I learnt this:

Am dorri'r Cyfyngiad Cyflymder o 30 mya!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/5284962.stm

Unfortunately, ignorance is not an excuse to break the law. I know, it sucks and I'd be so pissed too...

( shakes head and waggs finger)

you were SPEEDING darling




though, I do think, if you take the time to find a way to speak to a judge/lawyer or someone like that... maybe explaining WHY , and what was causing you to not understand the signs.. you might be able to get out of it?
Or maybe get it reduced?

Hey, I was fined $341 for getting caught on camera running a red light. Plus, I had to go to online traffic school and pay another $160 for that privilege so it wouldn't appear on my record! And yet you don't hear me whining about it!

Do the crime, pay the fine.

I'm with smorgs on this. Where I live, there is a speed trap. I crossed a bridge on my way to the grocery store, and was cited by a motorcycle cop who never showed me his radar clocking. I have NEVER had a ticket in my life, and I asked him to let me off with a warning. I learned later, that these traffic cops have quotas. I made a terrible scene in the parking lot of Food Lion, and I am soooo glad that I did. Pissed off with you, dear.

I know if you do the crime - you pay the fine...

I have done wrong - I do accept it.

BUT WHY IS IT ONE RULE FOR THEM AND ANOTHER FOR US !

TELL ME?

TELL ME?

I absolutly agree.

it is bullshit that police officers get away with things simply because they get pulled over by " thier buddies"

wtf?

A police officer speeding , and not in his car, can cause the same damage as anyone else.. so why is HE let off?

I think that is crap

How should I know? Maybe because we're not getting shot at, puked on, lied to or viewing dead bodies on a daily basis?

If you're that riled up about it, get yourself a gun and a badge and drive like a maniac to your heart's content.

Awww, smorgs. I know that I wasn't too sympathetic in my first post, but I do feel your pain -- been there, myself. But when I think of all the times that I have sped knowingly (and then multiply that by 10, because you know I've underestimated it) and got away with it, the few tickets that I've had are insignificant.

(But that "unnecessary noise" one was a crock -- it was a hot day, and my tires were cool after being parked in the underground garage, and how could the cop possibly notice any alleged noise with all the mid-day downtown traffic ... grrr)

As for the cop -- he hasn't exactly gotten away with it. He's been through 2 1/2 years of court proceedings, and when it's final, his police force will have to take disciplinary action (unless the conviction, which still stands, is overturned). You can write your Member of Parliament and the other powers that be, you can get involved with the civilian police watchdog agencies, you can let it go or you can drive yourself crazy.

None of which is going to do a thing about your ticket.

Best thing to do is get a punching bag and some gloves, photocopy the cop's face and tape it to the bag, and go at it.

I know it was an overaction, Tico. I probably deserve everything I get...

Well, they got me [again]:



What really embarrasses me is that they cut my wife out of the photo and you can't even imagine that Mrs Steve and Steve 41oo are sitting in the back!

So, I'm not going to the bank to pay that 20 EUROs .... which they didn't cut of, of course.



[size=7]I've paid it online.[/size]

Jeez...only 20 euros!

Cheap, I tell ya!!!

Margo, you've gorn all lilac!

What the hell.....? How did I do that?

Is A2K going all psychaedelic on us?

WOW, that is expensive...

for 11 miles over the limit you do not get points on your licence in Germany.
At least you didn't the last time I got fined, which was five or six years ago!

Ive been done for speeding a few times, I was mightily annoyed when the fine went from £40 to £60, then again I suppose its there to deter us.

Last time I was tempted to post the payment with an article that had been in the paper only the dya before saying that speed cameras very often get the reading wrong.I think they 'flashed' and old person on a push bike!!

I was done by a Policeman holding a radar gun, in the pouring rain.

I was on my way to another Court (late, as usual), and admittedly I was doing well over 60 in a 40mph zone.
A female polce officer came to my car when I had stopped, and was getting soaked whilst filling in my speeding ticket. I offered for her to get in the car to keep dry, and she refused, but then recognised me from various Court hearings.
Knowing therefore, that I was actually "in the job" in a round about way, she accepted my offer, and climbed in.
When I got home and read the ticket, she had reduced my speed down to 50 mph.

Didn't make any difference to the fine, but it lessened the points on the license in those days, if I remember correctly.

What's unfair, if I understand your situation correctly, is that you only find out about your speeding later, and not in the moment, so that you have no opportunity to have a clear memory of the event with which to defend yourself. Around here, if you're accused of speeding, it's right as it's occurring.