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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: Edition30 on 05 March 2009, 13:19
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The Edition 30 has had to go to bed for 10 weeks as I was banned today. 70 days and £215 fine.
Roll on the 14th of May. :smiley:
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Doh , speeding I take it?
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Yep. Back in October 118 avg over 2 miles. Had 2 mates banned for doing 122 and both got 42 day bans :undecided:
Apparently they didnt even have a guideline to work against on the length of my ban, the main guy muttered 56 days then this miserable b!tch went no at least 70. Then he said £140 fine which I didnt think was too bad then he added some fees on :angry:
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70 days isnt too bad :smiley: :smiley: i got 180 days :sick:
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70 days isnt too bad :smiley: :smiley: i got 180 days :sick:
Ouch, for what?
I like how they talk down to us like they have never gone over the limit before. Everyone does it at some point maybe even without realising it.
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To be fair there is going over the limit and there is doing 120 for 2 miles. They have no right to talk down to you tho.
Better get the old bus pass out :(
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Any points on your license as well??
I thought if you went over 100 they took your license and you have to resit your driving test?
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I better be careful when I get my GTI though - I need my car to get me to work every day!!
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A guy at our work was going to get banned as he was caught doing something over 100 (cant remember what). Likewise we need our car for work everyday. He was taken to court but was not given a ban as my boss wrote a letter saying that he would lose his job blah blah blah so he avoided a ban. Got a £450 fine though.
If you need your car for work there are ways to go about it.
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Yep. Back in October 118 avg over 2 miles. Had 2 mates banned for doing 122 and both got 42 day bans :undecided:
Apparently they didnt even have a guideline to work against on the length of my ban, the main guy muttered 56 days then this miserable b!tch went no at least 70. Then he said £140 fine which I didnt think was too bad then he added some fees on :angry:
Sorry to hear that mate shame the biatchhhhh stuck her 2 pennies worth in :angry:
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To be fair there is going over the limit and there is doing 120 for 2 miles. They have no right to talk down to you tho.
Better get the old bus pass out :(
Rather walk tbh.
Calling in alot of favours, done plenty of running about myself for people. Already got a lift to work and home sorted for the next 10 weeks. :smiley:
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Any points on your license as well??
I thought if you went over 100 they took your license and you have to resit your driving test?
Only if you have had it less than 2 years, the probationary period.
On a plus side I wont have any points on my license when I get it back.
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Thats the main thing - no points is good!
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Any points on your license as well??
I thought if you went over 100 they took your license and you have to resit your driving test?
Only if you have had it less than 2 years, the probationary period.
On a plus side I wont have any points on my license when I get it back.
Sorry to hear about the ban mate! I cant believe you dont get any points though... thats just crazy (not having a go at you) but I got 8 points on mine and its cost me an extra £400 in insurance this year and I am sure it will be just as much for the next 4yrs. not to mention the £450 fine.
May as well go out and get caught speeding ffs!! :angry: atleast that way I can clear my licence and have a fresh slate to start with without worrying about getting points for silly things.
BHullsh!t.... no consistency whatsoeva!!! :undecided:
/rant
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Yes mate, but a ban on your licence will affect your insurance a lot more than 8 points..
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Yes mate, but a ban on your licence will affect your insurance a lot more than 8 points..
So does a ban still appear on your licence??? :huh:
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yes it does, or you will have a record stating you have been banned in the past.
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Yep they ask for motoring convictions not points :sad:
Unlucky, can i have your car for 70 days please? :grin:
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damn sambo i was just about to ask to babysit the car, i dont mind helping others out a lil bit
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to be fair i think you were lucky you didn't lose your license for at least 12 months!
the way people are convicted for motoring offenses really is shocking IMO - there seems to be no consistency :undecided:
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A guy on a bike got caught doing 120 mph in a 60 with his son on the back!!! Just up the road from me in devon.
He has just been jailed for six months + 18 months ban :shocked: :shocked:
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Speeding-Motorcyclist-Robert-Bennett-Has-Been-Jailed-For-Riding-With-Son-On-Back-At-122mph/Article/200903115232326?lpos=UK_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_8&lid=ARTICLE_15232326_Speeding_Motorcyclist_Robert_Bennett_Has_Been_Jailed_For_Riding_With_Son_On_Back_At_122mph
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I really don't think you did to bad TBH. 120MPH is silly on a public road. You should be glad you didn't kill anyone.
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I really don't think you did to bad TBH. 120MPH is silly on a public road. You should be glad you didn't kill anyone.
.............as above i think you have got off light.
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Whilst 118mph is a lot and will obviously warrant punishment, to say you're lucky you didnt kill someone is ridiculous. Without knowing when or where the offence was how can you say? Now i'm not defending going that fast and I never would; but if it was say 2am on an empty motorway the only person you're putting in danger is yourself. Therefore, its your decision really. Obviously if this was at a busier time then yes, you are putting others in danger and that's not so clever.
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Also, i think you did pretty well on the ban too. My old man was banned due to 'totting up', but his cumulative speeding amount across the 4 tickets was 1mph less than you were over! (presuming u were on a 70mph road) and he got 6 months!
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Doing well over 100mph...even on a motorway involves a conscious decision to do so. In the right conditions you'd receive a ban when caught, in the wrong conditions I would have thought you'd be charged with dangerous driving and then you could be looking at a custodial/community service. You are one lucky guy to get just a short ban and a fine!
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I really don't think you did to bad TBH. 120MPH is silly on a public road. You should be glad you didn't kill anyone.
Bit extreme...already had all the 'that is silly do do that speed blah blah blah' more than once, spare me. I know I did wrong and I am being punished for it.
It was just after 1 in the morning, visibility was clear and the road was dry. Coppers words not mine. There was only one other car on the road which I took over before hitting triple figures.
R32UK...I get what your saying this country is completely backwards. A lad just down the road from me was in court last week he got £160 fine and his license endorsed...he doesnt even have a license!!! Same with his cousin he has been in court 3 times for driving without a license and insurance he walks away with a slap on the wrist and a small fine.
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Yes mate, but a ban on your licence will affect your insurance a lot more than 8 points..
So does a ban still appear on your licence??? :huh:
Think its an SP50 code on my license..speeding on a public highway and I have to say how long the ban is for. Insurance will go up £120 so not too ban imo.
Yep they ask for motoring convictions not points :sad:
Unlucky, can i have your car for 70 days please? :grin:
Unless your a really fit 'bird' that will reward me in sexual favours then no sorry :grin:
Edit: Your Male so deffinately not haha.
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I really don't think you did to bad TBH. 120MPH is silly on a public road. You should be glad you didn't kill anyone.
Bit extreme...already had all the 'that is silly do do that speed blah blah blah' more than once, spare me. I know I did wrong and I am being punished for it.
It was just after 1 in the morning, visibility was clear and the road was dry. Coppers words not mine. There was only one other car on the road which I took over before hitting triple figures.
R32UK...I get what your saying this country is completely backwards. A lad just down the road from me was in court last week he got £160 fine and his license endorsed...he doesnt even have a license!!! Same with his cousin he has been in court 3 times for driving without a license and insurance he walks away with a slap on the wrist and a small fine.
moot point but it was me who said this country is backwards :tongue:
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Well your right this place is messed up!!!
Despite proving that it was the insurance company that was at fault for my eight points I was still given the points and a hefty fine. I even went down to court with my life insurance, car insurance, business insurance, home contents, medical insurance, pet insurance and proof of previous van insurance just to prove that Im not the kind of person who tries to get away with not paying insurance!!!
So much for people using their common sense :angry:
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Christ!
Mind you, on private roads it is suprising how quick you can get to 100 without noticing in the GTI :shocked: :shocked:
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Christ!
Mind you, on private roads it is suprising how quick you can get to 100 without noticing in the GTI :shocked: :shocked:
You wanna try 155 :evil: :evil: :evil:
Sure these golfs would be good for 170 had they not been restricted :shocked:
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Yeah triple figures do come up quick in the GTI and with it being so smooth sometimes you dont realise espesially if your going with the flow of the traffic.
R32UK: What did you get the 8 points for then, insurance?
On another note how good are speed camera detectors and do they detect the traffic cars?
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Sorry mate - no sympathy. Agree with Hurdy. Regardless of the car or personal circumstances, you did it, take the punnishment. Life ain't fair but rules are rules. We all know them.
Check the dictionary for sympathy, somewhere between sh*t and syphilis.
Now let the dust settle and go and get some advanced driving training to eductate you when it is appropriate to get the best out of this car in a mature and responsible way. The GTI was made for it and deserves that :wink:
And by the way, I ain't pious, just older and wiser :smiley:
Cass
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Yeah triple figures do come up quick in the GTI and with it being so smooth sometimes you dont realise espesially if your going with the flow of the traffic.
R32UK: What did you get the 8 points for then, insurance?
On another note how good are speed camera detectors and do they detect the traffic cars?
Have heard some of them are quite good. Someone posted a link on here a couple of months back on one which blocks mobile detectors too (if you accidentally leave your parking sensors on :wink:).
My points were for driving a work van that I wasnt insured to drive. Although as the insurance company put it "your van and contents are insured for upton £5k". Which apparently means that the goods inside the van are insured but Im not insured to drive it. So why would I have a van then?? surely a shed would have been sufficient! :angry:
Just the way the insurance company have managed to squirm their way out of it seriously pi$$ed me off... desipte the fact that no incident took place they could have covered me but chose to cover themselves even though I pay them well over £1.5k a year :angry: :angry: