GTI cause me my first speeding ticket for donkey years

[am1w]

It is a a 30mph zone. The dual carriage before the junction is 40mph.  :embarassed: Just check my ticket, that lazy officer didn't even bother to put my speed down-just the 618 code which I got no idea how many points I am going to get!
Not been a victim of a speeding ticket for more than a decade. Just want to let it out of my chest in a forum!
Sorry for any BRAKE members here!
Despite all this trouble my GTI cause me, I still love it and will probably remap it after my 1st service as planned

This might be in your favour if you wish it to go to court.
You could write a letter with mitigating circumstances.
You can also find out how many points you will get + the fine. Minimum of 3, maximum of 6 with a £100 fine is the norm. For a 618 code it is usually 6 as you were nearly 40% above the speed limit.
Wait until you get the letter.
This may, unfortunately, affect your Insurance Premium.
My sincere sympathy.

[Steve30]

Dont accept the fine or the points take it to court , I did and won

Steve, how did you manage to prove that? Are they not always in 2's?
Do you know what you would have had to pay in costs if you had lost?

I asked for a court hearing becuse the officer was hiding behind a barria on duel carrage way, he said i was speeding 67 in a 40 zone, now there was a car in front of me and a car at my side so why pick out mine Ed30 at the time brand spanking new? I told him that he was not visable no way could he be seen , I also know that you have to be visable from 500 meters asked to see calibration certificate of the gun which of course he didn't have. The policeman became very aggresive towards me once I told him I know my rights, and asked for a court hearing, He did offer me  60 pound fine also 3 points and would i make a statement , I refused told him that I would see him court that was 2 yrs ago not heard a thing since. 

[p3asa]

Ah right, I thought you had taken him to court and won 

He obviously knew he was b%llsh!tting and decided not to take it any further. 
Result.

[Hartside]

It is a a 30mph zone. The dual carriage before the junction is 40mph.  :embarassed: Just check my ticket, that lazy officer didn't even bother to put my speed down-just the 618 code which I got no idea how many points I am going to get!
Not been a victim of a speeding ticket for more than a decade. Just want to let it out of my chest in a forum!
Sorry for any BRAKE members here!



Despite all this trouble my GTI cause me, I still love it and will probably remap it after my 1st service as planned

You might get a chance of a speed awareness course and £60 fine if you're lucky. Fingers crossed it works out ok for you in the end!

[jdjd]

You were speeding simple. Take the punishment no need to make a fuss about it is there.

omfg I actually just tried to swat your sig! Thought i had a fly on my laptop screen

[am1w]

You were speeding simple. Take the punishment no need to make a fuss about it is there.

omfg I actually just tried to swat your sig! Thought i had a fly on my laptop screen

No jd, that's what he drives!

[RickS]

Sometimes it is jealousy that prompts them to do this.
It is not a very nice feeling when this happens.

I haven't heard this much nonsense since I don't know when; you are not seriously suggesting that police pull cars for speeding because they are jealous are you? Grow up.
There are lots of things in life which give bad feelings, getting a speeding ticket is way down the list.

[am1w]

Sometimes it is jealousy that prompts them to do this.
It is not a very nice feeling when this happens.

I haven't heard this much nonsense since I don't know when; you are not seriously suggesting that police pull cars for speeding because they are jealous are you? Grow up.
There are lots of things in life which give bad feelings, getting a speeding ticket is way down the list.

Why not? Are you so sure? Police are human and this could instigate them. So do not agree with you and I am entitled to my opinion just as you are to yours.

[herbie911]

Not necessary jealousy but probably sterotyping GTI drivers as drivers that speeds and drive dangerously.
One of the first thing he ask me is how many points I got? When I told him the last ticket I got is 1997, he smirk!
I was polite all the way thru. With his attitude, you know there is no chance!
There were two car in front of me. A corolla and the other a white van (the latter pulled left to park), he didn't flag them! Why?
I handed my licence today and the officer (who is more polite) explain it will be 3 points and told me he got done last year in Wales!

[Phil1980]

I think the police target a lot of other people before GTI drivers, you were just unlucky.