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[p3asa]

No you can't recoup the costs of a driving case in Scotland.

Both solicitors I've spoken with reckon it would be 4 or 5 points and a reasonable fine as the magistrates are apparently "decent" in the court I've to attend but obviously depends on the day!

£1800 for to contest it.
£1200 to negotiate a better outcome

[corgi]

54 in a 30 will be 6 points and a fine, no ban as its at the lower end of the spectrum for this speed and they will want something out of you £££ wise.... Its sh*tty I know from a 1 off experience I had for 53 in a 30 but unless money is no object and you plan to challenge, take the hit and plead guilty as this will deduct 25% of the fine of a weekly salary. Your only concern will be if your insurance company has a 1 or 2 strikes policy and don't up your premiums, fortunately my insurance company has a 2 strikes policy so I wasn't hit too bad in the pocket.

You might be right and in 90% of cases you will be - Scotland is different though - but even in England and Wales the option is there for them to issue a ban of 7-56 days in the guidelines...

Your assertion that "its at the lower end of the spectrum" is not likely to be one shared by the court, in reality, 54 in a 30 is exceeding the speed limit by 80%. In the guidelines that level of offence is the highest of the three levels, the bands for the 30 limit are 31-40, 41-50 and 51-60...

[Ross Detours]

Sorry I'm so late in coming back to this but to answer your original question P3asa, my fine was £100. And yes, I go through that roundabout every single day!

[p3asa]

I contacted 3 solicitors in the end with a view of going with one to represent me. Interestingly all 3 said the magistrates at the court I was to attend were "jolly good chaps" and "reasonable"
Fees ranged from £1k to £2.5k all plus VAT.

I couldn't really afford those fees but kept thinking it may be worst case scenario of up to £1k fine, 6 points or disqualification and I should really defend those.
So after a few weeks of will I, won't I, I decided to take the risk and just plead guilty by letter with a statement in my mitigating factors basically saying I had been an arse and had no excuse. Working in the health sector I experience more than most the effects that speed can have and should know better.

The magistrate must have taken pity on me 3 points and £180 fine.

I do still believe though I wasn't doing that speed. Anyone know if a dashcam could be used in evidence obviously if you felt you were under the speed limit?

[corgi]

I couldn't really afford those fees but kept thinking it may be worst case scenario of up to £1k fine, 6 points or disqualification and I should really defend those.
So after a few weeks of will I, won't I, I decided to take the risk and just plead guilty by letter with a statement in my mitigating factors basically saying I had been an arse and had no excuse. Working in the health sector I experience more than most the effects that speed can have and should know better.

The magistrate must have taken pity on me 3 points and £180 fine.

That was exactly the correct course of action... I reckon you've got away with the minimum there...

As for your Dashcam used in evidence. I'm not aware of one; however, given that people have used calibration issues with police equipment to get off... I think the accuracy of the Dashcam and calibration might be brought up should someone attempt to use footage in their defence...

[monkeyhanger]

^ unless you can recall GPS readings to identify irrefutable speed readings, calibration doubts can come into the argument on both sides. Some high end Satnavs can provide the GPS data.