Kid buys back car
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Kid buys back car
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/motoring/articl...peed-85mph.html
[QUOTE]It is hardly the boy racer's vehicle of choice.
About 14 years old and with 130,000 miles on the clock, the Honda Civic driven by
Dale Lyle was barely capable of reaching the speed limit.
So when he received a ticket for apparently driving at almost 100mph on the motorway, he told magistrates the mobile speed camera must have got it wrong.
Prove it, they said. He did . . . but it wasn't easy.
Mr Lyle, 21, who has a clean driving licence, had already sold the car to a friend for ?600.
He had to take out a bank overdraft to buy it back.
Then he had to pay an independent driving expert ?600 to test the 1.3litre Civic's top speed at a circuit in Bedfordshire.
The result was as expected. Even when driven flat-out, the Honda could still only do a top speed of 85.4mph in fourth gear and 81.3mph in fifth.
Next, Mr Lyle obtained the mobile speed-camera footage of his alleged offence
[QUOTE]It is hardly the boy racer's vehicle of choice.
About 14 years old and with 130,000 miles on the clock, the Honda Civic driven by
Dale Lyle was barely capable of reaching the speed limit.
So when he received a ticket for apparently driving at almost 100mph on the motorway, he told magistrates the mobile speed camera must have got it wrong.
Prove it, they said. He did . . . but it wasn't easy.
Mr Lyle, 21, who has a clean driving licence, had already sold the car to a friend for ?600.
He had to take out a bank overdraft to buy it back.
Then he had to pay an independent driving expert ?600 to test the 1.3litre Civic's top speed at a circuit in Bedfordshire.
The result was as expected. Even when driven flat-out, the Honda could still only do a top speed of 85.4mph in fourth gear and 81.3mph in fifth.
Next, Mr Lyle obtained the mobile speed-camera footage of his alleged offence
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Good for him! Yes, he spent more than the cost of the ticket to prove he was right but it's the principle of it. Not to mention his insurance would go up if the conviction stuck, so he may have saved money in the long run, or at least had gotten even.
He also did a favor to other motorists in the UK. How many others are in the same boat as him? And what do you want to bet that the company who makes those cameras gets a kickback from each ticket.
Warren
He also did a favor to other motorists in the UK. How many others are in the same boat as him? And what do you want to bet that the company who makes those cameras gets a kickback from each ticket.
Warren
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Originally Posted by CrazyCracker82' date='Jan 30 2009, 08:42 AM
good luck getting all the money back that you spent, over what the actual fine was, idiot...
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Originally Posted by s2000raj' date='Jan 30 2009, 08:46 AM
I'd be willing to send him 20 bucks just for trying and I"m sure a lot of other people would too, to help him recoup the costs.