How very odd! The courts don't decide who gets charged with what - they hear the evidence AFTER charges have been brought. The only people who decide whether you should be done for excess speed (WTF is that?) are those two cops! CPS have the final say on what if any summonses they go forward with.

If they were going to give you a FP Ticket I would have thought they'd have issued it there and then. If they haven't given you one we have to assume that they feel the speed you were doing was unsuitable for FP disposal.(Too fast)

Gawd knows what they mean by 'Excess Speed'. Excess speed can be 31 mph or 90mph (in a 30 limit). Either way, it's their call and no-one elses - in the first instance at least. They're the ones who witnessed your driving and they'll be the ones who give the evidence.

The should really have given you a verbal NIP for speeding. It's not mandatory that they do, but presumably they have told you that the facts will be reported? If they give a verbal NIP it serves the purpose of giving you an NIP AND telling you the facts will be reported... Nothing magical about an NIP it's simply... "The facts will be reported to The Chief Constable for consideration of the question of prosecuting you for exceeding the speed limit"

Most forces follow up with a written NIP within 14 days anyway to do away with any argument about whether or not it was given at the time.

A fair few strange encounters with cops have cropped up on 5ive-0.com where eventually the the poster has heard no more about it. It can only be good I suppose if you're on the receiving end, but I find it pretty pathetic that they can't make their minds up to either do you or administer a swift bollocking and have done with it.

Hope it works out for you Rich anyway.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Gazzer
I spend more time while driving, looking for the cameras

 

Depends whether you're talking about a GPS detector (which are pretty much rock solid, as long as they database they work from is up to date) or a radar/laser detector. In the case of the latter, more often than not if you get a laser warning it means you've already been nobbled. The value in them is thought to be that you might get lucky and register backscatter from the gun trying to get a reading on a car in front, giving you enough time to slow down by the time it tries to get a reading on you.....

 

[QUOTE]I just wonder if they view things differently if you were just nailing it on a quiet rural road the way some people do on meets - I suppose its just wrong place, wrong time

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Tonky

A fair few strange encounters with cops have cropped up on 5ive-0.com where eventually the the poster has heard no more about it. It can only be good I suppose if you're on the receiving end, but I find it pretty pathetic that they can't make their minds up to either do you or administer a swift bollocking and have done with it.

 

My dectector is a snooper 715 so the lower end of the range. I am not sure what the white van on the side of the road was using to get me but there was no laser warning

 

Is it still true that they've got to give you the notice in 2 weeks?

I was 'hit' by a laser from a cop car on a bridge, travelling in a queue of vehicles down the m40 doing 86 at the time. ie - everyone was doing the same speed. Not sure of it was scatter or a direct shot on me.

That was last Saturday.

 

Well if they're saying 90 in a 50 Gad, I can see why they might be thinking Rich should be arraigned before their nibships! What I can't understand is why they can't make up their minds what they're doing there and then. If the idea is just to leave the poor guy sweat, then I think it sucks and is highly unprofessional, but there does seem to have been a few instances of that of late.

I wont take the bet Gad thanks, and I hope for Rich's sake you're right. It makes 'em tossers though in my book!



Rich.... did they give you a producer or ask for your docs? Rich did they say by what means they'd measured you or if they did? If was on speedo they need to follow you at a set distance for a while.

 

It has to be sent, rather than received, within 14 days of the incident, San. There's provision made for it to be received a short time after the expiry of the period so long as it is served (i.e. posted) within it.

 

This they did do and I presume that they cautioned me when the rolled out the usual "Your defence will be harmed..." spiel.