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Old Nov 3, 2004 | 12:35 AM
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10 mph over the limit. 80 mph is the slowest I'd ever driven on a clear motorway, how come that's when they caught me
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Old Nov 3, 2004 | 12:48 AM
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i've had one ticket - 49 in a 30 - 12.00am on a sunday night - road was dead - bad billy.

did a guy not get done up north doing 160 ish in an M3 - a BMW dealer manager who was acdtually disqualified at the time he got done again...
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Old Nov 3, 2004 | 02:08 AM
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Done for 80 on an mway????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Presumably for not making 'normal progress'?

Whilst everyone else pours past at 85 - 90?

Completely bonkers.

Arise ye goths and glut your ire.
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Old Nov 3, 2004 | 02:10 AM
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Originally Posted by rmotegi,Nov 3 2004, 11:08 AM


Done for 80 on an mway????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yep. Humberside area, empty motorway, hidden behind a bridge. I was going slow so my mate, who I'd lost by taking a short cut, could catch up.
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Old Nov 3, 2004 | 02:17 AM
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fcuk a doodle doo


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Old Nov 3, 2004 | 02:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Richieh,Nov 3 2004, 01:35 AM
10 mph over the limit. 80 mph is the slowest I'd ever driven on a clear motorway
Astounding

However, I hope you didnt use that line in your defense
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Old Nov 3, 2004 | 03:21 AM
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I got caught doing 37 in a (unsigned) 30 limit and was pulled over 10 metres short of the 40mph sign, this was on the Cambridge ring road at 2:00am !!!

effing b@stard's car was parked in front of the 40 sign, he walked up and said "what is your perception of the speed limit on this road?" I pointed to the sign and said "40?", he replied "no this is actually a 30 etc etc" The woman with him had started writing the ticket before he even got to the car so I knew there was no way I could sweet talk my way out of it.

The c*nt must have been bored or something, I don't consider I was a danger to anyone, there weren't many children playing football in the road and as far as I was concerned I was just cruising, not really paying particular attention to my speed but ambling along at a safe rate of knots, I thought I was being quite restrained for that time of the morning actually.

So I got my
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