ShEp
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Registered: 9th Aug 05
Location: Dingwall, Highland
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Oh And I got 6month ban and £300 fine as punishment.
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Corsa_Sport21
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Registered: 13th Apr 08
Location: Leven, Fife. Drives : 205 GTi
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TBF Shep,i would have been questioning the calibration of the speed gun they caught you with.Could have got off with it.
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ShEp
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That was my average, they caught me at 120mph on the speed gun, then tried to stop me and got me on camera over a certain distance,
The average was 139.4
I was fucked from the off tbh, I shouldnt really have been speeding anyway, took it on the chin.
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richc
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Thats why i was suprised. A 2.0 ecotec cav doing 140 
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Corsa_Sport21
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What sort of distance though to get you at another 19mph??
Surely they could only do you at 120mph what it said on the gun??
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Lynny
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Registered: 3rd Jan 03
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quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
What sort of distance though to get you at another 19mph??
Surely they could only do you at 120mph what it said on the gun??
I can't speak for other forces, but I know the traffic cars in Durham can get you average speed over any given distance when following. There's a device inside that you activate when the car you're following hits a certain point; e.g a bus stop, lampost etc. Press a button again when the traffic car passes that same point. Then after a given distance, stop the device when lead car passes another point, then when traffic car passes it and it works out the average speed. This equipment in a traffic car, including their speedo etc is calibrated on a regular basis to make it evidential in court.
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Corsa_Sport21
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I have heard of that before as i think my brother got fuked after they calculated the average over a certain distance.
But the distance was small.
Thats why im wondering what sort of distance they done Shep over,because to get a fully loaded Cavvy ecotec from 120mph to 139mph will take a good few miles.
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ShEp
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quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
What sort of distance though to get you at another 19mph??
Surely they could only do you at 120mph what it said on the gun??
Thy had the speed on the gun but didn't use it as vascar was higher, they followed me over a 20miles stretch.
I think the average was over a 1miles distance, they were probably waiting for me to hit that certain bit of road as it's straight for around a mile and a half.
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Pablo
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Registered: 3rd Feb 03
Location: Milton Keynes
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Originally posted by Nath
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Originally posted by TheNobleOne
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Originally posted by Nath
My Dads colleague got busted by the average speed camera's on the M1 near Luton. They definitely work.
Yups, them ones are defo not fakes!
The amount of people that cruise through them at 60+ is mental. Hearing a rumour that they don't work isn't enough for me to fly through them at speed
Im always doing that, never been done, always stay below 70 tho during them "average" bits lol
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Nath
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All depends how many you go through.
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big eck
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Unfortunatly I was caught doing 80 in a 70 last week and got the letter through yesterday. I was to busy lookin in my mirror to see where my wife was and didn't even notice the van on the fly-over. Just one of those things.
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s4k1b
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Registered: 11th Nov 02
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i got caught speeding 127 in a 70 but got slapped on the wrist and let off. i thought i was going to lose my license.
average speed cameras
speed limit + 10% leniency
in a 50 - thats 55mph
my car does 55mhp according to my GPRS when the speedo is showing at 59mph.
so i drive past the cams at 56/57mph and ive been doing this for years.
[Edited on 12-04-2011 by s4k1b]
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frainey
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Registered: 12th Jul 10
Location: Leigh, Lancs
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38 in a 30, Pissed me off as mate from work was right behind and he got away with it.
Mobile camera did me from 170 meters away 
Had do a speed awareness course
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Sean
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Registered: 14th Sep 10
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yeh but it is a lame excuse of speeding lol 48 in a 40... got away scott free 
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Chris x
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I got caught last month for doing 48 in a 40. I have to do a speeding course this month I think!
Pricks!
[Edited on 13-04-2011 by Chris x]
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Jambo
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114mph in a National speed limit road by an unmarked Omega.
Nothing ever came of it though THANK FUCK.
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Sean
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Registered: 14th Sep 10
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quote:
Originally posted by Chris x
I got caught last month for doing 48 in a 40. I have to do a speeding course this month I think!
Pricks!
[Edited on 13-04-2011 by Chris x]
should count myself lucky then
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Chris x
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Registered: 11th Sep 08
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Yeh 
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