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Re: Essex Police - Notice of Intention to Prosecute
DIR By: RoseyMe12-34
Date: May 2, 2024, 3:39 pm
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Ok, thanks @ManxTom, I will have a look at that.
I've put the notice away somewhere, can't bear to look at it
again today so all actions deferred to tomorrow or perhaps the
weekend, massive headache from the panic I experienced following
receipt of the letter this morning but thank you all, I'm not as
overwhelmed anymore.
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Re: Essex Police - Notice of Intention to Prosecute
DIR By: BertB
Date: May 3, 2024, 4:44 am
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--- Quote from: RoseyMe12-34 link ---
>
>
> We tend to use the speed limit showing on Waze screen whenever
we use it for navigation as it tends to be more accurate than
the one showing in our car. During the drive, we realised that
we had not changed back the distance unit in the Waze settings
to the Uk 'mile' as they use 'km' in Cyprus. I don't know if
this was before the location of the camera or after.
>
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I can't see how showing units in KM/h and following those for a
speed reading would affect the offence. If anything it should
have made it harder to exceed the limit.
--- Quote from: RoseyMe12-34 link ---
>
> I've put the notice away somewhere, can't bear to look at it
again today so all actions deferred to tomorrow or perhaps the
weekend
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Do not forget, as failure to provide driver details can lead to
6 points and a large fine. Plus increased insurance premiums if
found guilty. You would not be able to ask the court to sentence
you for speeding instead as you were not driving. They also
would not be able to prosecute you husband either as the
possibility to nominate another driver would have passed and it
would be too late to prosecute anyway.
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Re: Essex Police - Notice of Intention to Prosecute
DIR By: ManxTom
Date: May 3, 2024, 6:50 am
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--- Quote from: BertB link ---
>
> [quote author=RoseyMe12-34 link=topic=1800.msg21312#msg21312
date=1714661581]
>
> We tend to use the speed limit showing on Waze screen whenever
we use it for navigation as it tends to be more accurate than
the one showing in our car. During the drive, we realised that
we had not changed back the distance unit in the Waze settings
to the Uk 'mile' as they use 'km' in Cyprus. I don't know if
this was before the location of the camera or after.
>
--- End Quote ---
I can't see how showing units in KM/h and following those for a
speed reading would affect the offence. If anything it should
have made it harder to exceed the limit...
[/quote]
I assume that eg a 30mph limit would show as a "50" limit if
their Waze app (or whatever it is) hadn't been converted back to
imperial from metric?
(But I'm only guessing. I've never used any kind of satnav and
I rely on looking at road signs to know what the speed limit is.
I wouldn't rely on a device to tell me)
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Re: Essex Police - Notice of Intention to Prosecute
DIR By: BigBazz45
Date: May 3, 2024, 7:32 pm
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Just for the sake of completeness:
50 limit and camera warning signs are both sides of the
carriageway. GSV link
HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/veibkWS32J5z9x5z9
A slightly "busy" section, given the presence of the Diagram
872.1 signs for the impending reduction from D3M to D2M.
Camera is here
HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/ezsuin8jyjg7qMWb9
- around 200m after
the start of the taper for the lane drop.
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Re: Essex Police - Notice of Intention to Prosecute
DIR By: The Slithy Tove
Date: May 4, 2024, 2:23 am
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--- Quote from: RoseyMe12-34 link ---
>
> I've put the notice away somewhere, can't bear to look at it
again today so all actions deferred to tomorrow or perhaps the
weekend, massive headache from the panic I experienced following
receipt of the letter this morning
>
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Seriously, it's not the end of the world. Your reaction is
entirely understandable and not criticising you for it. While
it's galling at the moment, and you're full of "what ifs" and
"if onlys", at the end of the day you (or your husband) will be
£100 worse off and have 3 points on his licence, which on an
otherwise clean license won't really make a difference on
insurance.
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