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       #Post#: 89870--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Speeding 51 in a 30 - 3 Points already 
       By: chippyshell Date: September 14, 2025, 6:02 am
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       [quote author=JustLoveCars link=topic=8045.msg89867#msg89867
       date=1757844406]
       [quote author=chippyshell link=topic=8045.msg89842#msg89842
       date=1757810828]
       Historically on this road there has been a sign on both sides.
       It used to be a 40 but im guessing they remove the sign on the
       right when the speed changed?
       [/quote]
       I suspect it's a repeater?  If it was a terminal sign then both
       should be there.
       Can you post the exact location?  (Station Road is too generic)
       [/quote]
  HTML https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZiBbjXqpkdhkwknj6
       This isn't a restricted road neither.
       #Post#: 89888--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Speeding 51 in a 30 - 3 Points already 
       By: NewJudge Date: September 14, 2025, 9:12 am
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       [quote]I suspect it's a repeater?[/quote]
       It isn't a repeater. On the reverse side of that sign is an NSL
       roundel, signifying that the 30mph limit begins there.
       I have to say that from the current GSV image (June '25) that
       sign is scarcely visible until you are almost on it. A second
       sign on the opposite side of the road (where there is no
       foliage) would be recommended, I would think. Unless the foliage
       had been cut back in the summer, it must have worsened by now.
       But the issue is what was its condition in April?
       I take it that you have ruled out a defence on the unreliability
       of the device (because of he distance)?
       This seems a bit strange:
       [quote]...the officer even said when he stopped me that he has
       to assume that i would have been speeding because it wasn't
       clear if i was in the 30 or not. [/quote]
       That seems to suggest he was not sure whether you had committed
       an offence or not. Is that really what he said?
       #Post#: 89897--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Speeding 51 in a 30 - 3 Points already 
       By: chippyshell Date: September 14, 2025, 10:03 am
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       [quote author=NewJudge link=topic=8045.msg89888#msg89888
       date=1757859133]
       [quote]I suspect it's a repeater?[/quote]
       It isn't a repeater. On the reverse side of that sign is an NSL
       roundel, signifying that the 30mph limit begins there.
       I have to say that from the current GSV image (June '25) that
       sign is scarcely visible until you are almost on it. A second
       sign on the opposite side of the road (where there is no
       foliage) would be recommended, I would think. Unless the foliage
       had been cut back in the summer, it must have worsened by now.
       But the issue is what was its condition in April?
       I take it that you have ruled out a defence on the unreliability
       of the device (because of he distance)?
       This seems a bit strange:
       ...the officer even said when he stopped me that he has to
       assume that i would have been speeding because it wasn't clear
       if i was in the 30 or not.
       That seems to suggest he was not sure whether you had committed
       an offence or not. Is that really what he said?
       [/quote]
       Yes i have ruled that out as a defense, i think originally i was
       trying to work out if where he was parked was 185 meters away,
       so if he has seen X speed at that distance was i at sign or
       before? ie in the NSL. It doesn't specifically say like how far
       i was.
       Yes that is what he said, his statement is abit iffy it just
       says "the sign was 185 meters away from the enforcement site, so
       i was confident the car was within the 30mph zone" this is where
       my whole distance thing came from.
       #Post#: 89898--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Speeding 51 in a 30 - 3 Points already 
       By: JustLoveCars Date: September 14, 2025, 10:04 am
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       [quote author=NewJudge link=topic=8045.msg89888#msg89888
       date=1757859133]
       [quote]I suspect it's a repeater?[/quote]
       It isn't a repeater. On the reverse side of that sign is an NSL
       roundel, signifying that the 30mph limit begins there.
       [/quote]
       Yeah, so it is...  That's really poorly signed.
       If GSV is correct then it's not a restricted road and there's no
       30mph repeaters.
       Approaching from the other direction does have twin terminal
       30mph signs.
       If the single 30mph was covered in foliage as well then there
       could be an argument about the signage.
       #Post#: 89899--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Speeding 51 in a 30 - 3 Points already 
       By: chippyshell Date: September 14, 2025, 10:07 am
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       [quote author=JustLoveCars link=topic=8045.msg89898#msg89898
       date=1757862249]
       [quote author=NewJudge link=topic=8045.msg89888#msg89888
       date=1757859133]
       [quote]I suspect it's a repeater?[/quote]
       It isn't a repeater. On the reverse side of that sign is an NSL
       roundel, signifying that the 30mph limit begins there.
       [/quote]
       Yeah, so it is...  That's really poorly signed.
       If GSV is correct then it's not a restricted road and there's no
       30mph repeaters.
       Approaching from the other direction does have twin terminal
       30mph signs.
       If the single 30mph was covered in foliage as well then there
       could be an argument about the signage.
       [/quote]
       If you look at the previous years, dont know if this has any
       substance but it has twin terminal signs for 40mph, one has been
       removed or not replaced when 30mph was implemented
       #Post#: 89906--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Speeding 51 in a 30 - 3 Points already 
       By: ManxTom Date: September 14, 2025, 11:35 am
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       [member=6841]chippyshell[/member]
       You reckon the officer who pinged you was c.190m from the 30mph
       sign, and he says he wasn't sure if you were within the 30mph
       limit when he nabbed you - yeah?
       Have you not seen any photos which should tell you how far away
       you were when your speed was measured?
       #Post#: 89907--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Speeding 51 in a 30 - 3 Points already 
       By: chippyshell Date: September 14, 2025, 11:58 am
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       [quote author=ManxTom link=topic=8045.msg89906#msg89906
       date=1757867701]
       [member=6841]chippyshell[/member]
       You reckon the officer who pinged you was c.190m from the 30mph
       sign, and he says he wasn't sure if you were within the 30mph
       limit when he nabbed you - yeah?
       Have you not seen any photos which should tell you how far away
       you were when your speed was measured?
       [/quote]
       Yeh i think it could be case. I have no photos or anything to
       show far away i was when the speed was measured. He did show me
       when i was stopped but at the time you don't really think about
       that.
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