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Re: Caught both ways (HGV)
By: Sillygoose Date: December 11, 2025, 12:42 am
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[quote author=roythebus link=topic=9057.msg101932#msg101932
date=1765408596]
Best thing is to go back there and take actual measurements if
you can, but it can be an expensive day in court if you
challenge and lose. You may be lucky and get the standard FPN
£100 and 3 points.
Car insurances don't seem to worry too much about speeding
points these days.
The Driver CPC courses vary in content, but those I've been on
have had a session regrding speed limits. One notable speed
awareness course I went on the chap lecturing shed a picture of
a national speed limit sign on a 2 lane road and asked "what's
the speed limit here?" He wasn't happy with the reply "what
vehicle am I driving?"
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Court isn't somewhere I want to go for the reason you said, very
expensive. Still waiting to find out my punishment.
I've been driving LGV since 2018 so have only done one 35 hour
CPC refresher (I did it over 5 days, never again) I don't
remember covering road speed limits but obviously that's not a
defence for my actions.
You are right about "what vehicle am I driving" but also I've
spoken to car drivers that think the NSL sign (white with black
line through) that think it means the limit is 70 on a single
carriageway ;D
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Re: Caught both ways (HGV)
By: roythebus Date: December 11, 2025, 8:43 am
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I tend to do the CPC refreshers when my employer offers them
usually over the 5 year period. It's more tolerable that way.
Your only chance of getting off lightly is to hope for a speed
awareness course for one and a fixed penalty of £100 and 3
points for the other one.
And to paraphrase what a respected member on here said a couple
of months ago in a similar case where someone was asking why his
satnav didn't show speed camera locations, try using the very
large screen fitted to the front of the vehicle and look for the
round signs the council and Highways Authority puts next to the
road to let you know the speed limit."
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Re: Caught both ways (HGV)
By: Brenda_R2 Date: December 15, 2025, 11:08 am
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[quote author=roythebus]
Car insurances don't seem to worry too much about speeding
points these days.
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I did some freelance work for an insurance comparison website a
few years ago (they pay you for using their website and entering
quotes based on the parameters they provide).....it's all about
the customer journey etc etc.
I was surprised that a premium for a 60yr old female with 8
years NCB driving a Peugeot 308 GT (72 plate) was £244 but if I
added an SP30 conviction it went up to £253.80.
So I think you're right, a speeding conviction would have cost
me £9.80.....hardly punitive!
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Re: Caught both ways (HGV)
By: Sillygoose Date: December 20, 2025, 1:09 pm
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Punishment letters have arrived for both offences and it's the
best case scenario, 1 FPN & an offer of a SAC which I will
accept.
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Re: Caught both ways (HGV)
By: andy_foster Date: December 20, 2025, 1:44 pm
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When accepting the COFP (not an FPN), pay particular attention
to the instructions for providing your identification details
(usually referred to as "licence details")
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