52mph in 30 zone?

More annoying than the other cars you are stuck in traffic with? What makes a bike more irritating than a car? More irritating than scooters than can only do 30mph (which is SLOWER than you can go on a bike?) You realise if everybody who rides a bike drove a car you'd be even worse off? What about old people on mobility scooters (and yes, you can use them on the road)? They can do EIGHT mph. I can ride 3 times faster than that yet I'm more irritating? Get real.

I suppose you rant about "those bloody cyclists don't pay road tax hurr durr" and you pass with a foot of room as well, don't you?

I regularly destroy the local speed limits often in full view of a passing or parked police car. My medals include 43mph in a 30 mph zone, 40 mph in a 20 mph zone and my personal favorite, 33 mph in a 12 mph zone.

More annoying than the other cars you are stuck in traffic with? What makes a bike more irritating than a car? More irritating than scooters than can only do 30mph (which is SLOWER than you can go on a bike?) You realise if everybody who rides a bike drove a car you'd be even worse off? What about old people on mobility scooters (and yes, you can use them on the road)? They can do EIGHT mph. I can ride 3 times faster than that yet I'm more irritating? Get real.

I suppose you rant about "those bloody cyclists don't pay road tax hurr durr" and you pass with a foot of room as well, don't you?

If you can't cycle confidently above 10 MpH you should probably practice a bit more before joining the rush hour traffic, if only for your OWN safety.

Why don't you do that on inclines? Seems to be where the most bottlenecks are with cyclists. You also tend to veer off into the middle of the lane now and again making it difficult to predict when it's safe to pass - if I touch you, it's my fault.

Because in reality bikes go 10 mph on a 40 road and you have to dangerously slow down. I know someone with a scooter, they have no choice and they always drive on the pavement. Actually I begrudgingly give them a lot of room even though they are disrupting my journey I have to be extra careful cuz if I don't there could be an accident in fact I have to concentrate the most when around cyclists I wouldn't mind if they had their own lane etc.as long as they are not on the road. Do u drive btw?

If you genuinely believe the first bolded part you're retarded. Saying "Its okay because this time I didn't cause an accident" is equally retarded thinking. That's like saying "Murder is fine as long as you don't get caught".
If you believe the second bolded part can I have some of your kryptonite/radioactive spider bite/adamantium skeleton or whatever you have that deludes you into thinking it...


I'll say it again, grow up.

Partially because I'm a fat bugger, partially because you can't keep up that speed uphill anyway. on the flat I can do it easily enough but hills kill me. So I apologise but you'll have to wait if it isn't safe.

So basically I was doing 52mph on a 30 road and was flashed by a camera, a few days later got the notice of intended prosecution. I know I was over the limit by a lot so the most likely course of action is a court appearance, however as I still have 5 months before my first 2 years of driving are up, would this result in 6 points and loss of licence?

There are many cyclists that die on the road btw so its not accident free.

PS we really couldn't care what the environment does though I know as cyclist that will probably infuriate you beyond words...

Then you can understand why some motorists find cyclists annoying.

I regularly destroy the local speed limits often in full view of a passing or parked police car. My medals include 43mph in a 30 mph zone, 40 mph in a 20 mph zone and my personal favorite, 33 mph in a 12 mph zone.

LOL at you....it's nobody's fault that your paying that much insurance. An insurance company would overly charge young people anyway because they are able to do so. People who go a bit over the speed limit are not always the ones that crash it's probably more the drivers who are scared and too nervous to drive that cause accidents, also people who lose concentration.


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I will get neg'd for this.

Nobody died, nobody was harmed. OP is looking for guidance and is nervous about his future. He's not claiming to be a perfect driver and isn't boasting about it.

Instead of all of you 'angels' just being condescending and critical, why not offer advice or empathy?

OP - I was in a car with someone who did this, basically the same scenario too. He got a slap on the wrist so to speak, and did the 4 hour course thing. He said it is boring as anything, but obviously worth escaping 3-6 points. So my advice would be to go for that definitely if allowed. And to be honest 51 in a 30 isn't the end of the world. The judge will have seen this many a time and hopefully he'll show some empathy.

Empathy? Was he forced into it? Was there a ghost that overtook his body and made him put his foot down on the accelerator? Someone holding a gun to his head? Lets just blame everything else- the world, the roads, the car, the government, the police officer. Honestly it's pathetic how people are unable to take any responsibility for their actions what so ever.

Have you never done anything wrong and regretted it?

You don't know what time he was doing this, it could have been at 2am. Who's likely to be wandering around in the road at 2am?

I'm not defending his actions, I'm saying he shouldn't be burnt at the stake for making an error.

30mph limits are 30mph for a reason (school etc).

You deserve to have the book thrown at you.

That's extreme.

Are you stupid? Young people's insurance is so high because the crash rate is high, they don't just do it for a laugh. It is entirely the fault of idiotic young drivers.

I will get neg'd for this.

Nobody died, nobody was harmed. OP is looking for guidance and is nervous about his future. He's not claiming to be a perfect driver and isn't boasting about it.

Instead of all of you 'angels' just being condescending and critical, why not offer advice or empathy?

OP - I was in a car with someone who did this, basically the same scenario too. He got a slap on the wrist so to speak, and did the 4 hour course thing. He said it is boring as anything, but obviously worth escaping 3-6 points. So my advice would be to go for that definitely if allowed. And to be honest 51 in a 30 isn't the end of the world. The judge will have seen this many a time and hopefully he'll show some empathy.

Inexperienced is a better word. Don't get confused by speeding and crashing, people can crash at 29mph and drive without incident at 31mph.

You realise it's an idiom, right?

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_the_idiom_'throw_the_book_at_someone'_mean