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Reply 1
you can go 50 in a 50 zone :p: you might get away with up to 55 but im sure i heard somewhere that the rulings had changed :s-smilie:

what speed where you doing?
Reply 2
i know that lol but at what speed will they prosecute instead of just fine and points? i think i was doing 80/90 - there was still people flying past me!
Reply 3
How long have you been driving for?

Obviously we cant say if you will get prosecuted, you'll just have to wait and see I suppose and pray that they dont give you 6 points if you've not been driving very long
Reply 4
6 months

what is the worst i will get? imprisonment?
Reply 5
I dont ever go down the M25 so I dont know anything about these particular speed cameras, is the 50mph speed limit there due to roadworks?

EDIT: I just found this by the way:

http://www.speed-trap.co.uk/Accused_Home/SpeedVSFines/SpeedVSFines.htm

According to the table on there, if the speed limit is 50mph and you are caught going 57mph, you'll get a fixed penalty, anything above 76mph and you'll get a summons. How up to date that information is I dont know though. Theres also a table on there on penalties that people have received, but obviously it would depend on the circumstances of the person involved

To be honest no one on here can really say what will happen so you just need to wait and see if you get anything through the post
Reply 6
yes i believe so,
Reply 7
ok i was just wondering if anyone on here had done it and what they got.

how long does it take to receive a notice? if it occured in the early hours of today?
Reply 8
up to 2 weeks ?
Reply 9
my parents are gonna be so pissed
Reply 10
how long you had your licence?
Reply 11
niina234
my parents are gonna be so pissed


They will be if the car is in their name lol!!
Reply 12
it is in their name, been driving for 6, almost 7 months now

i really hope that i was doing an okay speed or that the cameras didn't work.. i want a miracle basically lol
Reply 13
niina234
it is in their name, been driving for 6, almost 7 months now

i really hope that i was doing an okay speed or that the cameras didn't work.. i want a miracle basically lol

If it was only roadworks with speed camera signs and you didn't see a speed camera then you might have been ok. Was everyone else doing this speed?
Reply 14
yes, some were even overtaking!
i foolishly was slowing down when i saw them then realized that it was average speed so it would still come up as what i did in between
I have heard that if you change lanes the average speed cameras can't work out the speed properly = no speeding reported

Don't know how try that is though. Did you change lanes? :smile:
Reply 16
not when i was going fast... oooooo dear
Reply 17
Do it in a Ferrari. You just pull over to a lay-by, have a cup of tea, get back on the road and do 240. You should be ok for the average :biggrin:
Reply 18
i will bare that in mind when the rents are killing me!
Reply 19
davemarkey
I have heard that if you change lanes the average speed cameras can't work out the speed properly = no speeding reported

Don't know how try that is though. Did you change lanes? :smile:


I heard this too and always do it whenever they are about. I'm curious to know whether it's still the case :smile: