hello everybody, just about to lose my licence with 4 sp30,s any ideas what i can say to the judge to keep my licence.

cheers

lol well you would need to give us some background as to how this last one has come about.
do you drive for a living?

jasonmaile1973 said:

hello everybody, just about to lose my licence with 4 sp30,s any ideas what i can say to the judge to keep my licence.

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How did you pick up the points exactly?

sp30 is speeding in a 30 iirc?

Earned a few SP30s myself

Jason, you never sell your Abarth in the end?

Will also move thread to LL - not really Stilo--->General specific.

No, sp30 is not just in a 30, iirc it's on any road except a motorway.

I have one from in a 40 zone, and my brother has one from a national speed limit dual carriage way, so definitely not just in a 30.

Then how come I got an SP50 when I was caught on a dual-carriageway?

Further to that, a guy I used to know was always getting done.

He got up to 9 points, and was then caught way in excess of the national speed limit, BUT when it went to court he played on the fact that he had been unemployed for a year and had just recently found a job which he would lose if he lost his licence.

So the it was judged that it was in the best interest NOT to ban him, instead he received a further 2 points (taking him to 11), and whooping fine (around £800 - which was a lot to him at the time).

Saying this though, it was around 7 years ago, and attitudes towards speeding have now changed, a similar approach might not work today but it could be worth a try.

Well there's not much point in telling said judge you're not going to do it again is there Not worth bothering trying to keep it because you'll only mess up again and lose your licence at 15 points instead of 12.

Ah ok - just looked on DVLA website, and it is this:

"Exceeding statutory speed limit on a public road.........."

SP50 is for motorways - so no idea why I got that as an endorsement!!

Well done James

Sounds like it's probably the best thing - a break from driving to reflect on your actions, the consequences to you and the possible consequences if you hadn't been so lucky.

OK, got this from Tesco insurance:

SP30 - Exceeding speed limit on a public road.
SP50 - Exceeding speed limit on a motorway.

So it must have been motorway you were caught on.

Edit: too slow!

jasonmaile1973 said:

hello everybody, just about to lose my licence with 4 sp30,s any ideas what i can say to the judge to keep my licence.

cheers

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Unluckey mate could happen to any of us!

Steve

no i can definatly say the condition my cinq is in right now the only way i could get caught speeding is to roll it off a cliff

custard boy said:

no i can definatly say the condition my cinq is in right now the only way i could get caught speeding is to roll it off a cliff

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Sorry to read about your mishap. Hope it pans out OK and doesn't cost you to much

Steve

steve1219 said:

Unluckey mate could happen to any of us!

Steve

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4 times?

dave said:

4 times?

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On some roads its possible in one journey.

Steve

I do drive for a living but that is my only defence, Judges here that every day of the week, I need a new approach to this.

Take what ever they dish down to you, and hopefully learn from the experience.

SLOW DOWN....

Is it too difficult? Might save some ones life oneday.
When you got to 9 points didn't you think ' one more and I could get banned ?' and slow down ? Why not? Are you invincible?

I have been caught in the past and taken the punishment without trying to wriggle out of it with some lame excuse. You seem to be an habitual offender which may only change your, seemingly, total disregard to other people's life by a ban. What is the problem with you,? You are not a boy racer (if 1973 is your birth year) Why do you feel the need to speed everywhere?

Maybe extra training on road safety would be inorder after your re-test, after your eventual ban.

Have a nice day....

Get a lawyer. They may be able to reduce the ban.