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StaticMotion
Member Since: 16 Jan 2010
Location: Hoose
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Quote:100+mph on a UK motorway as described would result in a speeding ticket/summons
I was just perusing this post and am not going to add any opinion what people do is up to them, their lives their choices . However I have to correct the above quote, get caught at 100mph or in excess of it in the UK and it won't be a ticket it will be your licence. This is one subject I know very well ... oh an no I've never been caught speeding 
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joyceslaw
Member Since: 01 Mar 2009
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Not so, it is down to the discretion of the officer.
In fact it was on TV a couple of days ago a driver was given a verbal warning for 100 and a fpn(n) for his numberplate!
If you are summonsed then your licence is at risk but it is not a given.
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| 1st Jun 2011 8:58 pm |
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StaticMotion
Member Since: 16 Jan 2010
Location: Hoose
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Really? Hmm lol because I think you'll find discretion at 100mph is a HUGE rarity with officers. There is always an exception to any rule.
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| 1st Jun 2011 9:00 pm |
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joyceslaw
Member Since: 01 Mar 2009
Location: Achill Island
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Exactly.... that is what I said.
Traffic officers are a different breed altogether, but they are not the only policing on the roads.
I also have a clean licence.
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| 1st Jun 2011 9:05 pm |
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StaticMotion
Member Since: 16 Jan 2010
Location: Hoose
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I think you'll find these days, traffic or uniform the position is pretty much the same.
There are cops who do all sorts of things in various forces, but my point is - in general you will find yourself with a day in court and a licence on its way out. Your example of discretion is not a norm it's a true rarity.
So to say you will likely end up with a ticket etc isn't quite right, the reality is the other way around you will likely lose your licence and there is a very very small rare chance you won't
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| 1st Jun 2011 9:11 pm |
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wiggs
Member Since: 03 Sep 2006
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joyceslaw wrote:I also have a clean licence.
So do I .... And I do about 40,000 miles a year  G4 Gone ...but not forgotten
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| 1st Jun 2011 9:13 pm |
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joyceslaw
Member Since: 01 Mar 2009
Location: Achill Island
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If you re-read my post I clearly stated that you would get EITHER a ticket or a summons, it was signified by the / symbol between the words ticket and summons.
Poor observation skills officer, and I thought you were a trained observer.
Sorry for my slow responses as I am driving. 
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| 1st Jun 2011 9:16 pm |
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StaticMotion
Member Since: 16 Jan 2010
Location: Hoose
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I've never worked out my yearly mileage I can only imagine it's quite high 
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| 1st Jun 2011 9:18 pm |
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StaticMotion
Member Since: 16 Jan 2010
Location: Hoose
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Quote:If you re-read my post I clearly stated that you would get EITHER a ticket or a summons, it was signified by the / symbol between the words ticket and summons.
And if you read my point the 'either' is misleading because you will almost certainly get a summons and requirre a buspass in due course, the other option, if it happens, at 100mph shouldn't happen and is a very very rare thing.
That's like saying if you go into burger land (ah nice generic company hehe) you will either get food poisoning or have a burger. The reality is you are going to get a burger, however there is a rare ocasion when something goes aray and you get food posioning. That's not a true either and offers false hope (erm well in the case of food posioning false doom )
*Edit* But thank you for pointing out the use of a / I will be sure to practice using it when I find the key 
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| 1st Jun 2011 9:24 pm |
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joyceslaw
Member Since: 01 Mar 2009
Location: Achill Island
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Non traffic officers are very unlikely to give any tickets, if they can't arrest you they are not interested - I see this daily. I am sure there are many on here who breathe a sigh of relief when they see the officer walking towards them in their mirror is not wearing a white hat.
I will even go as far as saying that some may post on here their stories of lucky brushes with the law.
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| 1st Jun 2011 9:26 pm |
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StaticMotion
Member Since: 16 Jan 2010
Location: Hoose
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Quote:Non traffic officers are very unlikely to give any tickets
uhuh ok I shall leave it to whoever wishes to go out and put your theory to the test. I'm sure my thought processes are rusty
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| 1st Jun 2011 9:30 pm |
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joyceslaw
Member Since: 01 Mar 2009
Location: Achill Island
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What on earth is that burger analogy about, how irrelevant is that!
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| 1st Jun 2011 9:31 pm |
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StaticMotion
Member Since: 16 Jan 2010
Location: Hoose
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Uhuh it goes to show that an either where one is an almost certaintly and the other is something that shouldn't happen and is thankfully uncommon is not an true comparison.
Like I said you want to go out and try it be my guest remember to tell the uniform cop he/she cant arrest for traffic so he/she should just ticket or warn you. Good luck with that
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| 1st Jun 2011 9:34 pm |
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joyceslaw
Member Since: 01 Mar 2009
Location: Achill Island
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Traffic officers are expected to show a return for their days work - that equals tickets and books - yes?
Non traffic officers rarely return or want to return tickets for their days work, they are either doing crime reports, stop & search or nicking bodies.
That's the basic difference in returns - and you know that's true.
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| 1st Jun 2011 9:37 pm |
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