you can’t request it, but they’ll probably offer it unless you’ve already been on one recently.

Won’t it say on the notice of intended prosecution what your options are?

I got caught doing 38 in a 30 and didn’t get an option of a course – just the fine and 3 pts.

I got a speed awareness course for doing 34 in a 30. Mate of mine got one for doing 33.

On my course there was a woman doing 38 who got an awareness course & the bloke running the course was very surprised at that.

You can’t request a speed awareness course. They can offer you one.

Were you definitely done? 35 on your speedo, or actual? I reckon 35 indicated on a speedo might just be under the threshold, depending on how lucky you are.

Was it a camera or a car? Unlikey to have been a patrol car as there aren’t any nowadays apart from the one going up and down the M6 writing tweets that they’ve caught lots of naughty motorists.

i’ve heard this a few times but surely if so then it would be an MOT check point.

I had a car with a non-working speedo for at least a couple of MOT’s and never got more than an advisory.

Which is 10%+2 I believe, so at 35 you’re right on the edge. You’ll probably get the offer of either a course or a Fixed Penalty of a fine (£90?) and three points.

Yup. So your speedo would’ve been reading around 40 or a shade under in all likelyhood. Consider yourself lucky.

Someone will be riding in shortly on a long-legged equine to tell you that you’re no better than a child molester and you deserve what you get. Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time, or something equally tedious.

The vans don’t need a flash, that’s just the static ones.

Every car speedo I have known reads over, normally about 10%.

Yup. So your speedo would’ve been reading around 40 or a shade under in all likelyhood. Consider yourself lucky.

This is why I asked if it was actual or value on the speedo. If the OP glanced down at his speedo when he saw the camera van & thought “35 – oh, bugger” then he might just get away with it.
Depends if is what actually happened & whether the needle was just above the 35 or just below the 35…. 🙂

OP – you mention it was in Wales – funnily enough, so was mine; in Bala. And so was my mate’s who got done for 33 in a 30.

By law they cannot read under

i’ve heard this a few times but surely if so then it would be an MOT check point.

I had a car with a non-working speedo for at least a couple of MOT’s and never got more than an advisory.

I’m not sure if it’s a legal thing, but most manufactures will air on the side of caution with them through fear of being sued if it’s shown people are speeding because their car under-reads.

I’m told when they’re designing a new car the get the various suppliers in and they might say “okay, you can have this one, it’s accurate +/- 2% and costs £30 per car, or you can have this one that’s accurate +/- 10% and costs £5 per car”.

They’ll usually choose the cheaper one – then they’ll instruct the makers to ensure that they are set to over-read by 10% so at best they’re completely accurate and at worst they over-read by 10%.

There really is no downside for the manufacturer – an over-reading speedo makes their car seem faster than it is, makes it seem more efficient than it is for a given (false) speed and it means services come around sooner (and the mileage is recorded at a faster pace).

They can’t be “got” for it, because they will always claim that it’s only prudent to make them over-read by 10% based on a device that’s accurate +/- 10% to ensure none of their customers are speeding when they don’t think they are.

80’s Fords were renowned for their ability to travel at fantastic speeds, far in excess of what they were claimed to be able to do – claims of 140mph XR2s weren’t uncommon 😉

Purely hypothetically speaking, how long do the letters take to come through the post these days?

Only if your car was first used before 1937 – or 1984 for some other types of vehicle – see link above.

I think they have 14 days from date of offence to send out a notice of intended prosecution. Any longer than that and it cannot be enforced.

How do you sleep at night 🙁

Bunch of blooming dog lovers

Tell`em to shove it ! ………..they should be out battering peedos and thieves

Yes rich. Not me! But my good mate has (so this isn’t a guy in the pub told me his mate…) – specifically on Ladies Mile going across the downs. And he was a couple of miles under 30!

They make lots of sense to me. 🙂

I hope they bloody catch you if you go flying through. 😛

Speedo inaccurate, GPS inaccurate. What you need to is check your Strava results, which are by far the most accurate – I’m hoping you were recording? 🙂

Last I heard our advice to the public in Lancs was that we were going through an intitial testing and consultation phase with local authorities before we start to prosecute in a 20.

The FAQ sheet I got with the NIP from Lancashire Constabulary in December states that their prosecution threshold is 10% plus 3mph for all speed limits. So the lowest speed they prosecute for in a 30mph zone is 36mph.

I was stopped in a 20mph zone in Garstang about 2 years ago for doing 26mph. They just “had a word” as they were only just starting to implement it.