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Regarding the recent e-mail about drivers not using bus lanes. I recently got done by a bus lane camera on a Sunday in South London. I had tried for about 20 miles in crawling traffic to keep to the rules,...
You are, it would appear, always right. "Smug of Suffolk" here has just been snapped doing 54mph in a 40mph zone - I have been driving 35 years without an incident of any sort. I was keeping up with...
A couple of months ago I made a round trip from Stansted to Croydon and back. I passed over Tower Bridge at 01.00am on the return journey. Shortly after, I received notification that I was to be prosecuted...
I've read stories before about McDonald's fining people for taking too long over their meal, but I've just found a new variation. I went to a McDonald's on February 4th; two days ago they sent me a £50...
Last week one of my heavy goods vehicles went through a Gatso style camera on the single carriageway A5 Northbound, Red Gate junction. The posted limit is 50mph and my driver has been reported for travelling...
I recently received a Notice of Intended Prosecution for doing 37mph in a 30mph limit. I was given the opportunity to attend a Speed Awareness Course in Salisbury, which I accepted and duly paid the £60...
Yet again you miss the point made so well by R.A.: Drive within the law and you won't be fined. It's simple.
I think it was RA, and not CG, who "missed the point" recently. CG was valid in saying that he "concentrates more on speed cameras than what is around him". I know that you can reasonably expect to suffer...
With hundreds of thousands miles behind me, happily accident-free, I reckon I generally know when I am driving at a safe speed for the conditions and, given fair reminders of the speed limit (often lacking)...
Expect More Speeding Tickets in Weak Economy (from ScienceDaily Jan. 12, 2009. Got a lead foot? Hold on to your wallet. When local revenue falls, traffic citations go up. A new study to be published in...