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[Kevin Wood]

More info on the alleged "uncalibrated" cameras .... methinks I detect an urban myth ...

http://www.safetycameraswiltshire.co.uk/news.asp?ID=22

http://www.safetycameraswiltshire.co.uk/news.asp?ID=18

HTH

It's a bit of a hiding to nothing to claim the measuring equipment is duff from a standpoint of having admitted not having noticed the signs, the camera nor your own speedo despite being 27 MPH above the limit. What a waste of £4500.

Kevin

[belldarr]

Sorry for the late response - i think me posting my alleged speed crashed the whole site last night!! I wanted to add that there is no way that I was travelling this fast, I didn't look at the speedo as I was overtaking the said HGV but I am sure that it was not 95MPH !!! as we all know that is an incredible speed on an A Road and you would certainly know you were doing it.

So I intend to admit the offence - but dispute the speed I was alleged to have reached.  It seems odd that it is exactly 95mph and not 95.6 or 94.7 as this is more normal.

And it is apparently on video not the photo format it used to be (Bedfordshire Police)

Darren

[Martin_1962]

How sure are you that you were not going as fast as 95? How fast do you think you were going?

Did they use LTI20-20? This is a range finding kit, and not specifically designed for speed measurement.

If you were not doing 95 don't own up to it, own up to what you were really doing.

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Sorry for the late response - i think me posting my alleged speed crashed the whole site last night!! I wanted to add that there is no way that I was travelling this fast, I didn't look at the speedo as I was overtaking the said HGV but I am sure that it was not 95MPH !!! as we all know that is an incredible speed on an A Road and you would certainly know you were doing it.

So I intend to admit the offence - but dispute the speed I was alleged to have reached.  It seems odd that it is exactly 95mph and not 95.6 or 94.7 as this is more normal.

And it is apparently on video not the photo format it used to be (Bedfordshire Police)

Darren

Sorry to say Darren that in a 2.5, and especially the 3.0 I had, I can very quickly get to 100 with ease when overtaking as you are concentrating on getting past as quickly and as safely as possible, before shooting back to the speed limit.

In a 3.2 as you have going from 60 to 95 is done all so rapidly and, without looking at your speedo as you state, you would not have known it!  

You were just so unlucky to have that van sitting there, so all the best.

[Andy B]

I agree with Lizzie, I've been on loads of A roads where 95 mph is very easily done, easpecially in a large powerful car. One of them is on the way south from H21 ..... A702, one bit is well over a mile of dead straight road.