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[raywilb]

 i have been driving since 1964 & this morning i got my first ever speeding ticket . clocked doing 36mph in a 30 zone. been lucky though as i admit i dont hang around. the guy that copped me sprung out  from nowhere with a handheld gadget. the irony of it , is i was the fourth vehicle behind a tractor.

[Rangie]

Should get offered a speed awareness course for that speed ,I did one last year think it was £90 no points though.

[YZ250]

If you get offered the speed awareness course, which I'd imagine you would for that speed, it's a virtual course now due to covid so you don't even have to leave your house to take part.    You do obviously need a computer or tablet with a webcam. 

[STEMO]

If you get offered the speed awareness course, which I'd imagine you would for that speed, it's a virtual course now due to covid so you don't even have to leave your house to take part.    You do obviously need a computer or tablet with a webcam. 

That's discrimination against OAP's, who are less likely to have the tech or know how to do the course at home. I shall contact my local woke councillor.

[YZ250]

If you get offered the speed awareness course, which I'd imagine you would for that speed, it's a virtual course now due to covid so you don't even have to leave your house to take part.    You do obviously need a computer or tablet with a webcam. 

That's discrimination against OAP's, who are less likely to have the tech or know how to do the course at home. I shall contact my local woke councillor.

I do agree.    The only reason I know this is because somebody who was worried about the virtual course asked me how to link up. If a course is accepted and you've paid for it, you get an email invite to a TeamViewer link (you do not need to download TeamViewer). Fifteen minutes prior to the course you have to use the link to show your documents, hence the webcam. This part is not seen by the other participants obviously. At the course start time you are linked in from the lobby and away you go. The webcam has to be active for the complete duration of the two and a half hour course (yes, it's shorter than the face to face group course). So, coffee on the table, laptop or tablet set up, piss bucket under the table, as the course guys have to see you being there at all times so you can't wander off mid meeting like I do at work. 
In fairness, the guy I'd assisted in the set-up tried to link up too early so they phoned his personal mobile to assist. They didn't have to do that, so they are at least sympathetic to people struggling. 
You can use a laptop, tablet or smartphone, providing it has the camera and a mic that work. 

[Doctor Gollum]

Given the current situation, expect points and a fine

[Sir Tigger KC]

Sounds like Ray needs a life sized cardboard cut out of himself to put in front of the webcam and then he can get on with his day! 

[jonathanh]

i have been driving since 1964 & this morning i got my first ever speeding ticket . clocked doing 36mph in a 30 zone. been lucky though as i admit i dont hang around. the guy that copped me sprung out  from nowhere with a handheld gadget. the irony of it , is i was the fourth vehicle behind a tractor.

if you were no faster than the tractor that's odd because most tractors will have a 50k box or less so they are not capable of 36mph

[Doctor Gollum]

i have been driving since 1964 & this morning i got my first ever speeding ticket . clocked doing 36mph in a 30 zone. been lucky though as i admit i dont hang around. the guy that copped me sprung out  from nowhere with a handheld gadget. the irony of it , is i was the fourth vehicle behind a tractor.

if you were no faster than the tractor that's odd because most tractors will have a 50k box or less so they are not capable of 36mph

Your speed can fluctuate in a block of traffic. Also if a larger vehicle suv/van etc was approaching from behind at a faster speed it's possible that it wasn't Ray that was speeding. Good luck proving it though...

[TheBoy]

Virtual courses have the advantages you don't get butt raped for a cup of coffee required to keep you awake for the 4hr patronisation tedium....


...though if the mentality of the idiots on my course are anything to go by, many people will do the course via their phone. Whilst driving.

[STEMO]

Virtual courses have the advantages you don't get butt raped for a cup of coffee required to keep you awake for the 4hr patronisation tedium....


...though if the mentality of the idiots on my course are anything to go by, many people will do the course via their phone. Whilst driving.

Most of the people on my course were 'normal' middle aged drivers and one was a truck drivers. One young lad had one of those green skodas, which he razzed off leaving tyre marks after the course. He, of course, will not have got anything from it.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

If you get offered the speed awareness course, which I'd imagine you would for that speed, it's a virtual course now due to covid so you don't even have to leave your house to take part.    You do obviously need a computer or tablet with a webcam. 

I could go for that.

Last time I just paid up. I didn't fancy the idea of being humiliated and belittled about the dangers of speed by a 'woke' 22 year old fresh out of university.

[TheBoy]

Virtual courses have the advantages you don't get butt raped for a cup of coffee required to keep you awake for the 4hr patronisation tedium....


...though if the mentality of the idiots on my course are anything to go by, many people will do the course via their phone. Whilst driving.

Most of the people on my course were 'normal' middle aged drivers and one was a truck drivers. One young lad had one of those green skodas, which he razzed off leaving tyre marks after the course. He, of course, will not have got anything from it.

Most on mine were what could be best described as Bimbos. Opti would have been like a safari park chimp.

One or 2 more mature people, but most were well under 30, and few knew the basics of the Highway Code.

[STEMO]

Virtual courses have the advantages you don't get butt raped for a cup of coffee required to keep you awake for the 4hr patronisation tedium....


...though if the mentality of the idiots on my course are anything to go by, many people will do the course via their phone. Whilst driving.

Most of the people on my course were 'normal' middle aged drivers and one was a truck drivers. One young lad had one of those green skodas, which he razzed off leaving tyre marks after the course. He, of course, will not have got anything from it.

Most on mine were what could be best described as Bimbos. Opti would have been like a safari park chimp.

One or 2 more mature people, but most were well under 30, and few knew the basics of the Highway Code.

Learn and forget.

[raywilb]

i have been driving since 1964 & this morning i got my first ever speeding ticket . clocked doing 36mph in a 30 zone. been lucky though as i admit i dont hang around. the guy that copped me sprung out  from nowhere with a handheld gadget. the irony of it , is i was the fourth vehicle behind a tractor.

if you were no faster than the tractor that's odd because most tractors will have a 50k box or less so they are not capable of 36mph

  i beg to differ with that as i know i ve been behind a tractor doing over 40