17-05-2021, 06:13 PM
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I would echo swimmys comments, it is so very easy to stray slightly over the speed limit and get caught by a camera it doesn’t mean you are reckless or a bad driver, if you are doing 35 in a 30 ,you are within the law, if you are doing 36 your not, I doubt it would make any significant difference if you hit someone ( god forbid)18-05-2021, 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by JBR
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That's as it should be.But you must realise that Germany is a more logical country than the UK. Our forte is bureaucracy!
In winter I had expensive passport photos taken at 27 quid when being caught speeding at 19 mph where only 12.4 mph were allowed. I was daydreaming and envisioning the most beautiful things and then bang.
Novelty: There's hardly any other place on earth where the speed limit is 12.4 mph. The traffic sign for it is hardly known. The lowest standard speed limit is 18.6 mph.
I ran into a stationary speed trap put in place just recently. I'd read about it but thought to myself that I wasn't very likely ever to drive there anyway. But then there was a detour and I followed it and was taken entirely by surprise. The admin guy in charge said in an interview that that speed camera proved to be "highly profitable." Well, I like donations and make them regularly. The city needs them badly.
18-05-2021, 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Dachs
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If you think so...But isn't Germany notorious for its red tape, too?In winter I had expensive passport photos taken at 27 quid when being caught speeding at 19 mph where only 12.4 mph were allowed. I was daydreaming and envisioning the most beautiful things and then bang.
Novelty: There's hardly any other place on earth where the speed limit is 12.4 mph. The traffic sign for it is hardly known. The lowest standard speed limit is 18.6 mph.
I ran into a stationary speed trap put in place just recently. I'd read about it but thought to myself that I wasn't very likely ever to drive there anyway. But then there was a detour and I followed it and was taken entirely by surprise. The admin guy in charge said in an interview that that speed camera proved to be "highly profitable." Well, I like donations and make them regularly. The city needs them badly.
A cemetery?
18-05-2021, 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by rhosyn
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I was "done" for speeding last month.I had a choice of a fine and points on my license,a court appearance or a speed awareness course-I choose the on line course.It costs £88 and I'll be doing it a week tomorrow at 11.15.
Don't know what to expect.
18-05-2021, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by rhosyn
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I was "done" for speeding last month.I had a choice of a fine and points on my license,a court appearance or a speed awareness course-I choose the on line course.It costs £88 and I'll be doing it a week tomorrow at 11.15.
Don't know what to expect.
They're quite friendly and informative. In fact, you can learn a lot from them.
Of course, it might be different in Wales. They might pull your fingernails out one by one just to teach you a lesson.
18-05-2021, 06:32 PM
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@rhosyn wrote:"I was "done" for speeding last month.I had a choice of a fine and points on my license,a court appearance or a speed awareness course-I choose the on line course.
It costs £88 and I'll be doing it a week tomorrow at 11.15.
Don't know what to expect."
(Sorry, I can quote with the editor right now. Happens every now and then.)
Hard choices. How much would the fine have been?
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