Reply to: Enterprise car hire - don't get a speeding fine

[NotAllThere]

I do look down at you lot bumbling along your one-dimentional roads at such lamentable speeds. Up here the speed limit is 250 knots = 287 mph below 10,000 feet. Much more respectable..

Very nice.

But we Timelords look down at you lot bumbling along in three dimensions at such lamentable speeds. Up here,the speed limit is hundred million years per hour. And that's only between the five centuries BCE and the 57th CE.

And we're probably looked down by these fellers.



We don't know for sure. They won't deign to talk to us beyond "squeak".

[GJABS]

I do look down at you lot bumbling along your one-dimentional roads at such lamentable speeds. Up here the speed limit is 250 knots = 287 mph below 10,000 feet. Much more respectable..

[vetran]

versus the sat nav at 30 mph its about 3 mph under. same with the led speed signs.

[NotAllThere]

Mine reads consistently 10% over (if you believe those roadside speedo things that smile when you're not speeding), whether I've got summer or winter tyres on. All eight tyres are 215/65 R16.

[BlueSharp]

Are you saying you lost? That sounds well within the range of instrumentation errors or momentary lapse.

random tit bit I picked up from my last speed awareness course. Spedometers must not under state their speed as very illegal to the point a car with summer tyres on will over state its speed by about 3 miles per hour. On the off chance you might fit winter tyres which are slightly wider and the spedo would then report a more accurate figure.

[NotAllThere]

classy comment from a mod

Why thank you. Nice of you to mention it.

Are you saying you lost? That sounds well within the range of instrumentation errors or momentary lapse.

Probably it was something like 36 recorded, with 5 deducted to account for inaccuracies.

[d000hg]

Yep, I disputed a fine for doing 31 in a 30 and it cost me £350 by taking it to court.

Are you saying you lost? That sounds well within the range of instrumentation errors or momentary lapse.

[psychocandy]

Yep, I disputed a fine for doing 31 in a 30 and it cost me £350 by taking it to court. I was also done for 76 in a 70 on a motorway.

31 in a 30 that is indeed rough....

[psychocandy]

FTFY

Indeed. But you're known for it.

classy comment from a mod

[psychocandy]

The stuff that happens to PC does happen to us all at some point (granted not with such regularity, which, initself speaks volumes). It's just that PC has zero class so feels compelled to splurge his stupidity at any opportunity. Any reasonable person would realise no one cares and would understand how ridiculous it makes them look constantly sharing their stories of rank stupidity.

<<yawn>>

[psychocandy]

NIP has a time limit (14 days from memory) - seems like Enterprise mucked that up.

The police have 14 days to get the NIP out to the registered owner - which would be enterprise.
Enterprise are then obliged to tell the police about who was driving. I'm not sure what the time limit is for this. Whether they did or not? Who knows?

If they didn't then great, fine for them and I get off.

As I said, I only found out I'd got a ticket accidentally, and because I chased them about the £35. Point is they're fannying around....

[vetran]

Indeed. But you're known for it.

He is hardly alone on the board for that!

[NotAllThere]

Any car hire - don't get a speeding fine

FTFY

Incompetence indeed.....

Indeed. But you're known for it.

[Paddy]

The 10% rule is a falisy. There is some guidance around it to be applied in some cases but it's highly discretionary and doesn't apply to the roadside camera companys. If the police are on a zero tolerence exercise due to a high incident rate you are gonna get prosectuted for 2mph over, not 10%.

Relying on 10% and setting your speed accordingly is just pot luck.

Yep, I disputed a fine for doing 31 in a 30 and it cost me £350 by taking it to court. I was also done for 76 in a 70 on a motorway.

[AtW]

The stuff that happens to PC does happen to us all at some point (granted not with such regularity, which, initself speaks volumes). It's just that PC has zero class so feels compelled to splurge his stupidity at any opportunity. Any reasonable person would realise no one cares and would understand how ridiculous it makes them look constantly sharing their stories of rank stupidity.

Makes a few of real people and lots of sockies on here feel better, no?