... friend asked for some advice regarding the speed camara on the 30mph section of Winwick Road near Tesco...

... she has been caught 3 times by it in the space of 1 week all in the early hours of the morning following work in town...

... is anyone up on punishments or anyone possibly a police officer who could point towards a possible outcome...??

Personally I can see 9 points going her way but wanted to seek a second opinion first and I know the Rugby League public are intelligent people...

Are you talking about the speed camera that is located in the middle of the college and the Esso garage. If so, that road is 40, not 30.

If she has been caught 3 times in one week, I think she needs to lay off the gas.

Give Nick Freeman a bell

Nope top of Winwick Road outside the Polar Ford garage coming away from town heading towards McDonalds

She was doing 34, 37 & 40 as she thought it was 40

But I replied with the same statement as you

Ah right. Yeah, that bit is a 30 mph zone, then after you get passed the intersection, it's a 40 zone.

Nightmare!!

www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/Dr ... DG_4022550 Try that

www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/Dr ... DG_4022550 Try that

If they charge her its 3 pts a go. 34mph is probably OK. All depends if its active or not.

Forgive me for asking but is your friend a Lady of The Night?

She's received 3 seperate letters regarding them

I know they normally allow 10% of the limit so in all fairness I think its 9 coming her way and a ban as she's not been driving 2 years

Ouch

The New Drivers Act

Thats unlucky.

After being flashed the first time, did she not think she better slow down the following day when going passed the speed camera??....and if not then, surely after being flashed a second time, she must have thought to herself I'm doing something wrong here!

So the next day she goes even faster????

Did she think she was getting flashed for not going fast enough???

Sorry but its not unlucky you speed you pay the price for doing so - nobody forces people to go over the limit. I know its something that the majority of drivers do but you know that if you do you are taking the risk of getting points/losing licence for doing so.

I was more refering to the two year rule.

But again you know the rules.

Not that I am saying it is the case here but it annoys me when drivers think they are above the rules of the road. I was listening on the radio the other day to a Woman in her 80s who had got away with being caught speeding 4 times (I think it was) by the same camera she managed to keep her licence because she "relied on her car to look after her older sisters" both of whom it appears are in nursing homes. As far as I am concerned she should have lost her licence like anyone else would have, since when is it ok for some people to speed but not others?

That's true indeed. Good point

Magistrates can elect not to enforce a driving bad if exceptional circumstances can be shown. These typically involve the consequences of proven hardship to 3rd parties if a ban was imposed.

Which is wrong imo, especially when in the case mentioned where exactly is the hardship to the 3rd party?

I am sure most people could come up with a sob story as to why they should keep there licence but I don't see why anyone should get the rules bent for them. Speeding is just as dangerous no matter what your circumstances are.

Perhaps they made a strong case that the care of the elderly sisters would have suffered as a consequence?

I understand your point, but it isn't bending the rules, it's applying the law, and the law allows for discretion. It is fairly uncommon to avoid a ban in this way.

I agree about speeding being dangerous regardless of circumstances.

would be interesting to see how considering they were in nursing homes tbh, surely then anyone who had an elderly relative could use the same argument to there benefit?

If im read the new drivers act correctly it is not a ban ,her driving licence is revoked and all she has to do is re-apply for a provisional and start the process again i.e. theory and driving test again.

Without knowing the facts of the case and judging them on their merits it is impossible to say.

I know a business partner of mine avoided a ban (crown court appeal) as I gave evidence of how his ban would result in real hardship to me as a small business owner and as a consequence, my family.

I see that the stretch of road from what was the Audi garage near the college on Winwick Road to the island just before Birchwood expressway is now 20mph over its full length!!!!!!
I am thinking of setting up a business with men carrying red flags to walk in front of cars to keep their speed down and announce their presence to others.
Do you think it will catch on??

That is correct!

it is 30mph.My night driver got down for it last year.
she should get 3 points/offence and a fine/offence