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Speeding and other criminal offences / Re: 24MPH in a 20. Can I beat the case?
« on: February 10, 2025, 06:11:45 am »Nothing to appeal at present, you have not been convicted.
ABOUT MYSELF:
- I am able to do speed awareness course,
- Never had points on license with 5 years of driving
- Work in motor trade for a living.
All totally irrelevant.
Possible defence in court:
- System was out of calibration at time of offence.
- Offence occurred at 1am, where roads were empty, and no pedestrian flow at all.
- Came off a previous 30mph adjacent road.
- Never had previous driving convictions with 5 years of experience, no nature of hazardous driving.
- 24MPH is 10% + 2MPH of 20 speed limit.
- Speeding conviction will heavily negatively impact my livelihood, as insurance premiums are based on driving ability, I currently pay £4.5k yearly (motor trade policy) and struggle with companies willing to insure me.
These are not valid defences.
OK, theoretically to be pedantic, if true, the first one could be but in practice you can disregard it.
Sorry, the defence would be I was not speeding or doing over the 20mph speed limit.
My rebuttal to the police claim of having evidence of me doing over the speed limit would be that their evidence should be dismissed as its accuracy cannot be trusted upon due to being uncalibrated, and the margin of my accused speed is small enough to a reasonable threshold to allow for doubt.