#2 A30 (Plusha) Jct with B3257, Nr Lewannick - exceeding 50mph
on 14 Mar, 2025 15:15 in Speeding and other criminal offences
TO MODERATOR: So sorry for hijacking coffeepot's thread, I had no idea that was a thing as this is my first time on ANY forum. Won't happen again!MY QUESTION:My hubby got caught doing 67mph in that 50mph zone on the 22nd Jan and he felt that the advance warning for it dropping from 70 to 50 was very short and that because he was surrounded by other cars, it was too dangerous to suddenly brake once he realised. He admitted to it being him and pointed out the above reasoning in an accompanying letter, but received the option of 3 penalty points and £100 fine or going to court to contest it. I see that @coffeepot (although admittedly going at a lower speed), got offered the course. My hubby has never had a driving infringement in 40 years of driving or had to do a course before, so I'm wondering if anyone has ever managed to somehow swap the 3 points for the course? It says on the Devon & Cornwall Police website that it's at the discretion of the police officer, so I'm not holding out much hope, but thought I'd ask as he is absolutely gutted to have blotted his driving record.