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Speeding and other criminal offences / Re: Without care and attention
« on: March 02, 2026, 11:39:26 am »


Quote from: edrob on March 01, 2026, 12:19:11 pm
I work shifts with irregular hours with special needs children, and there's no public transport

This could have a bit more mileage in it. Can you expand on this? Does your wife drive? Work? Do you need to ferry the kids about to and from appointments during the day?
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I'm single, live on my own in my own house.
Work is 30 miles away. It's a special needs residential school where i am a senior care worker

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Speeding and other criminal offences / Re: Without care and attention
« on: March 02, 2026, 08:47:01 am »
"as regards whether it is worth challenging the double white lines charge, I would say about 7.2."

I'm sorry if I'm being thick, but I don't understand what 7.2 means

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Speeding and other criminal offences / Re: Without care and attention
« on: March 01, 2026, 07:19:50 pm »
Quote from: Brenda_R2 on March 01, 2026, 05:59:23 pm
"The police came and seized my dashcam sd card"

So did you just hand it over, belly up, or did you so under threat of PACE?

He just took it. I was a bit dazed at the time.

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Speeding and other criminal offences / Re: Without care and attention
« on: March 01, 2026, 03:02:49 pm »
Quote from: 666 on March 01, 2026, 02:29:52 pm
Quote from: edrob on March 01, 2026, 12:19:11 pm


On the double white lines one, from the dashcam footage it looks marginal as to whether I crossed the lines.

Whether it was "marginal" is irrelevant. You don't need to cross the line to commit the offence: your vehicle has to to be "driven as to keep the first-mentioned continuous line on the right hand or off side of the vehicle". So the whole of your car must be to the left of the line at all times.

When I said marginal, I meant marginal as to whether I did or not. You cant see where the wheels are in relation to the line from the dashcam

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Speeding and other criminal offences / Re: Without care and attention
« on: March 01, 2026, 12:37:47 pm »
Thank you.
In reference to your question - it's all the same incident.

Based on your knowledge and experience - what do you think the likelihood is that, me losing my job due to genuinely no alternative transport options, would be considered exceptional hardship?

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Speeding and other criminal offences / Without care and attention
« on: March 01, 2026, 12:19:11 pm »
Background:
I was driving home from work at night on an unlit rural road I was not familiar with. The road bent sharply to the right. I did not take evasive action and hit the wall that abutted the road. Later I was told that this is a frequent occurrence there (although its no excuse) I honestly have little recollection of what happened, but the collision was sufficient to deploy the airbags and the car was written off.
The police came and seized my dashcam sd card.
I have now received an SJPN notice.
I already have 9 points on my licence for speeding offences.
Effectively I know I am looking at losing my licence.

Any thoughts on the following:
I have been charged with two items:
1. Due care and attention
2. Crossing double white lines.

On the double white lines one, from the dashcam footage it looks marginal as to whether I crossed the lines. Also, in the details it says it was while overtaking. This is clearly incorrect, there was no overtaking involved.

I know that I'm going to lose my licence and as a result will lose my job. (My workplace is in a rural area 30 miles from where I live, I work shifts with irregular hours with special needs children, and there's no public transport)

Is it worth challenging the double white lines one?
If I plead not guilty to that, what is the likely timescale for it to come to court?

Any thoughts on range of penalty points I'm likely to get?

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