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Thank you very much for taking the time to make the detailed reply, We are so grateful. Everything considered, he has put in a guilty plea. Thank you once again.

Hello,

I am making an enquiry for a friend and would be grateful for any advice.

Whilst undertaking his employment as a courier, my friend has received 3 speeding notices resulting in 3 single justice procedure notices (S172 camera detected offences) for speeding: travelling at speeds of 58, 60 and 63 in what is usually a 70 mile zone, but which had temporarily reduced to 50 miles due to roadworks.  The speed reduced to 50, then increased to 70, then reduced back to 50 and increased again to 70 between junctions 9 to 11 on the M27.

The speed change signage was not clearly displayed and kept moving, thus my friend did not realise there were new speed restrictions in force.

There is no static camera on this stretch of road and presumably it was a mobile camera that captured the images.
(I don’t know if this is relevant : though there was equipment, no road workers were seen undertaking roadworks).

A 4th speeding offence on the same stretch of road was negated by taking a safety awareness course. The 4 offences occurred within approx 2.5 weeks on the same stretch of road.

My friend is potentially facing 9 points to his driving license, jeopardising his job as a courier and invalidating his specialist courier insurances necessary to undertake the job.

I am unsure if this is relevant: he only received the initial notifications of the speeding offences well after the 14 day timeframe stipulated had expired as the initial notifications went to the van hire company address and subsequently had to be redirected to his home address by the authorities. (He was renting a van for work purposes).

We will be contacting Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary for camera calibration details.

The deadline for reply to the single justice procedure notices is imminent and we would really appreciate any guidance.


Thank you