Caught speeding - help required pls

• Caught speeding - help required pls
  Posted by Yess_shaam on 14 Jun, 2025 16:06
• Hi can you please tell me how to upload a picture or should i upload it as an attachment
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  Posted by NewJudge on 14 Jun, 2025 16:20
• See the last paragraph of this:
  
  https://www.ftla.uk/speeding-and-other-criminal-offences/read-this-first-before-posting-your-case!/
  
  But better still, why don't you tell us what help you need. It might avoid us having to read a load of irrelevant gumpf.
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  Posted by Yess_shaam on 15 Jun, 2025 15:40
• Hi i am wondering if the last sentence invalidates the caution of speeding, this is due to the speed limit not being stated at the bottom - last sentence- ‘the speed limit at the time was mph’ or do i have to still accept the points
  
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  Posted by Southpaw82 on 15 Jun, 2025 15:48
• No.
  
  Was it even a variable speed limit?
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  Posted by andy_foster on 15 Jun, 2025 15:52
• Quote from: Yess_shaam on 15 Jun, 2025 15:40

  - last sentence- ‘the speed limit at the time was mph’ or do i have to still accept the points
  

  
  Ignoring that that is not the sentence, no!
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  Posted by 666 on 15 Jun, 2025 18:20
• Quote from: Yess_shaam on 15 Jun, 2025 17:55

  So is the notice valid? Or do i have to accept the points?
  

  
  1. Yes, it's valid. The offence is simply exceeding the speed limit, not exceeding it by x mph.
  
  2. No, all you have to do at present is name the driver. If it was you, you may be offered a course, and/or a fixed penalty (£100 and three points). You do not have to accept either, you can go to court and defend the charge.
  
  The lack of a quoted limit is not a defence. In any event, the NIP clearly states that you exceeded the limit on a restricted road. Such a road has a default limit of 30 mph.
  
  Unless you have a valid defence, you would be well advised not to go to court.
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  Posted by BertB on 16 Jun, 2025 10:05
• The letter the OP has posted states both the limit and alleged speed. The confusion is solely theirs. 
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  Posted by Rallyman72 on 16 Jun, 2025 12:18
• Quote from: Yess_shaam on 15 Jun, 2025 15:40

  Hi i am wondering if the last sentence invalidates the caution of speeding, this is due to the speed limit not being stated at the bottom - last sentence- ‘the speed limit at the time was mph’ or do i have to still accept the points
  

  That isn't the full sentence - that part of the letter only applies to variable speed limits.
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