What should I do? Even if I appeal I still technically was overspeeding, so if they admit officer's mistake I'm still guilty - so I assume the court won't upheld my appeal?
You could try making up words, such as "overspeeding", but that won't help much.
In court, it could perhaps be argued that the level of the amount of alleged morespeederering is within the stated tolerance of the approved device and therefore the court is not entitled to be certain beyond any reasonable doubt that you were actually exceeding the speed limit. Or you could speak calmly to the police, explain the issue and hopefully avoid the matter getting to court - but where's the fun in that?
Also, on the fun side - as per police official document pack they sent to me - I do not qualify for the speed awareness course as the speeding threshold for it - 76 to 84mph inclusive. But I was going "just" 71...
Utter hogwash. The guidance for speed awareness courses is 10% +2mph - 10% +9mph over the applicable limit. The numbers quoted do not match any recognised limit, let alone the unspecified one in your NIP. It is possible that the CTO plucked those numbers out of the air (or even deviated from the guidelines), but as a general rule, the sausage machine does not do that.
Are the numbers quoted, the range that the notice explicitly states are applicable to your [alleged] offence, are they numbers quoted as being applicable to a speed limit within a table, which you selected despite there being no speed limit specified in your NIP, and a presumption that a 70mph actually applied but the NIP being issued on a flawed belief that a 60mph limit applied, or have you worked them out yourself?
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In accordance with Section 1 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988, I hereby give notice that it is intended to take proceedings against the driver of
motor vehicle PK23XRS
for the alleged offence of Speeding - exceed limit for type of vehicle (not goods/ passenger) vehicle - manned equipment
Recorded Speed 71 MPH on 21/08/2024 at 10:59
at (place) A5 Bletchley
contrary to Section 86(1) and 89(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988
The NIP states that the [alleged] offence is exceeding the speed limit for the class of vehicle. It goes on to state "not goods/passenger" - which are to all intents and purposes the categories of vehicle class speed limits, but nobody ever accused the police of being literate.
S. 86 RTRA 1984 concerns speed limits for the class of vehicle (as opposed to overarching speed limits - which apply to cars and other vehicles which do not have specific class limits).
TL;DR - you can post a semi-literate whinge about how absurd it is, or you can have a polite word with the police and hopefully get it dropped.
