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Speeding NIP - wrong location
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Hi All,

firstly thanks for clicking and taking time to look at this. I am trying to help my mum who is freaking out as she got a speeding ticket. Unfortunately i do not have the document with me to post, but...

She was captured by a traffic officer with a mobile speed gun and received a NIP in the post. I have checked the calibration and everything on the ticket looks fine, but there is one thing i am questioning.

The location reads 'Dalkeith Grove between junctions of Merrion Avenue and Pangbourne Drive HA7'

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my two questions/issues are:

1) The location being between the Merrion Avenue and Pangbourne Drive should be slightly more specific as there is another junction in between with Dovercourt Gardens.

2) There is no junction of Merrion Avenue on Dalkeith Grove as that junction, Dalkeith Grove actually become Du cros Drive, so the address is technically incorrect.

Are the above issues above enough to get the ticket quashed?

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Re: Speeding NIP - wrong location
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No
I am responsible for the accuracy of the information I post, not your ability to comprehend it.

Re: Speeding NIP - wrong location
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According to GSV, the road does transition between a 20 and a 30 limit between the two endpoints described. What was the alleged speed and limit?

Regardless of that, your mum must respond to the NIP. And if not significantly over the limit, there's no need to stress. A course or even 3 points and a fine are not a big deal in the grand scheme of things (assuming no accumulated points thus far).

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1) The location being between the Merrion Avenue and Pangbourne Drive should be slightly more specific as there is another junction in between with Dovercourt Gardens.
Yes, there is a junction along that road with Dovercourt Gardens but there is no requirement to reference it.  The start and end point are roughly 700m apart - the location is merely directory and that is not vague enough to prevent the driver recalling whether they were there (or not).  It would take just over 1 minute (or perhaps less depending on how much over the limit) to traverse it...

2) There is no junction of Merrion Avenue on Dalkeith Grove as that junction, Dalkeith Grove actually become Du cros Drive, so the address is technically incorrect.
It does appear Dalkeith Grove ends roughly 60m before the junction with Merrion Avenue (Indeed becoming Du Cros Drive) but see the answer above.  Arguing the driver was disadvantaged by such a small technicality is optimistic.

Are the above issues above enough to get the ticket quashed?
As Andy summarised, No.