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You could check your driver record with the DVLA online and see if there are any endorsements added for the period the V5C documents were incorrect.

I've got an interesting scenario to bring to the table...

I was traveling South on the A1, at this stage of the journey I'd not long joined the A1 from the Edinburgh City Bypass. All of the journey was done with cruise control set to 60 or 70, where applicable.

There was one stretch of dual carriageway (possibly before Haddington, but I can't be 100% sure) where a line of cars were all doing 60-65mph in the outside lane, leaving the inside lane completely free as far as the eye could see. I got slightly agitated (silly on my part) and went back into the inside lane, where I applied some gas to pass the line and then return to cruise speed. As I approached the front of the line, I caught sight of a marked Volvo SUV sitting at an observation point on the opposite side of the road. I reacted immediately and slowed down, but I'm fairly certain my peak speed was 90mph. No attempt was made by them to turn around and pull me over, but I think I'm right in saying they can still issue a NIP to me via post?

It's possible they weren't even monitoring speeds and were simply just having a break or doing a multitude of other things, right? What's the likelihood that I've been done?

Here's a professional recreation courtesy of Paint.NET: https://i.postimg.cc/zJCFm2KG/reconstruction.png

Quote from: 666 on December 29, 2025, 04:17:32 pm

Quote from: shredxt on December 29, 2025, 03:40:56 pm

I've got an interesting scenario to bring to the table...

I was traveling South on the A1, at this stage of the journey I'd not long joined the A1 from the Edinburgh City Bypass. All of the journey was done with cruise control set to 60 or 70, where applicable.

There was one stretch of dual carriageway (possibly before Haddington, but I can't be 100% sure) where a line of cars were all doing 60-65mph in the outside lane, leaving the inside lane completely free as far as the eye could see. I got slightly agitated (silly on my part) and went back into the inside lane, where I applied some gas to pass the line and then return to cruise speed. As I approached the front of the line, I caught sight of a marked Volvo SUV sitting at an observation point on the opposite side of the road. I reacted immediately and slowed down, but I'm fairly certain my peak speed was 90mph. No attempt was made by them to turn around and pull me over, but I think I'm right in saying they can still issue a NIP to me via post?

It's possible they weren't even monitoring speeds and were simply just having a break or doing a multitude of other things, right? What's the likelihood that I've been done?

Here's a professional recreation courtesy of Paint.NET: https://i.postimg.cc/zJCFm2KG/reconstruction.png

Yes, they can issue a NIP. Probably unlikely that they were monitoring speeds in the opposite carriageway, but your careless/dangerous driving may have drawn their attention.

Getting fed up with lane hoggers sitting in the outside lane for no good reason, however, that doesn't excuse or permit a few seconds of agitated driving. I'm hopeful that, as it was only a few seconds of acceleration followed by a return to cruise speed, I'm off the hook. I know undertaking is a divisive subject, and I wanted to clear their blind spots and get past the backlog of slow-moving cars in the incorrect lane as quickly as possible.