Sweepstake of Sorrow

Well, after 16 weeks the Welsh dibbles finally got round to sending me
a summons.

Guzzi and I were clocked with a handheld laser gun at 1025 metres
travelling at a speed of 98mph on a 60 limit single carriageway A road.
Plod has stated traffic as moderate, visibility good and weather
sunny.

With a bit of abject grovelling what should I expect from the lovely
Magistrates of Dolgellau?

Prace bets and all that.

 

sweller says...

They clocked a motorcycle amongst other traffic from nearly a mile away?
They're having a fucking laugh, surely.

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Write a grovelling apology in Welsh, and read it out in court[1]. That's got
to be worth a 3-point discount.

[1] sheepishly

 

No ban.

Three points and £300 fine.

 

what's "pass the soap", in Welsh?

 

Bin the summons, and with a bit of luck they will not follow it
up..................

k

 

One month ban and a fine of 37 leeks. Or hope for magistrates as useless
as the ones I had, in which case 4 points and 300 quid.

 

Bin any speeding summons...............you have a good chance of getting
off!

k

 

Just looked at a map... is that area part of Brunstrom's Reich?

If it is... At least you get freebies on the train...

 

They stopped you didn't they so you didn't have to name a rider?

6 points and a large fine.

 

plan A
apparently, occasionally playing rugby for Wales, shagging a National
Treasure and doing lots of charity work helps[0]

<paging Dodger>

plan B
get one of your brothers to find out who is in the 120 redundancies and
hope that some sort of sabotage can be effected [1]



[0] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6099962.stm
[1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6100138.stm

 

Hang on... He managed to get a consistent, accurate fix on a moving target
(albeit towards him) at a kilometre away?

He needs to get out of the plod and set up as a contract killer then.
Imagine what he could do with a decent rifle and scope!

And he managed to not only hold it steady enough to rival a trained
marksman he also picked you out of traffic?

Them to dismiss the case, because you will get a decent lawyer, and query
the accuracy, as I have, above.

Get the Union to get you a good brief and fight.

 

Problem is, I was doing a ton when I saw the unmarked car so his
inaccurate laser reading is, er, quite accurate.

Why would Aslef give me a lawyer out of the members' money for
something that is totally unrelated to my or their employment or the
aims and values of the Labour movement?

 

I know your pain brother.

I'm waiting to see if I was clocked on a digital speed camera a couple
of days ago. The road was fucking clear, as every bugger has fucked off
for a long weekend (as tomorrow is a bank holiday in France). I was too
busy wondering in awe at the clear road to remember the usual speed
camera. I don't think I was that far over the limit, but if I was,
it'll mean that I'll have to change my licence and get points docked.

 

Do you think the £1850 he was fined (on top of a month ban) is a
percentage of his earnings? If so what?

Given he was 40 mph and I was 38 over the top it doesn't look like the
few points and a fine brigade will be winners in this wonderful
sweepstake.

 

Or maybe it was a visiting Englishman that had borrowed your bike at the
time?



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I was thinking about that. He's gone back to the UK now, as it goes.

 

Grease up, plead insanity and take the punishment. If you can get a
supporting letter showing you'll suffer excessive hardship you'll keep
your licence and pay a big fine.

I'd go for the duplicate licence, short ban and hope I didn't get
caught driving whilst disqualified.

Reality sucks but would you want it any other way? I doubt if you
would.

 

Well, if it is a proportion of his earnings then you might have to pay 50p
or so, pro rata

and you were 63% over the NSL, he was 57% over the motorway limit

Although, there does not seem to be any consistency between benches in
different areas. Have you spoken to the lucky bastard from Cheltenham's
brief?

 

Even in N Wales the police do not set the tariff. If anything, the Bench
will let sweller off just to **** off Brunstrom: he's not exactly popular,
especially as he is about to make 250 civil servants redundant.