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I was on the M40 driving back home on saturday afternoon and was near J7, doing about 90, I noticed a few hundred yards ahead of me was a police car on the hard shoulder (Vauxhall Omega), so I slowed down to the same speed as everyone else at the time (80), and as I drove past the cop car I noticed he had a speed (I assume) gun pointing towards me, he was sat in his car with the door slightly open.
If they do me for speeding, is it just a normal NIP in the post and 3 points/£60 fine or are they going to drag my ass to court for this? 
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Tommy
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Depends how far u bend over
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Sam
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BTW when I say the speed gun was pointing towards me, I mean pointing to cars coming from my direction, not pointing at me and no-one else!
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MarkM
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Drop your anchor in poo bay you should be ok...
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Sam
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I would have thought they normally do people for going over 90 on a motorway?
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Originally posted by LoudandLow
Depends how far u bend over
Dunno Tom, you tell me 
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Originally posted by sport16v
Drop your anchor in poo bay you should be ok...
have u ever parked your boat in poo bay?
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Corsa_Mel
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All depends on the copper.
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Sam
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Originally posted by sport16v
Drop your anchor in poo bay you should be ok...
have u ever parked your boat in poo bay?
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Phil Hall
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10% + 2 mph are the guidelines that most use, however they can still book ya for doin 71 if they really want to.
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Mostly when you start getting to or over 80mph.
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Sam
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Originally posted by Phil Hall
10% + 2 mph are the guidelines that most use, however they can still book ya for doin 71 if they really want to.
Knowing Thames Valley Police I will get done for being 1mph over their 'guidelines'
"I'm sorry I didn't know what speed I was doing, my speedo cable snapped so my speedo just tells me that I am only always doing 10mph"
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Originally posted by Phil Hall
10% + 2 mph are the guidelines that most use, however they can still book ya for doin 71 if they really want to.
wrong. car makes are allowed a 10% error in their speedos above and below by law so if your 10% and below then they can't do you
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Originally posted by Sam
I was on the M40 driving back home on saturday afternoon and was near J7, doing about 90, I noticed a few hundred yards ahead of me was a police car on the hard shoulder (Vauxhall Omega), so I slowed down to the same speed as everyone else at the time (80), and as I drove past the cop car I noticed he had a speed (I assume) gun pointing towards me, he was sat in his car with the door slightly open.
If they do me for speeding, is it just a normal NIP in the post and 3 points/£60 fine or are they going to drag my ass to court for this?
if it was a hand held laser gun recording speed then they would have done you there and then as they don;t take photos
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Sam
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So 3 points and £60 fine yes people?
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Thoday
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damn i had 100 down the m40 few weeks ago.. time to slow down there..
ye 10% means ur allowed 77, and ud b rather unlucky if it was u or just u that got caught mate.
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Originally posted by vibrio
if it was a hand held laser gun recording speed then they would have done you there and then as they don;t take photos
Are you sure? It would have taken them ages to drive off and chase the offender though wouldn't it, as he had his door slightly open with the gun pointing towards the cars (though the speed gun wasn't on a tripod or anything)?
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vibrio
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thay would have a car up the road most likely.
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Sam
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damn i had 100 down the m40 few weeks ago.. time to slow down there..
ye 10% means ur allowed 77, and ud b rather unlucky if it was u or just u that got caught mate.
It's because the weather is nice mate, they won't do this if it's pissing down with rain!
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Originally posted by Sam
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Originally posted by LoudandLow
Depends how far u bend over
Dunno Tom, you tell me
Say " No you bend over bitch " thatll get u and them off 
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Sam
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Originally posted by vibrio
thay would have a car up the road most likely.
Well this Omega was just before J7 and I got off at J8 (Oxford turnoff), I didn't see any cars marked or unmarked parked up on the hard shoulder.
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Thoday
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it werent mate i had all windows sunroof open pumping the tunes, lush day it was,
have been a few bog crashes there recent tho so they gna wana slow ppl down and catch speeders
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Sam
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Oh well, I have 12 days to find out my fate!
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Sam
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So do people think that if I was gonna get done for speeding that he would have chased after me there and then?
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