And a Court Magistrate would accept an article printed on the confused.com website to be your defense? If the law isn’t broken, then there is no penalty. Anyone/everyone is welcome to put the relevant authorities ‘tolerance’ to the test though.
Minor speeding fines do not go to Magistrates courts. The vast majority (and probably all) police forces adopt a tolerance level of 10% plus 1 to 3 mph, whether you agree with it or not.
Okay my man, your inability to understand law is getting slightly embarrassing now, almost more so than the fact you think that you’re actually entitled to that tolerance. Which is btw precisely why some police forces don’t confirm them. What you’re suggesting (falsely) is that there’s in fact two speed limits. The one on the sign, and then the “real one”, which is sign + 10%+2.
It’s nonsense. In fact, your own link, the one that you fired off as “evidence” or “fact” disagrees with you. Not that it would matter, since sagittonius is absolutely correct, but let me quote the part you conveniently either missed or ignored.
“So although it might be tempting to assume that similar thresholds are in place everywhere, you could still be hit with a fine and penalty points on your licence.
It’s also dangerous – speed limits are there for a reason in the first place.
It’s also worth remembering that the buffer zones – where they exist – are used at the discretion of the police to follow the rules around speeding, speed cameras, and the law.
So they’re within their rights to punish drivers that flout the speed limit by even just a few miles per hour. You can’t rely on these discretionary thresholds as a defence if you’re flagged for speeding.”
Everything clear now? To reiterate, that’s from your article, which you very much used as an argument to dismiss someone who is entirely right. I’m sorry that this has to be pointed out so drastically, but you’re actively suggesting that either an entirely correct fine was fraudulent, or that speeding is entirely fine until you reach “the real speed limit”. And that has to be cleared up in an entirely public forum, since it’s utter nonsense.
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