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Caterham

Member Since: 06 Nov 2008
Location: Birmingham
Posts: 6318

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Stornoway Grey

Two unfortunate things.....

I got a speeding ticket the other day for going too fast and
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/austr...mp;pc=U531

25th Jan 2022 10:05pm

Mossberg

Member Since: 29 Feb 2020
Location: Lancs
Posts: 553

1993 Defender 90 300 Tdi HT Aintree Green

Well, two things - first its lucky you told us you got the speeding ticket for going too fast or we would have been wondering!!

Second - I always knew a speed bump would lead to an accident one day. There you are, driving along with your mind totally on something else, hit a speed bump and BOOM!

On a serious note, I pity anyone who feels they must end their life, but to want to end the lives of others at the same time is despicable really- but then I suppose you aren't really in a stable state of mind. Unless this was a terrorist incident in which case I would say we have a result!

PS, did you get the ticket in your land rover? If you did you were probably as surprised as the guy with the vest! I got a speeding ticket in Germany for driving a SIII 109 too fast - now that took some doing 😅

26th Jan 2022 2:49am

Caterham

Member Since: 06 Nov 2008
Location: Birmingham
Posts: 6318

my guess is it was a terrorist - not aware of too many incidents involving exploding vests other than perhaps in South America. so yep, I see that as a result.

reference the speeding ticket - I was in the tranny. And I was a little gutted (perhaps not as much as the exploding guy I refer to above). I was in a 60 doing 52 (keeping the economy up) when I get the sun in my eyes and can barely see where I'm going let alone see the 40 mph sign. I see the speed camera......and then the 40 mph sign after if but too late by then. speeding ticket in the post.

last speeding tickets were in 1996 in my escort cosworth.

and 2005 in my factory built Caterham superlight doing 82 in a 70. turns out the car left the factory with an incorrectly calibrated speedo

Germany for driving a SIII 109 too fast - now that took some doing 😅

I presume it was down hill ?

26th Jan 2022 10:11am

Dinnu

Member Since: 24 Dec 2019
Location: Lija
Posts: 3477

2012 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 CSW Santorini Black

Re the speeding ticket, it

even more when Avis charged me a service fee for paying the ticket that was as expensive as the ticket itself. That was Avis NL... doing 55 in a 50 zone (kph not miles). I can probably trigger the cameras on a bicycle.

1988 90 Hard Top, 19J Diesel Turbo, Shire Blue - Restoration ongoing
2012 90 CSW, 2.2TDCI, Santorini Black

26th Jan 2022 11:13am

AMBxx

Member Since: 24 Jul 2016
Location: York
Posts: 1041

2015 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Orkney Grey

Can anyone beat getting done for 34mph in a 30 mph limit?
Even worse, the 30 limit was only for a roundabout, 50 before, 40 afterwards.

26th Jan 2022 11:45am

Dinnu

Member Since: 24 Dec 2019
Location: Lija
Posts: 3477

I beat you by 1mph AMBxx.. as by the kmh to mph conversion I was doing 34mph in a 31mph zone. 1988 90 Hard Top, 19J Diesel Turbo, Shire Blue - Restoration ongoing
2012 90 CSW, 2.2TDCI, Santorini Black

26th Jan 2022 1:31pm

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17596

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

Perhaps the exploding vest dude just had a battery issue with his mobile phone (or worse, heart pacemaker). We shouldn't be too quick to judge!

26th Jan 2022 4:57pm

Dinnu

Member Since: 24 Dec 2019
Location: Lija
Posts: 3477

^^ or worse he mixed up sim cards and his wife called him. 1988 90 Hard Top, 19J Diesel Turbo, Shire Blue - Restoration ongoing
2012 90 CSW, 2.2TDCI, Santorini Black

26th Jan 2022 5:09pm

Co1

Member Since: 19 Aug 2018
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 3693

AMBxx wrote:
Can anyone beat getting done for 34mph in a 30 mph limit?
Even worse, the 30 limit was only for a roundabout, 50 before, 40 afterwards.

How about 34 in a 30 at 06:00 on a Sunday morning going into the back end of a village without a house in site!

26th Jan 2022 6:35pm

Caterham

Member Since: 06 Nov 2008
Location: Birmingham
Posts: 6318

/\ I fear I may have hit on a sensitive subject (speeding).

^^ or worse he mixed up sim cards and his wife called him.

26th Jan 2022 8:02pm

Procta

Member Since: 03 Dec 2016
Location: Sunderland
Posts: 5234

Caterham, i was busted for speeding in 2020, in the Peugeot 306, I have owned two very fast metros in the past, and i get busted in a 306 Diesel that i have had for 15 years

I was going down hill at the time and got up to 35 mph in a 30.
laugh was i just put the Peugeot back on the road the day before, ( fitted a replacement rear beam for the MOT)
I decided to do the speed awareness course. Which was would have been a year just gone there funny enough.

Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back

Success is 90% Inspiration and 4 minutes Preparation # you can make it!

26th Jan 2022 8:59pm

Jabberwocky

Member Since: 27 Oct 2021
Location: Luxembourg
Posts: 226

AMBxx wrote:
Can anyone beat getting done for 34mph in a 30 mph limit?
Even worse, the 30 limit was only for a roundabout, 50 before, 40 afterwards.

53kph in a 50kph zone, really strict here in Luxembourg but you don’t get points and the fine is very low.

29th Jan 2022 12:44am

Angus_Beef

Member Since: 30 Apr 2015
Location: Oslo
Posts: 434

2015 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 SW Corris Grey

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52kph in a 50kph zone, 40 buck fine. It's just another form of random taxation! Roaming around 🇳🇴🇨🇭

29th Jan 2022 10:10am

diesel_jim

Member Since: 13 Oct 2008
Location: hiding
Posts: 6126

Mossberg wrote:
I got a speeding ticket in Germany for driving a SIII 109 too fast - now that took some doing 😅

Same as.... donkies years ago, I got a ticket for speeding in a 2.25 109" S3 (ex mil). I wasn't going to argue as I knew that the rear tyres might have beem... ahem... slightly balding... took the ticket and dissapeared!

29th Jan 2022 5:38pm

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