How long is it normal to be contacted within if you think you've beed done for speeding?

Question

I was dong slightly over , and noticed a policeman with a camera on his motorcycle stationary

Answer 1

if your goin to be prosecuted the police have got 14 days from the date of the offence to contact you

Answer 2

I don't know what state you are in, but you usually have a buffer if you were only a couple over.  In Kansas and Missouri, there is usually a 10 mph buffer.  In Iowa (a giant speed trap), you only have a 4-5 mph buffer....so unless you were in a speed trap, I doubt you will be contacted.  

If so, they have 14 days to contact you.

Answer 3

Try doing what I do.  Slightly under.  And not on the damned phone.

Answer 4

The police use any number of means to catch speeders. The policeman you mentioned may have had a radar gun and maybe he chose to exercise whether or not you were seriosuly over speeding or not.

The thing is this, quite simply DON'T OVERSPEED!

By speeding you are decreasing your chances of reaction time should something pull out or run out in front of you.

Answer 5

If you are the UK it is usual to get a notice of Intended prosecution within 14 days (Posted within 14 days!). The reason for this is the owner of the vehicle is not necessarily the driver and it is 'reasonable' to assume that within a period of 14 days you would remember who was driving the vehicle at the time.  However, people seem to have the idea that this is law, that is not so, it is an advisory guideline from the Association of chief Constables.

My son is a self employed mechanic and he has a little Peugeot that he lends to customers while he is fixing their cars, but also any one of  a dozen friends borrow it now and then.  Earlier this year the car was flashed at 78 in a 70mph area. The first he knew about this was 13 weeks later!  The offence happened the day after he moved house (from a tented house). My son had not been on that particluar road for years but could not remember who had the use of the car that day as up to 6 people a day can drive it!  From what could be worked out eventually the police had sent 3 separate notices to his OLD address, despite him notifying the DVLA of his new one! The property had remained empty as the owner was going to modernise it a bit then sell it.  He explained the circumstances and pointed out that in the intervening 13 weeks the car could have had anything up to a hundred or more drivers and he had not the faintest idea who had been driving it.  He was prosecuted, including failing to identify the driver and got a £265 fine and 5 points on his clean licence.  (The day he got that there was a newspaper report of a Newcastle Footballer being prosecuted for same offence and HE got a 60 quid fine and 3 points on his already soiled licence!)

Answer 6

Anywhere up to six weeks is normal.The 14 day is only a guideline,if it takes longer to trace you ,for some reason, then it does not apply.