I got caught twice in a night by speed camera. what are the effects on me ? i only have 6 points on my driving

Question

i m not really sure the first flash applied to me but then i was on a 40 mph lane and must have been around 43 then got flashed. my navigator system sent me elsewhere that i had to spend the whole night searching for my way home. drove around for 3 hours so must have not realised the camera. Im a new driver with less than a year, plus driving my friend car hich i insured myself on.

Answer 1

Licence has a welsh  accent already well it is going to have a nice holiday soon after your friend informs the police that it was you driving and that other camera comes through, speeding twice in a night what were you doing showing , 6 points on the licence i would have been driving like a saint mate.

Time to get a push bike mate because on tally up in your first year it is bye bye licence and with the possibility of retest.

Answer 2

The cameras normally flash twice,taking two pics.The effects of being caught speeding at night are exactly the same as any other time.GPS systems are just toys for those who cannot plan journeys,they will always get you into trouble.They can be handy for certain people in certain circumstances,but should,in no way,be relied on,used as a general guide they are ok.AT SEA OR IN LARGE EXPOSED EXPANSES OF TERRAIN THEY ARE VERY GOOD,but not in cities and heavily trafficked areas for obvious reasons.You cannot now use the defence of ...i did not know who was driving...the car owner will be the one to get the fixed penalty fines etc,you had better be ready for a bout of monstrous grovelling,as he will have all the bother of dobbing you in.GOODBYE LICENCE,HELLO BICYCLES,TRAINS AND BUSES.

Answer 3

Caught twice = punished twice - ban coming up unless you were lucky and the camera didn't have film or was at fault

Answer 4

very bad

Answer 5

Is this for real?

Twice in one night?

Get off the road!

Answer 6

If you're a new driver and have racked up six points already then you shouldn't be driving - your full licence will have been revoked already - it's a fairly recent change in the law, but it is enforced.  Either way, you'll get another three points for each offence, which equals twelve points and a ban.  If the police find out you've been driving while already banned, then you'll face a whole string of other offences as well.  

43mph in a 40 zone is borderline.  I don't think fines are triggered until about 45mph - you do get a bit of leeway, but not much.  If it got you, you're basically doomed.  Most people break the speed limit at some point (how many people really stick to 70mph on the motorway?), but most of us don't get caught.  If you do get caught, especially in a built-up area, then you've just got to hold your hands up and accept what comes.  Expect a long ban.

Answer 7

The citation, if issued, will go to your friend first, and then he will have to submit that you were driving.  Its unlikely that you set off the camera for doing 43 in a 40, so you were either going faster, or the speed limit was lower.  Its a moving violation, so it will effect you license.  I hope you mean you have six points left, if you already have six points, you need to stop driving, or at least pay attention to what you are doing.  I dont know what state your in, but if you have six points in a year you probably are getting close to getting your license suspended.

Answer 8

You been driving less than a year with 6 points already ? you deserve all you get sorry mate,

Answer 9

change have to had.

Answer 10

Suspended license....................

Answer 11

You had six points, I would guess you now have 12 (three for each offence).  And you've been driving for less than a year?!!

Perhaps you shouldn't be on the road at all!  But then unless the rules have been changed, doesn't 12 points mean that you are now banned anyway?

Answer 12

from www.direct.gov.uk

"Your driving licence is automatically revoked if you build up six or more penalty points within two years of passing your first driving test. This includes any penalty points you had before passing the test, which are still valid. You’ll have to reapply for your driving licence as a learner driver and resit your driving test."

If you've already got 6 points, you shouldn't be driving - if you haven't - you need to learn to slow down.  The fact that you don't seem to realise when a speed camera is coming up is a bit worrying - how many other road signs have you not noticed?

And then:

"If you build up 12 or more penalty points within a period of three years, you’ll be liable to be disqualified under the 'totting-up' system. This is shown on your licence as TT99."

Answer 13

I take it you're in the UK. In that case, with a bit of luck the first one didn't get you, if you're estimate of your speed is correct, but don't rely on that, especially if in North Wales.  What will happen is that any fixed penalty chitty will be sent to the registered keeper, who is obliged by law to identify the driver.

As you know, you only have up to 6 points to play with during your first two years after getting your full licence, and a fixed penalty ticket gets you three points + £60-00 fine each.  Hopefully this won't happen.

If it does, as far as I recall if a fixed penalty would place you in jeopardy of losing your licence it cannot be used and you have to be taken to court instead.  Keep everything crossed.

Answer 14

At three points a time, plus the 6 you have already, you'll lose your licence. Next time slow down. It's not difficult or unmanly.