A close friend has 6 penalty points on her licence. This week she thinks she may have picked up six more. Both were from stationary speed vans. Once she was doing 84 in an 80 km zone. Today doing 63 in a 50 km zone. The previous fines the fastest speed was 75 but was obviously in a 60 zone. Anyone know how this plays out. Do you go to court first or is it automatic disqualification. She drives for work and drives children everywhere. Is up the wall. Was stressed out this week already over other stuff and now this. 3 points are due to come off but not until June.
My last three lots of points were for low speed zones where the speed limit was changing and the markings weren't very visible -- in one case where the speed change signage was in a roadworks section with blinding headlights from oncoming single-file traffic. I reckon shooting fish in a barrel like this for transgressions of +10kph is unethical, but nothing you can do about it. I've spent the last several years driving like a saint, but only just now losing the last of my PPs.I don't know how she ended up in this mess. The zones she has got caught in have not been on motorways at high speed, but 50, 60 or 80 k zones.
I believe the Garda now serve the summons with the fixed notice attached so that ' excuse ' is no longer open to the accused.
84 in an 80 zone she'll probably be ok as the speed van and car are never calobrated the same for speed, so i've been told.
Good idea about the sat nav.
Does anyone else have experience of taking points for others who are near their limit. Do they check the drivers photo ?
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