When you have been caught speeding, sometimes the most common thing to do is to look at the reasons behind any speeding offences, and to see if you might be able to have a court take some of them into consideration.

When it comes to speeding offences, many of them will require you to go to court, which means that you can tell your side of the story and see if you can get a reduction in your punishment. Of course, there aren’t going to be a lot of situations in which you’ll be able to get a reduction, but it is important for you to think about the various excuses you might have for speeding in order to see if any of them would qualify you for a reduction in the fines or the problems that you might have.

Showing that you had good reason behind your speeding offences (maybe you’ve been under a lot of stress) means that you may be able to demonstrate grounds to have any punishment reduced. The idea is to not say that you’re not guilty, but to show that there are good grounds for your guilt, and that these should be taken into consideration.

Many times people have not paid their fixed penalty notice and have been allowed to take their case to court. However, not all accounts are believed by the courts and a reduction in the punishment is not forthcoming. At the end of the day it is down to the judge hearing the case.

Trying to demonstrate your speeding offences were as a result of other road users do not always win over the courts. For example, saying you were breaking the speed limit to put a larger gap between your vehicle and the one following you usually gets you the answer that you should pull over and let them pass. However, saying that you thought you were in jeopardy because the car behind was chasing you may help.

Getting caught in a 30mph area can be problematic as there isn’t a law stating that there needs to be a road sign detailing the speed limit, so saying there’s no sign wont be successful. The only way to get around this is to demonstrate that it wasn’t clearly a residential area or to show that you traveled from a higher speed area and that there was no sign telling you of the speed change.

Many people challenge the speed cameras, because they say that they were caught by a speed camera and there was no posted sign telling them that they’d be under surveillance by one in the area. However, it important to note that while many police units do let citizens know that a speed camera is in use, it is not the law that they have to. Therefore, they do not need to post that there are going to be speed cameras, and they can catch you speeding if they do.

It is important to note that the police have the right to gather evidence in areas where motorists are known to speed, and it is not something that they have to do. Most police units make their speed cameras known and therefore you will know where most of them are, but not all of them do and not all of them will.

Trying to use the excuse that the mobile speed camera in use by the police was hidden and thus the ticket is not valid will not work. There is no legal requirement for the police to identify mobile camera vehicles whatsoever.

If the road signs showing the limits on the stretch of road you were caught have been covered or hidden by foliage then you may be able to argue that you were unaware of a change to a lower speed limit and use this as an excuse. However, this isn’t always successfully because the onus is on the motorist to know the limits on the road.

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I was called recently by Tim who was a friend of mine and he was quite happy. The last time we talked he was not so happy – he thought that he would lose his job because of a speeding ticket.

You see, Tim is a sales rep for a computer company in Birmingham. Every year he puts around 50,000 miles on the clock driving to various appointments. Like most of us, when he’s late, he puts his foot down.

The reason he was worried, was that he had already accumulated 9 points and another 3 would mean a 1 year ban and he would therefore lose his job.

He decided to scan the internet to see what he could find and he came across a book which offered some promise. It was written by an ex Traffic Policeman and it discussed things that he had never heard before. He purchased the book online and it was delivered instantly and it only took him an hour and a half to read it all.

He scribbled down notes about his case as he re-read the book and after about an hours work he thought that he had a decent framework. He found what he thought was a loophole in his case that he had known nothing about before. So he duplicated the template letter from the book and it was just today that he called me to tell me that his case had been dismissed.

The lucky devil ! Well, maybe luck was not the issue, maybe it was that he had found our where to go to get this knowledge.

Still, he did sound happy when we spoke and who can blame him?

Anyway, I was intrigued and so I looked at the site myself and I myself agreed that it looked simple and true enough.

Then, something spooky happend, my Brother called me giving me a similar tale to Tim’s and so I authoritively pointed him towards the website that Tim had given me and guess what? My Brother has just contacted me and told me that his case has just been dismissed!

Well, I could perhaps that one case would be a fluke but not two – and in such a short space of time.

I have to agree that this site is a goldmine of information for any driver who values their licence. If you have ever been stopped by the police, fined for speeding or been given a parking ticket. The fact is that, more often than not, you can challenge these and, like Tim and my Brother, walk away scot-free!

As I previously said, the author of this book is an ex Traffic Police Officer who is now a renowned Motoring Expert. He is very unhappy about the fact that the Government is unfairly and illegally taxing citizens and using Police Officers to do it when their time should be spent doing tasks which are more important.

Given what I have witnessed first hand about this book I recommend that drivers everywhere purchase a copy. I also urge you to purchase it now so that you have it ready should you have need of it. Do not worry about it going out of date – updates are provided free of charge – now there’s a good idea.

This article was written to help motorists – I hope it succeeds and thanks for reading.

Happy Police free motoring

Alan Hill

Looking at the reasons why you were breaking the speed limit to see if the courts will take them into consideration just may help you out of your issue with your speeding offences.

Having your day in court is a requirement in many speeding offences, but this isn’t necessarily a bad thing as it allows you to give your view on the situation. Now, there aren’t many arguments which will be successful in getting you out of your speeding offences, but it is crucial that you consider the potential arguments to see if they may assist you get out of your issue.

The arguments you bring up in your defence are not to prove non-guilt, in fact you are saying that you have indeed committed the speeding offences in question, but that there are mitigating circumstances to the situation. These factors are to try to show the courts that you feel that there should be leniency in the punishment because for instance you had to get to the hospital quickly.

If you’ve already paid a fixed penalty notice then you will not be able to go to court to plead your case. If you do get to court then you are at mercy of the people hearing the case and it all boils down to whether or not they believe your story. If they do then your punishment may be reduced, but this is not always successful.

Blaming other motorists for your speeding offences do not usually work in your defence. For instance, saying that you were committing the speeding offences to give you more space between yourself and the driver behind usually result in the person hearing your case telling you that you should have changed lanes. Although you can sometimes use the excuse that you were being chased and believed that you were in danger as a mitigating circumstance.

Getting caught in a 30mph area can be problematic as there isn’t a law stating that there needs to be a road sign detailing the speed limit, so saying there’s no sign wont be successful. The only way to get around this is to demonstrate that it wasn’t clearly a residential area or to show that you traveled from a higher speed area and that there was no sign telling you of the speed change.

There isn’t a need for drivers to be informed that speed cameras are operating on a stretch of road, so trying to challenge the validity of the speeding offences using this excuse may not be successful.

The police have a duty to protect the roads, and as part of their remit they watch areas where drivers are know to break the speed limit. Most forces let you know where their cameras are, but they don’t have to and some don’t.

Generally speaking the police will make a mobile speed van known, although they don’t need to. If you are caught speeding by a mobile unit then trying to use the argument that it was hidden will not be successful.

If you want to claim that you did not see the road signs because they were covered by trees or obstructed, you might be able to try this defense. However, many courts will say that it is important for you to know the speed limit, even if you cannot see the sign, and that you should take care to understand what various speed limits are.