Speed

Reposted on 2012-02-23 from defunct blog

An interesting piece of mail arrived today. But I have to start the story back on 24 November . . . .

It all started on a dark, late night in Oxford. After a long cool night of sound measurements I was driving (with a colleague) back to the motel just outside of Oxford, when <FLASH>! I was caught on one of the many speed cameras along the road.
I checked my speed, and, yes I was going over the 30 miles per hour (approximately 50 kph) speed limit, not Shaju speed though (got up to Shaju speeds on the motorway several months later - getting over 90 miles per hour). No I was going about 35 miles per hour, at 3:30 am!

Well when I got home from Christmas, I had I pleasant letter from the Thames Valley Police saying I was clocked at 36mph at 3:34am. I had to send back personal information.
Sure, okay, did that, also talked a bit about speeding to colleagues. On mentioning the speed I was going and the time of day some could not really believe I was sent the ticket. Oh, and for those not use to the English speed, it would be like going about 60 kph in a 50 kph zone (on a main road too).

Last week I got the letter to send off the £60 payment and a copy of my driver's licence, which I did.
Now when I sent off my information I wrote in two places that I had I Canadian licence and International Driving Permit. I send off photographic proof of this to Thames court offices.

Today I got this letter:
Thank you for your attempt at payment of the above Conditional Offer Fixed Penalty Notice; we regret that we are unable to deal with the alleged offence as a Fixed Penalty because the Driving Licence you have surrendered is not a UK driving licence issued by DVLA Swansea.
Your payment and Driving licence are hereby returned to you.

Comments from defunct blog:

YES! You can do anything you want and they can't ticket you!

Published By Majik Sznak (http://www.majiksznak.net) - March 11 10:54 PM