54 in a 40 limit
Got caught speeding three and a half years ago. Wasn't in a hurry, was just not paying attention to my speed (though I also wasn't showing off / driving like a twat / thrashing the guts out of a 1 litre Nova with loads of stick-on tat all over it). Got caught doing 54mph in a 40mph limit. It's a fair cop.

While this doesn't seem that dumb on the surface of things and a £60 fine doesn't seem that bad, I worked out last night that it will have cost me £560 over the four years that the three points have stayed on my licence.

That's a fairly expensive lapse in concentration.

I'm now one of those really annoying people who does the speed limit everywhere...
(ScousersPet, Thu 3 Jan 2008, 9:07, 2 replies)

Youd have probably gotten less for GBH
3 points 60 quid, expenses with DVLA to get it on and off ur license, insurance going up. Its ridiculous. You shoulda whacked the copper in the temple, knocking him unconcious and causing him amnesia, so there would be no reliable witness as to your speed. Then youd have probably got a few hours community service by pleading that you had been spiked with magic mushrooms and thought he was a half man, half vindaloo curry monster.
(Miggyman, Thu 3 Jan 2008, 10:32, closed)

eh?
How will it have cost you 560 quid? Unless you're being a total twat, SP30 won't affect your insurance...
(gordonjcp, Thu 3 Jan 2008, 17:23, closed)