On the night of
DTD blonde-Bash, 6th April, in Nottingham City Centre, I got lost, & did about five laps of the Town Centre, looking for my turn, I was trying to get to the Vic Centre.
At 3.16am, totally distracted & disorientated by now, & in driving snow, & seemingly lost, my concemtration clearly wavered, I "missed" a red light. Fair enough.
I went through the light, immediately realised, & slammed on the brakes stopping, but well over the line - 2 or 3 metres over the line, maybe more. The "Red-Light Camera" Flashed, too. Pah!
I expected a Summons jobbie but nothing came. Until today. Damn damn damn. 7 months after the incident!
They attached two photos by way of proof. One, with my car "on the line" (& still moving), the other with the car now stopped, or stopping, & well over the line.
At the bottom of each 'photo was an identical worded summary, shown below.
What do you think...
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Speed 1, 20" &
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Speed 2, 0" mean?
Does it establish that I did in fact stop - albeit belatedly?
I hold my hands up - I did cross the line - by several metres - but I did stop - eventually.
I'm minded to go to court (well, I have no choice, I've been Summoned!) & argue the case.
I went to the same Court 4 or 5 years ago on similar grounds, "it's a bit marginal M'Lord" for speeding (34mph at 5am), & as it gave me 12 points (I had 9 already) they went easy on me. And Banned me for 6 months. (Part of the reason I retired from work, as I was impotent at my job without a driving licence).
So, do you think it might be wise, this time, to engage a Solicitor to argue my case? I argued my own case last time, & it almost seemed to give offence to the Bench ("what, no Solicitor? - you must be very confident Mr Kendall") - but I had, & have now, nothing to hide, & only the facts to offer. It seems daft to hire a Legal-boddie to say exactly the same truth as I can say.
The photo below is the 2nd pic, my car is upper right, stationary, but well over the line, & you can see how bad the snow was.
The summons also charges me with "failing to produce Documents (Driving Licence & Insurance) between 09/04/08 & 11/05/08". I had no knoledge of this requirement, as I never received a letter asking me to do this - though I fully expected one. Maybe I just missed it, it's possible, oops, but I don't think so.
I currently have 3 points.
you sure it was the blonde bash as we had perfect weather that weekend infact we turned the smoking area into a sun lounge
if there was snow just claim you slid on ice as you slowed down for the lights and slowed down as safely as you could
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