Good evening,
I have only recently found out about this website from a different forum and was wondering if I could nit pick your brains about a few questions I have.
On Saturday evening I was driving up the A92 just heading towards the Tay Bridge. I spotted the two police bikes but they had already mounted their steeds and switched on the lights. I pulled in possibly 100m up the road.
They asked if I knew why I had been stopped and I said I believed it was for accelerating quite hard coming off a roundabout to which the officer said and you were doing 88mph which I disagreed with. Reason being was because if I am to sit at approx 85mph, GPS on 3 seperate devices shows 76mph. For me to have been clocked at 88mph, I'm guessing my speedo would have shown very close to 100mph if I were doing 88mph.
I asked to see the gun that they used as I didn't believe the speed but the officer stated he would have shown me but the speed never saved/recorded (I heard them talking amongst themselves about it not recording).
He started going on about how it is calibrated every day but that was not what I wanted to know.
I was just going to accept the fine and points instead of going to court which would mean taking a day off my new work which I don't really want to do unless necessary.
One the other forum I mentioned at the beginning, I asked a few questions there which were answered (Such as should I be shown the speed but I have since found out they are not required to. Just that when I heard the officers speaking saying it never recorded then I don't want to then take the points and fine if it was preventable.
I'm guessing it just as simple as their word against mine now?
This is my first driving offense in 14 years of driving so a bit flustered on what to do or what is required. They said if I disagreed with the Notice of conditional offer of fixed penalty then I can take it to court.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Several family members have said to not pay the fine and take it further but I don't know the law as indepth as I probably should.