No not another off, fortunately.
The police were having a blitz on the Small Heath dual carriage way in Birmingham this morning. I was caught doing 56 in a 40mph limit on the Burgman 125. They pinged me from 700 feet away. I could have been doing that I suppose. The sunlight makes the speedometer hard to read at times. Not that I spent that much time staring at it anyway as I thought I was riding at a safe and appropriate speed.
I somehow feel like I fell foul to that situation that has to allow for the lowest common denominator, the driver who can’t judge an appropriate speed for the conditions himself and has to be told by signs that have to be set at a limit to cater for the most stupid of them. It’s a long straight road with no side turnings except towards the end of it.
Cheeky beggars weren’t that noticeable in the distance. Though the guy that stepped out to wave me in was wearing a Hi Viz vest, the guy behind the tripod and camera wasn’t. He was in black.
The PCSO who filled out the form made a mistake stating that the scooter was a manual and it is in fact an automatic, lol… hmm, wonder if that makes the ticket invalid.
I had a few panic stricken moments after one of the multitude of police persons there, about 10 I think, asked for my tax disc and I pulled out an out of date one for the c*r from my wallet by mistake. There followed a hurried search for the proper one, hoping to God I had it in my wallet.
I’m not complaining though as I had it coming. I am, while I think safe, definitely no saint when I am riding. So that’s 9 points now. 3 of those dropped out the totting up range a year ago and three more will drop out of the range in September.
