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Points for speeding revoked?

  • 30-05-2010 8:58pm
    #1
    PrettyBoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,213 ✭✭✭


    I was out last night and a friend of a friend was telling us that he had penalty points revoked during the week. He was caught speeding, well over the limit apparently and as far as he knew he had received points but he said that these points were revoked during the week due to an error by the gaurds.

    Does anyone know what this error could have been? I thought if you get caught speeding you get points and that was it. Excuse my ignorance, I'm not knowledgeable on the subject, hence the reason I didn't ask him myself.


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  • #2
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,136 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Incorrectly applied special speed limit is probably the most common cause of this happening.


  • #3
    PrettyBoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,213 ✭✭✭PrettyBoy


    MYOB wrote: »
    Incorrectly applied special speed limit is probably the most common cause of this happening.

    As in if it was a 50km zone and they recorded it as a 60km zone?


  • #4
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,136 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    As in there are signs for 50/60km/h and the council were idiots and didn't actually put the limit in place in law. Meaning it'd be 80 or 100 depending on road type.


  • #5
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,577 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    No, he means where the council didn't follow the rules in implementing a change in speed limit.


  • #6
    PrettyBoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,213 ✭✭✭PrettyBoy


    Ah I see. Thanks lads.


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  • #7
    D_murph
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 773 ✭✭✭D_murph


    Did he get back the €80 fine as well? I reckon not somehow :rolleyes:.


  • #8
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,136 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    D_murph wrote: »
    Did he get back the €80 fine as well? I reckon not somehow :rolleyes:.

    I did in my case... although I made a point of asking for it!


  • #9
    Kristopherus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,907 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    MYOB wrote: »
    I did in my case... although I made a point of asking for it!

    I was done for speeding in Co Roscommon in April. The Notice said the offence took place at "Named Place, Roscommon, Roscommon" Now I would normally understand that to be ".... Roscommon Town, Co Roscommon. But I was done in a completely different town on Co. Roscommon. I have accepted my medicine, but have been wondering should I question the location, as it is well known that if the wrong address of an offence is given on a summons, the case will be thrown out.


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