1969: fined £8 for 47/30 in Bolton (Moss Bank Way) in my dad's Viva. I'd only just passed my test. I was extremely miffed when my dad was fined only £6 in the same month for doing the same speed on Bury New Road. 2002: fined £60 for 47/30 in Wiltshire, two minutes after I'd been tearily tending a grave. The nice cop asked me the unanswerable question: "Did you see the speed limit sign, sir?" 2010: speed awareness course with Dixon of Dock Green clone for doing 60 in an M5 roadworks with average speed cameras. 2019: fined £100 for 87/70 on A30 near Bodmin. Sunny morning, long straight downhill, no traffic. Mobile camera in police van. Saw him too late. That was the only one that significantly put up my insurance premium.
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