Poll. How many points since driving RS4 ?

[victor2vt]

None, so far for me. Need 4 sets of eyes though !

[johneroberts]

When i had it i got 9 within a 18 months period, all speeding all stupid ones too!

[al'srs4]

3 of the little b*****ds and a £550 hike in premium. grrrrh!
6 years previous with M3's and not a sausage!

[PetrolDave]

3 points about to appear from a Talivan that got me last Wednesday, got the NIP on Saturday.

3 of the little b*****ds and a £550 hike in premium. grrrrh!

I never had a premium increase when I had 3 points before?

[S4INT]

None in the RS4, although plenty previously! Been banned twice too

[hogster]

Three in the RS4, three the same week for using a mobile in the mrs's MCS.. knew I should have ticked the bluetooth box on her options list!!
Have been banned four times in the past

[Voyager]

9 but none in the RS4 and none on the 580bhp turbo hayabusa, citroen relay van 36mph in a 30mph limit and 3 in a bmw 46mph in a 40mph and 3 driving a friends rover home from the pub as he was too drunk i thought i better drive him home so 35mph in a 30 for that one.
and worse of all this is all in the space of 6 months and all by newly placed cameras.

[victor2vt]

9 but none in the RS4 and none on the 580bhp turbo hayabusa, citroen relay van 36mph in a 30mph limit and 3 in a bmw 46mph in a 40mph and 3 driving a friends rover home from the pub as he was too drunk i thought i better drive him home so 35mph in a 30 for that one.
and worse of all this is all in the space of 6 months and all by newly placed cameras.

Get yourself an Origin b2 or similar mate.

www.originb2.com


I think your pal who was p****d should take your points though

If he was insured to do so of course !!

[PetrolDave]

Get yourself an Origin b2 or similar mate.

I've got a PogoAlert (also made by Origin - who BTW are changing their name to Pogo) and it didn't make a sound when I went past the Talivan last week.

Neither did it alert me to the regular Talivan site on the A339 between Basingstoke and Alton - it seems that many Talivan sites are NOT on their database.

I think a laser detector is a must for Talivans - and they are going to become illegal (along with radar detectors) when the latest Road Traffic Act becomes law later this year - so we're stuffed!

[Adam]

none for me but only because I took up the option to go on one of those "speed awareness" courses

[PetrolDave]

one of those "speed awareness" courses

There's two types of them:

1) 3 points, or the basic course - which it sounds like what you went on.

2) 6 points, or 3 points PLUS the naughty boys course - which is what I went on in 2003 (I was caught doing 77 in a 50 in my previous S4).

[Adam]

1) 3 points, or the basic course - which it sounds like what you went on.
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correct as I have no points, did not know they had the other type - what did you think of it?

[PetrolDave]

correct as I have no points, did not know they had the other type - what did you think of it?

It's not based on the number of points you had - but how many the alleged offence is worth.

So anything above the ACPO guideline but less than 20mph over the limit = 3 points OR the basic course.

Anything above that but below the automatic ban territory = 6 points and a "chat" with a magistrate OR they offer you 3 points AND the "naughty boy" course.

What did I think of it? A total waste of time! We had a one hour lecture on how "speed kills" (so how come according to TRL speed is a factor in only 5% of accidents then?) followed by a one hour drive in a Suzuki Wagon R+. The "highlight" of this was the insistence of the "expert" that you MUST drive in 3rd gear in a 30mph limit - even when it was pointed out to him that all us "naughty boys"owned powerful cars that would be doing 60+mph before our eyes re-opened if we sneezed when doing 30mph in 3rd gear, so 5th or even 6th gear was safer!

[victor2vt]

Get yourself an Origin b2 or similar mate.

I've got a PogoAlert (also made by Origin - who BTW are changing their name to Pogo) and it didn't make a sound when I went past the Talivan last week.

Neither did it alert me to the regular Talivan site on the A339 between Basingstoke and Alton - it seems that many Talivan sites are NOT on their database.

I think a laser detector is a must for Talivans - and they are going to become illegal (along with radar detectors) when the latest Road Traffic Act becomes law later this year - so we're stuffed!

Dave,

You must get a laser detector from Pogo, it sends out a very loud constant noise so you know when they are locked on to you, wrap it tightly with some polythene and stick it behind your radiator grille, who's going to see that.

Just make sure you check your rear view mirror as you slam the anchors on at 90mph !!

The radar detectors are not going to be illegal. You have it so it warns you when you are approaching a "Safety Camera" near a school, hospital, accident blackspot etc. so you know to drive with extra vigilance.

Contact Pogo they will confirm.

[victor2vt]

none for me but only because I took up the option to go on one of those "speed awareness" courses

NOTE

You can only go on one of these courses once in every 3 years.