My mum's been done for speeding and has to go to court and is very worried about it. Any tips?
She's not been to court before or had any other driving conviction and is worried. She has to travel a long way to get to the magistrates court, doesn't want to drive (she usually sticks to familiar roads) and anyway because she is so upset and worried I am taking her.
Basically what happened is that she got lost on the motorway after picking up some relatives from Birmingham airport, she was then lost on 'A' roads and I guess in her lost state didn't notice that she was in a 30 zone. I don't know precisely where it happened, somewhere near Royal Leamington Spa possibly, where the court case is to be held. She was clocked at 62 mph, quite remarkable and unfathomable to me as that's about her motorway speed and she is usually pretty slow on 'A' roads. It was late at night and I guess she was panicking.
She obviously made a mistake and there will be a price to be paid for that mistake, but even so, seems a bit harsh treatment on an elderly woman. Presumably they intend a ban of some period as she has no option but to attend court, and she will also presumably have to tell her insurers who will then bump up her insurance quite considerably?
Plus, what's court like and can I go in with her?
She's not been to court before or had any other driving conviction and is worried. She has to travel a long way to get to the magistrates court, doesn't want to drive (she usually sticks to familiar roads) and anyway because she is so upset and worried I am taking her.
Basically what happened is that she got lost on the motorway after picking up some relatives from Birmingham airport, she was then lost on 'A' roads and I guess in her lost state didn't notice that she was in a 30 zone. I don't know precisely where it happened, somewhere near Royal Leamington Spa possibly, where the court case is to be held. She was clocked at 62 mph, quite remarkable and unfathomable to me as that's about her motorway speed and she is usually pretty slow on 'A' roads. It was late at night and I guess she was panicking.
She obviously made a mistake and there will be a price to be paid for that mistake, but even so, seems a bit harsh treatment on an elderly woman. Presumably they intend a ban of some period as she has no option but to attend court, and she will also presumably have to tell her insurers who will then bump up her insurance quite considerably?
Plus, what's court like and can I go in with her?
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