Should I Have Been ‘Done’ For Speeding?
Thursday, 19. November 2015
So there I was driving towards Croydon in South London on the A23. For those who know it the traffic lights by the big Tesco store. The road is a funny arrangement, two lanes continue towards Croydon but in the outer lane you can filter off right.
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The car in front was in the outer lane signalling right so I pulled alongside on his left to continue on. We were both coming up to the traffic lights. Suddenly he obviously decided he wanted to go straight on after all and without warning started to pull into the side of my car.
In the split seconds I had to think I moved to my left, he continued to move over. I now had a few choices as he clearly hadn’t seen me. I could brake hard, in which case there was a good chance he would still run into the side of my car. I could toot and remain alongside in the hope that he would swerve to miss me. Or, as I did, I accelerated out of harm’s way.
The downside was that the cameras flashed from all directions and I ended up with a speeding ticket. Under normal circumstances I would have challenged it but this was Croydon and anyone that knows the Met. operating in Croydon knows that you are wasting your time.
So I have chosen to go on one of the driver re-training courses. Purely for investigative reasons of course, so early in the new year I’ll report back as to what the experience was like. I’m told that it is a real eye opener! Watch this space. By Graham Hill
