I recived the summons for the 109mph with the police statement.

Firstly I just want to say thanks for any support you can give. My partner and I are having a baby she is 3 months gone !!!

I currenlty try to run my own company. Losing my lincese for a longess peroid is like murder for me so please any help would be thankfull, Put yourself in my shoes for a moment. I have little capitall because of starting my new company as you can imagine and am getting 2 jobs to support things which at the mo don,t know about this. I will not get the jobs if i don't have a licence as I can't get to work.

I was travelling along the motorway trying to make up the time that I had losted earlier there was nothing really on the road and I get pulled in for speeding (109mph)!!. I am starting my own company and all my spare money has gone into to that so capitall at the mo is low. I will be losing these new jobs because of the offensive regarding me being banned.

The police statement reads as follows:

I am a Police Constable with the ………….. Police force, currently serving in the Roads Policing Department at …….. Police Station. I hold department of transport licences for cars, rigid and articulated goods vehicles, and I am a class one advance police driver.

I have been trained to use time and distance speed detection devices and I passed the operator test at the conclusion of my training. I am authorised to use such devices for prosecution purposes. The Provida 2000 is an approved time and distance device.

At 1450 hours on Wednesday 25th June 2008 I was on duty in uniform driving an unmarked police traffic patrol car, registered number …….. on the M….. east bound between junctions 4 and 5. …………. Was my passenger observer. This stretch of motorway has three lanes in each direction and carries a 70 miles per hour speed limit for cars. The Police vehicle is fitted with a Provida 2000.

At this time I saw a black coloured ford …… being driven in the same direction in lane three, behind me. It was travelling at a speed which I considered to be in the excess of the 70 miles an hour mph speed limit for that vehicle on that road. I checked the speed of the vehicle using the Provida 2000. My first reference point was the Ford ….. as it passed my vehicle and my second reference point was Keepers overhead Bridge. I found the average speed to be 109.10 miles per hour over a distance of 1.152 miles. This reading corroborated and confirmed my prior opinion of the speed of the vehicle.

The vehicle did not leave my sight at any time and was caused to stop, when I noted the registration number to be ……….. The driver identified himself to me as David ……… ……. Born …/…/…

I pointed out the offence committed and him the Provida 2000.

I said ‘you do not have to say anything, but may harm your defence if you do not mention when question something which you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence. Do you understand?’
He replied ‘Yes’
I said ‘Is there any reason for your speed?’
He replied ‘No comment’
I said ‘You will be reported for the consideration of the question of prosecution for the offence of speeding. Do you understand?’
He replied ‘Yes’.

At the time of this offence, it was fine, dry and clear with good visibility and the road surface was dry. Traffic was moderate.

The Provida 2000 fitted to Police car registered number …….. was calibrated prior to this offence, and had been checked at 1340 hours that day on the measured mile at the M ….. South Bound. Following the offence, at 2005 hours that day, I carried out a calibration check on the measured mile at the M…. South Bound. The device was working correctly. These checks support my opinion that at the time the Provida produced the reading on the visual display unit it was working correctly.

End of statment!!

I am due in the magistrates court early september and losing my lincese will hurt badly. I will have a baby soon and won't be working due to this ban. Yes i know it my fault, but any thoughts or ways to minimise the ban lenght would be greatly appreated.

This is not my first driving offence I have had a 12 month ban before back in 2006..

I don't think i am able to escape this and i am going to hold my hands up and show remorse in court and try to shed a tear. In regards to a ban lenght how long do we think it will be for a 109mph on a motorway 70mph limit?

Thankyou.