Heard on radio today that Thomas Hiltzelsperger(west ham) got away with being caught doing 107mph on the A14 in suffolk. His excuse to the court ? "I am an out of work footballer looking for a job." The radio report also said that SAF once got away with speeding as he was rushing to the toilet to avoid an accident. So how creative can you be and have you ever been let off one or either of these with a grand excuse ?
I got away with a parking ticket in Town a few months ago on the grounds that I'D PAID FOR THE ****ING PARKING. They're so ticket happy in Hull City centre it's unreal.
I once heard a Defendant in Court charged with failing to provide a specimen of breath give the reason that he could not blow too hard in case is haemorroids burst!!!
I got away with doing about 105 clocked (they were on my bumper at that point), didn't even get pulled over, they couldn't keep up Also got away with 80 in a 40 by saying I had to get my mate back to her child because he'd turned really ill and started being sick everywhere and her fella couldn't cope with it, complete bollocks mind! In fact I've got away with a lot of things I probably shouldn't have in my car
These are all genuine reasons people sent in to try and get off speed camera fines: I had passed out after seeing flashing lights, which I believed to be UFOs in the distance. The flash of the camera brought me round from my trance. I was in the airport’s flight path and I believe the camera was triggered by a jet overhead, not my car. I had a severe bout of diarrhoea and had to speed to a public toilet. There was a strong wind behind my car which pushed me over the limit. My friend had just chopped his fingers off and I was rushing the fingers to hospital. The vibrations from the surfboard I had on the roof rack set off the camera. I had to rush my dying hamster to the vets. A violent sneeze caused a chain reaction where my foot pushed down harder on the accelerator. There was a suspected case of foot and mouth and I had to rush to see the cow concerned. The only way I could demonstrate my faulty clutch was to accelerate madly.
St Peters taught you well haha. Still cant believe we were in the same class to be honest. Metal. You pop up on a message board 10 years later.
I think i've heard of a woman who said she was doing about 90 because there was a bee in her car so she accelerated to keep it in the back because it wouldn't be able to fly that fast!
Someone in America was doing 150 ..... his excuse was "i thought if i went fast enough the camera wouldn't catch me" needless to say he was banned for life from driving
I know it's crazy mate, I can't believe there was another City fan at my school all this time Especially after all the teasing I got!! And Isawthe... dont worry mate, I don't think theres another place in the country I could get away with it! Those old codgers and their big estate vehicles don't get round these country lanes very well at all!!
Yes sorry i let the side down there, it was druing the years i was signed on by Coventry which meant i got free tickets so naturally i followed them around that time. As soon as i moved up to Cumbria i went back to my roots and supporting the home town club and have done ever since.
all we need now is cilla black and we have an episode of "surprise, surprise" wait, is cilla black still alive?
when I lived in Oregon you could always defend a speeding ticket by going to court & showing evidence that the speeding was safe. the first time I did this the police didn't show and the case was dismissed. the second time the judge found in my favour.
OLM. those of yours are classics. A work colleague of mine once used the excuse that he was speeding to get out of the way of the patrol car coming up fast. Yes it worked as well as they could not prove otherwise and it was very plausable.
in my late teens i remember coming back from london with my mate in his dad's vauxhall senator. his dad (wouldnt mess) got pulled for doing about 90 on the m1 just past nottingham and the copper walked up to the drivers window.... copper "are you aware what speed you were travelling at sir?" mate's dad "yes, are you aware that you shouldnt approach my vehicle without your little police hat on?" was nailed on to get a ticked after that but confirmed his dad's status as figure of admiration. COYH
