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    • Thank you. I expect that @dx100uk will be along soon to give advice. Meanwhile, I really wonder whether the default date – as being the starting point of the six years – something which has been decided in law. It has always seemed to me to be extremely unfair. According to the limitation act, the six year period begins from the date on which the cause of action accrued. This normally means that the breach of contract occurred. Section 6 of the limitation act says that in terms of loans, the cause of action begins on the date that the debt was "demanded". Over the past two years this has come to mean the date that the default notice was issued – but I have to say I don't find that very satisfactory. If you received demands for payment before then then I don't see why section 6 shouldn't refer to that date. Did you not receive any correspondence at all in 2017/2018? What was the value of the original loan – and how much you pay off? I see that there was some kind of instalment agreement. Tell us about that. See what my colleague @dx100uk says but anyway, if I were you I would send off an SAR immediately both to the claimant and also to the original creditor. It costs you nothing. There is no downside. Get in the post straightaway with some kind of utility bill establishing your identity. You can even include a copy of the claim form as well as proof of your identity
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For the likes of a radar gun or mobile camera, does these not have to calibrated? If not calibrated correctly would this not give inaccurate readings?

 

Also to what Bernie_The_Bolt said. Our town has been slated by the local press due to the amount of road signs there are on the roads. One road that runs for around 50 meters has something stupid like 15 road signs on. Gathering the information from the signs and trying to watch what else is going on, your speed etc I honestly do think is a huge distraction. Especially if new to the area.

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For the likes of a radar gun or mobile camera, does these not have to calibrated? If not calibrated correctly would this not give inaccurate readings?

 

Also to what Bernie_The_Bolt said. Our town has been slated by the local press due to the amount of road signs there are on the roads. One road that runs for around 50 meters has something stupid like 15 road signs on. Gathering the information from the signs and trying to watch what else is going on, your speed etc I honestly do think is a huge distraction. Especially if new to the area.

 

That sounds like a good reason to slow down!

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Hhhhhmmmmm yeah and have somebody doing 20MPH in a 40. Good reasoning there.

 

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Hhhhhmmmmm yeah and have somebody doing 20MPH in a 40. Good reasoning there.

 

Looks like we won't agree on anything. Well lets agree to disagree

 

Why drive at 20mph? You forget that if it's a 40 limit then it's a maximum, not minimum or a target. If 20 is an appropriate speed then yes do 20.

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One thought would be that if driving above 50mph in these roadworks was dangerous, how come none of these 5,500 speeding drivers caused an accident?

 

But isn't this where the point gets missed?

 

It isn't that the speeding itself is dangerous it is that if there is an accident (which may be from an external cause eg blowout) the potential for damage and injury is so much greater at higher speeds.

 

This is even more so in roadworks with reduced protection, plant close to the roadway, people on the work space etc.

 

A car travelling at 70mph has about twice the energy to disperse than a car at 50mph. When you get this it is easier to understand why limits are lowered and why they should be followed.

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Bernie the Bolt wrote

IMHO the only valid argument agains speed cameras is that they are a very blunt tool and have reduced the traffic police on the roads.

 

Inappropriate speed is only one of a range of dangerous issues and the absence of police patrols does nothing to reduce these.

 

This was the point I made at the beginning of the thread.

 

Being the victim in a collision (hit and run) where a speeding unregistered and therefore uninsured and untaxed car struck mine I would like to see a lot more more police on the roads. Although given the registration number, make and model the police could not be bothered to try and trace it as it required too many resources

 

Speed cameras (automatic tax collectors) are a waste of time and money (Swindon Council) and are not effective as once people know where they are they will just slow down for the requisite marked section of the road before speeding up again. Specs cameras are more effective over a distance although the speed some drivers were passing me on the M4 a few days ago makes me wonder if they were driving unregistered vehicles or have a magic coating on the number plates to stop them being read.

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