thewonderer see a solicitor asap about the notices with a copy of elronds letter edited to suit your situation and see what the solicitor thinks.
If it goes to court a magistrate can do anything within a certain scope really so theres the chance of it becoming worse if u act on the situation instead of just taking it as is, at the same time theres equal chance you might get a more favourable account and thats what the solicitor will help you weigh up, the risk - reward of your situation.
I was on the otherside of the road and it was quite dark
He was looking in the direction you were traveling while it was dark giving him no point of reference to be able to determine your speed and his judgement of distance would be obscured by only being able to see the headlight of your vehicle.
I gave pursuit as I knew he was going faster than 70
He cant say he KNOWS you were doing faster then 70, in his opinion he thought you were doing more then 70. Theres no evidence to support him knowing you did anything against the law and no reason to follow you.
my best guess easily over 140
His best guess isn't worth the paper he can write it on.
but I did match his speed at 140
He matched the speed in his opinion he thought you were doing that he has no evidence of.
He stopped at the lights.
You stoped at the lights proving you obviously werent involved in a chase or trying to avoid the police because you were breaking the law and because you had done nothing wrong you had no reason to run from the police and its proven by the fact that you stoped at the lights. You were doing nothing wrong, why would you need to avoid the police?
I believed he was trying to get away from me
^ Refer above, evidence shows the opposite, you did not try to get away from him.
hence the angry verbale comments about him getting of his bike
At no point is a police officer aloud to threaten physical violence unless there is due reason, you did not provoke him verbally or physically. He threatened you and your property without reason, breaking the law himself.
As far as I'm concerned he should be banned for longer
Police officers are not entitled to make those kind of decisions, police are there to enforce the laws and catch people breaking laws, its the courts place to interpret the laws and make decisions. He can only write a ticket for the offence as it stands automatically within the legislation, x km over limit = y point loss and z fine.
i realised he had no clue i was pursuing him
Because you were doing nothing wrong, there was no reason for him to pursue you.
See what Im getting at, emphasise you did nothing wrong at all times, its what a barrister will do. Theres no evidence of anything occuring you did nothing as far as the legal system is concerned if there isnt evidence beyond a reasonable doubt.
Basically edit the letter to meet your situation, get the solicitors opinion on the situation, then show him the letter if he thinks you can challenge it otherwise forget about the letter altogether if the solicitor doesnt think its wise to challenge the infringments, if the solicitor think you have a case, get the solicitor to proof read it and give his opinion on the letter. Then if your solicitor is really nice get them to submit it on your behalf or they might even re-word edit it and submit it (cost to you I'd assume).
Then you need to hope your money isn't wasted if the police decide to take the infringement any further.
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