Facts - There is no excuse for speeding, but that doesn’t stop some people trying.
Here are ten real-life examples of excuses that we’ve received:
1. My shoe was caught in the carpet and caused pressure on the pedal.
2. My tyres are the wrong size for my vehicle.
3. I had a severe bout of diarrhoea and had to speed to a public toilet.
4. There was a strong wind behind my car which pushed me over the limit.
5. My friend had just chopped his own fingers off, and I was rushing the digits to hospital.
6. I have a new car and didn’t realise how fast it was.
7. I had to rush my dying hamster to the vets.
8. A violent sneeze caused a chain reaction where my foot pushed down harder on the accelerator.
9. There was a suspected case of foot and mouth and I had to rush to see the cow concerned.
10. The only way I could demonstrate that my clutch was faulty was to accelerate madly.