Speeding Car Caught On Black Box

[sinderella]

neighbour had contact from his black box provider
his car was speeding at 51 mph in a 30 area
it is in the garage having some work on it
what would you do?

[shoota]

Garages often take cars out for 'testing' - I would tell the black box people where it was and produce an invoice/receipt to prove it.

[yogi-bear]

Evening sinderella

Contact the appropriate authority and query it....if it can be proven it was in the garage having work done to it, then a mistake must have been made.

[shoota]

And then I'd ask the garage manager for an explanation.

[sinderella]

They were informed that their was a box fitted and not
to speed

[Ellipsis]

Are they sure the car was on the road?

Possibly the garage is in a 30 zone and the car was on a rolling rig.

I would contact the garage first and ask for an explanation, but without assuming the worst ...

[shoota]

We quite often used to stop junior mechanics in cars that were in their garage for work, 'Just testing it officer' when in fact they were out for a jolly or getting sausage rolls for lunch.
Even more reason to speak to garage owner/manager.

[shoota]

Similarly I used to note the mileage when taking a car in for a service, anything more than a 5 or 6 mile increase was questioned.
I once stopped a car that had been driven up from Bristol to Richmond (London) that was supposed to be in for a service...

[sinderella]

it was "alledegely" on a test run