🚨 If a UK Officer Asks "Do You Know What Speed You Were Doing?" — Say THIS (Never Give a Number)

📘 Get Know Your Rights here: https://knowrightsuk.gumroad.com/l/know-your-rights Sunday morning. The road where the forty drops to a thirty. Blue lights, you pull in, and the officer leans to the window and asks eight words: "Do you know what speed you were doing?" Most honest drivers guess, and they guess high. But under the law of England and Wales, one officer's opinion of your speed isn't enough on its own to convict you. Anything you say can be given in evidence, and that includes the number you guessed. Here's the one calm sentence to say instead, what the officer has to do next, and the two situations where staying quiet won't save you. Here is what we cover: What you must do: stop (Road Traffic Act 1988, s.163), and give your name, address and licence The law nobody tells you: Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, s.89(2), no conviction "solely on the evidence of one witness" giving an opinion How they know your speed: a device, a second officer, or his own opinion. Devices must be of an approved type (RTOA 1988, s.20) Why the honest guess is the trap The caution: PACE Code C 10.1 and 10.5, and when questions become formal What it costs: £100 and 3 points minimum; court bands A, B and C; 6 points in 2 years ends a new driver's licence The two times silence won't save you: a device reading, and the s.172 "who was driving" letter, which you must answer Say this: "I'd rather not guess at my speed, officer." If he tells you a number, what he has to do next (notice of intended prosecution, RTOA 1988 s.1), and the speed awareness course Played out, start to finish Everything here is tied to real sources: legislation.gov.uk (RTRA 1984, RTA 1988, RTOA 1988), PACE Code C (2023) and gov.uk speeding penalties, the Sentencing Council speeding guideline, and UKROEd. Checked October 2026. One honest note. Declining to guess is not a way out of a speed-gun reading, and you must never lie about your speed. Stop when told, hand over what you must, never argue and never resist. The course is the police's choice, not your right. FREE HELP FIRST. If a stop ever becomes an arrest or an interview under caution at a station, ask for the duty solicitor. It is free, at any hour. 📘 Get the full handbook on stops, the caution and what to say: https://knowrightsuk.gumroad.com/l/know-your-rights England and Wales — Scotland is a separate legal system. General information about published law, not advice about your situation. Comply with any lawful requirement, never lie, and never resist. Has an officer ever asked you this? Type the county, nothing else. #policeuk #knowyourrights #speeding #ukdrivers #speedawareness