NIP in the post, quick question
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NIP in the post, quick question
The girlfriend got caught speeding. She was doing 42mph in a 30.
The date of offence was the 1/06/06, the nip arrived through the post on the 13th.
It wasn't sent recorded delivey. Should I throw it in the bin and say she never received it?
This would mean the notification would be outwith the 14 days?
cheers
The date of offence was the 1/06/06, the nip arrived through the post on the 13th.
It wasn't sent recorded delivey. Should I throw it in the bin and say she never received it?
This would mean the notification would be outwith the 14 days?
cheers
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The NIP has to be dispatched such that it would normally be expected to arrive within 14 days. Once it is dispatched the law deems you to have received it so throwing it away will do you no good at all. If you throw it away and say you never saw it then you perjure yourself, you don't really want to bring yourself down to their level do you? Exactly. There are perfectly reasonable defences available to you which allow you to stay well within the law while ensuring that if they have acted outwith the law, and every NIP so far that I am aware of has been outwith the law, then you have no case to answer.
In fact www.pepipoo.com makes it so easy that they even have a wizard where you just enter your details and it prints a PACE witness statement for you. Simple as that, stick it in the post special delivery and you are acting within they law and they are now in trouble.
In fact www.pepipoo.com makes it so easy that they even have a wizard where you just enter your details and it prints a PACE witness statement for you. Simple as that, stick it in the post special delivery and you are acting within they law and they are now in trouble.
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Originally Posted by Dave uk blue mica
no throw it away, and when the next one comes do the same and deny all knowledge, this does work too, pm me if you want any more info
There is a simple reason why, sometimes, throwing the NIP away may work. However, because this is entirely random it depends upon luck and is not, therefore, a reliable defence. Also if it requires you to lie to police or in court then it has very serious implications and you should never be in a position of bringing yourself to their level. The fact is that some forces have a substantial number of NIPs which are "ignored" and so they send a second NIP. If there is no reply to this then the case is usually sent to a special team who deal with such things. If they happen to be very busy, or under staffed, then they may decide at a given time to just bin all cases where the speed was less than, say, 15mph over the limit. However, you can't be sure of this happening, you can't know at what speed they might set their threshold and you have to consider that a court may not be too impressed to hear that you threw documents relating to your case into the bin, assuming you decide not to lie. With this in mind ignoring the NIP may work but it is certainly not a tactic that would be recommended.
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They really ought to bite the bullet and send it by recorded delivery. Cheapskates!
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Originally Posted by hedgehog
In fact www.pepipoo.com makes it so easy that they even have a wizard where you just enter your details and it prints a PACE witness statement for you. Simple as that, stick it in the post special delivery and you are acting within they law and they are now in trouble.
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'She was doing 42mph in a 30.'
Perhaps she should just pay the fine and slow down a bit, after all 30 liomits are there for a reason, 85 on a clear motorway, fair enough but 42 in a 30.
Perhaps she should just pay the fine and slow down a bit, after all 30 liomits are there for a reason, 85 on a clear motorway, fair enough but 42 in a 30.
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'She was doing 42mph in a 30.'
Perhaps she should just pay the fine and slow down a bit, after all 30 liomits are there for a reason, 85 on a clear motorway, fair enough but 42 in a 30.
Perhaps she should just pay the fine and slow down a bit, after all 30 liomits are there for a reason, 85 on a clear motorway, fair enough but 42 in a 30.
Dave
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Originally Posted by Leslie
They really ought to bite the bullet and send it by recorded delivery. Cheapskates!
Les
Les
There also seems to be an increasing trend back towards NIPs being sent out such that they would not be expected to arrive within 14 days. While it looked like they were all wise to this it is something that is worth watching out for again. It seems that where they get a backlog they sometimes just send the late ones anyhow as the vast majority of people pay up without asking any questions.
So, two old fashion defences that we thought had long since been resolved by the partnerships are once again worth looking out for.
I didn't realise that VAL113R was in Scotland and, of course, that changes things quite a bit. Once again though www.pepipoo.com is your friend :-)
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