Whats the rule for Speeding
08 February 2002, 11:45 AM
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They must let you know within 14days...and then if it is a court case job I think it is 6months for the court date, but I could be wrong on the last bit.
I wish I had realised this as I got notice 3months after an offence once and took the wrap...
www.ukspeedtraps.co.uk is a good place to start.
ho ho JGM
PS: Goodluck
I wish I had realised this as I got notice 3months after an offence once and took the wrap...
www.ukspeedtraps.co.uk is a good place to start.
ho ho JGM
PS: Goodluck
08 February 2002, 01:57 PM
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Some where is was banded around that they can proscute up to 6 months after the event... but that they usually send the docs out with in 14 days.. by law after 6 months they can't proscute, apparently. Could all be rubbish.. but just remember some of this from threads before.
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08 February 2002, 02:14 PM
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I think the 14 day rule applies to the registered keeper.
Phone or write to the appropriate ticket office and query it.
If you're not the keeper (eg company car) they have a much longer time (6 months ??) once the keeper (lease company or whoever) has notified them.
Phone or write to the appropriate ticket office and query it.
If you're not the keeper (eg company car) they have a much longer time (6 months ??) once the keeper (lease company or whoever) has notified them.
08 February 2002, 02:49 PM
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InsBro,
The law says the police must tell you if they intend to prosecute you. They can either do this by stopping you and advising you verbally or they do it in writing. If they do it in writing then they will normally do it by post and they should tell you within 14 days of the date of the offence. If they don't there is still a "get out" clause so it's not an automatic strike out, as it were. If I were you I would write back to the police politely querying the discrepancy over the dates and see what they say. Once they have told you they intend to prosecute you they then have 6 months from the date of the offence to issue the Court summons. In most speeding cases you will get an offer of a conditional fixed penalty which is treated slightly differently. If you want any more detail go to www.speed-trap.co.uk. Hope that helps. OK??
The law says the police must tell you if they intend to prosecute you. They can either do this by stopping you and advising you verbally or they do it in writing. If they do it in writing then they will normally do it by post and they should tell you within 14 days of the date of the offence. If they don't there is still a "get out" clause so it's not an automatic strike out, as it were. If I were you I would write back to the police politely querying the discrepancy over the dates and see what they say. Once they have told you they intend to prosecute you they then have 6 months from the date of the offence to issue the Court summons. In most speeding cases you will get an offer of a conditional fixed penalty which is treated slightly differently. If you want any more detail go to www.speed-trap.co.uk. Hope that helps. OK??
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Jeremy,
the whole point behind the 14 days rules is that if the offence happened a long time ago, you would not easily be able to recall the events of that day - thus NIP has to be served quickly.
There are "get outs" as in notifying the Registered Keeper in time, rather than the driver (do they have proof of this?) but in the end it should all come down to reasonableness.
The "alledged" driver is in a much stronger position to say "i haven't got a clue what happened on the aforementioned day" if it is weeks in the past. I am sure that a good solicitor/breif (i never understood the difference) would have a good defence with this.
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the whole point behind the 14 days rules is that if the offence happened a long time ago, you would not easily be able to recall the events of that day - thus NIP has to be served quickly.
There are "get outs" as in notifying the Registered Keeper in time, rather than the driver (do they have proof of this?) but in the end it should all come down to reasonableness.
The "alledged" driver is in a much stronger position to say "i haven't got a clue what happened on the aforementioned day" if it is weeks in the past. I am sure that a good solicitor/breif (i never understood the difference) would have a good defence with this.
mb
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