This was forwarded to me today:

"Just thought I would share this with you, as you know I work in the
speeding fine department in Swindon's Magistrate's Court and in the
course of my investigation into "fines, their payment methods, and how
points are automatically added against drivers licences" we discovered
something very interesting "If You Get a Speeding Fine." This has been
tried and it works. I know
that for a fact is works so if you ever get in this situation, you have
an out. We discovered that this procedure works nationwide. Read it and
try it, you have nothing to lose but the points on your license. This is
how it works:
If you get a speeding ticket or went through a red light or whatever the
case may be, and you are going to get points on your licence, then there
is a method to ensure that you DO NOT get any points. When you get your
fine, send in the cheque to pay for it and if the fine is say, 40, then
make the cheque out for 41 or some small amount over the fine. The
system will then have to send you back a cheque for the difference, but
here is the trick!

***DO NOT CASH THE REFUND CHEQUE!!!**

Throw it away!! Points are not assessed to your licence until all
financial transactions are complete. If you do not cash the cheque, then
the transactions are NOT complete. However, the system has gotten its
money and is happy and will not bother you any more. This information
came to our attention from a very reliable computer company that sets up
the standard database used by each county's computing system."

It might be a load of crap, but you can decide for yourself.

Cheers,

Rich

 

Don't know how I got this into "Suspension"???

 

This is an urban legend. Has been going around for years and by all accounts is tosh.

I don't know how it got into suspension either, but I'm going to close the thread anyway

Cheers

Ian

[This message has been edited by IWatkins (edited 04 April 2001).]