Police issued speeding ticket on road that does not exist - going to court!

un1boy · 12th January 2008, 00:45

Hi,

My sister received a police speeding notice.

The notice says she was speeding in a road she was not in at the time and it does not actually exist in the area the ticket was issued.

She has sent in her license and payment but it was sent back and they have sais they want it to go to court as she did not hand her license in on time.

Can this be contested at the hearing as the road name does not exist?

They have been letting offenders off where the officers have written 2007 instead of 2008 on tickets issued this year.

Any comments welcome.

Thanks

patdavies · 12th January 2008, 00:51

It would depend on how different the name is. There is a thing called the 'Slip Rule' which allows for minor corrections Like a spelling mistake or XXXX avenue instead of XXXX street).

Your best bet is to go over to PePiPoo: Helping the motorist to get justice - they are the speeding experts

Helford · 12th January 2008, 01:00

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un1boy · 12th January 2008, 18:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by patdavies

It would depend on how different the name is. There is a thing called the 'Slip Rule' which allows for minor corrections Like a spelling mistake or XXXX avenue instead of XXXX street).

Your best bet is to go over to PePiPoo: Helping the motorist to get justice - they are the speeding experts

The road name does not exist!

21stcentury · 13th January 2008, 16:32

Go to court, they will throw it out. No case to answer

patdavies · 14th January 2008, 00:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by 21stcentury

Go to court, they will throw it out. No case to answer

Sorry, it's not that straightforward.

What has she done with the NIP/S.172 request from the Police. If she has admitted to being the driver, signed it and returned it then she has just admitted driving on the non-existent road.

un1boy · 14th January 2008, 19:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by patdavies

Sorry, it's not that straightforward.

What has she done with the NIP/S.172 request from the Police. If she has admitted to being the driver, signed it and returned it then she has just admitted driving on the non-existent road.

she's admitted speeding, just not on that road.

She offered to pay the fine and sent in her license.

they sent it all back saying they want it to go to court!

pt2537 · 15th January 2008, 00:57

Hi,

It may be worth running the name Richard Bentley through google,

his site has plenty of info on speeding and if you drop him an email im sure he will give you the pointers to resolve this

pt2537 · 15th January 2008, 01:04

just to add,

heres a case which Richard worked on, with a very good end result
Thousands Of Speeding Fines Could Now Be Overturned (from This is Hampshire)

un1boy · 16th January 2008, 19:51

Thanks very much PT

abdigital · 20th January 2008, 12:57

How can she have admitted to speeding but not on the road they say? Is she saying she has been speeding somewhere else? Would have been better not to admit anything at all and run with the court. Additionally has she requested a hard copy of the camera imagery?

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