FPN Endorsable Offence- Grounds for Appeal? Please Help :(

[bmldn10]

Hi all. Basically about 3 weeks ago, i was pulled over on the roadside of the A20 Sidcup Road dual carriageway by the met police doing 61mph in a 40mph zone. Apparently they caught me with one of the mobile laser speed guns. Worst part is that they were positioned about 200 metres before a fixed speed camera.

 

The roadside officer filled out a Yellow Fixed Penalty Notice (Endorsable Offence) Form asking me to surrender my driving licence to my local police station,etc, and told me I had to pay a £60 fine and would get 3 points on my licence. On the form, he filled out the Offence Code as: 131- Excess Speed. I have since gone away and researched and shouldnt the speeding code be something such as SP30? If the code he filled out is incorrect am I able to appeal?

Futhermore the time the officer noted on the form was 0110 hours when the offence actually took place at 1310 hours. Again could i use this as a means of an appeal?

 

The whole reason why my speed was increased was because i was overtaking a learner bus driver who suddenly swerved to overtake a cyclist, and thats when the radar gun clocked me.I have had my licence nearly 5 years and have never had any kind of motoring offence and really don't want the points, so im going to request a hearing regardless, I just wanted to know what strong reasons i could pesent to the courts.

 

Appreciate any help on this. Thanks guys!

[crem]

Your explanation of the reason for speeding will be irrelevant, and to be fair doesn't really hold water.

 

The court code for a speeding offence is SP30, but the code on a FPN may not necessarily reflect this. Someone else may know better. even if it is wrong, the FPN is not a legal document, and if you refuse the the offer of an FPN, the papers laid before a court may well be corrected (and legally can be corrected unlike a PCN).

 

The error on the time of the offence may be the most significant error on the FPN, but I don't know if you can appeal on this and whether they can correct it before court. Await further comments on that.

[lamma]

As he handed you the FPN the wrong time is irrelevant.