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points on your licence
I had this emailed to me recently, does anyone have any thoughts.
Pay your fine, but, NO POINTS DEDUCTED, !!
Read on :-
This is how the points get added to your licence:
If you get a fixed penalty notice through the post which also carries penalty points the computer system first sends you a demand for the cash.
When you have paid, it then sends a demand to return your licence for endorsement.
It cannot handle the licence endorsement and the payment at the same time, and it cannot process the points part of the system until the financial section is complete.
If you overpay the fixed penalty, it must issue and send a refund cheque for the overpayment.
Therefore, overpay the fixed penalty by sending a cheque for the full amount plus £1.
The computer will then automatically generate a refund cheque for the over-payment and send it to you.
**** Do not cash this refund cheque - DUMP IT.
The system then remains 'open' and cannot generate the 'send your licence for endorsement' demand part of the program.
It does, however, record your payment of the fixed penalty, so it does not trigger the 'follow-up unpaid fine' stage.
As there is no human intervention, the system will leave you alone, since it has got your money, which is the primary objective!
mmm sounds sensible enough but would it work?
Pay your fine, but, NO POINTS DEDUCTED, !!
Read on :-
This is how the points get added to your licence:
If you get a fixed penalty notice through the post which also carries penalty points the computer system first sends you a demand for the cash.
When you have paid, it then sends a demand to return your licence for endorsement.
It cannot handle the licence endorsement and the payment at the same time, and it cannot process the points part of the system until the financial section is complete.
If you overpay the fixed penalty, it must issue and send a refund cheque for the overpayment.
Therefore, overpay the fixed penalty by sending a cheque for the full amount plus £1.
The computer will then automatically generate a refund cheque for the over-payment and send it to you.
**** Do not cash this refund cheque - DUMP IT.
The system then remains 'open' and cannot generate the 'send your licence for endorsement' demand part of the program.
It does, however, record your payment of the fixed penalty, so it does not trigger the 'follow-up unpaid fine' stage.
As there is no human intervention, the system will leave you alone, since it has got your money, which is the primary objective!
mmm sounds sensible enough but would it work?
make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
and we will never, ever return.
and we will never, ever return.
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Hmmmm sounds like a myth to me. I thought (from my past experience) you have to send your licence and fine payment (either cheque or card details) at the same time. You then get your licence back with the penalty points handwritten on. It is a human being, not a computer that processes these.0
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It's a myth. Sorry, OP.0
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Yep this is a common myth. They''ll probably refuse the cheque and take you to court instead.0
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It is indeed a myth and a falacy of ambiguity....lol0
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I dont have any points or points pending, i was just curious - honest:Dmake the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
and we will never, ever return.0 -
Okay.....i accept your explanation. You shall not be killed like the cat.....(cos they say curosity kills the cat...
lol lol
In a happy mood, thank God it's a friday0
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