Speeding fine sent to old address, should I reply?

collsie

I recently moved and changed my address with the DVLA on my driving licence. The address change was done on Feb 19th as confirmed on my driving licence.

This morning I received a speeding ticket. I was caught on Feb 20th and the letter to me was isssued on March 3rd however it was sent to my old address and not the new address that the DVLA held on file. Should I respond to it or should I ignore it and deny receiving it?

Any help would be appreciated.

James

Paradigm

You should reply, ignoring it won't help but will cause complications later.

hermanmunster_3

When did you change the registration address of the car? that is what they are basing the letter on not the driving licence

bryanb

What about the address on your V5 (Log book) They will be tracing you using the registered address of the keeper.

collsie

Good point, the log book is still registered to the old address it's only the DVLA that I have informed so far. I guess I'm banged to rights then!

bargepole

collsie wrote: »

I recently moved and changed my address with the DVLA on my driving licence. The address change was done on Feb 19th as confirmed on my driving licence.

This morning I received a speeding ticket. I was caught on Feb 20th and the letter to me was isssued on March 3rd however it was sent to my old address and not the new address that the DVLA held on file. Should I respond to it or should I ignore it and deny receiving it?

Any help would be appreciated.

James

Do you have your post redirected? If not, how did you get hold of the letter?

You could try sealing up the envelope, and sending it back to the scammers marked "not known at this address" - they will eventually track you down and issue a new NIP at your new address, but that might take them a few weeks, then you have 28 days to reply with driver's details, then another 28 days to accept the fixed penalty offer - it's possible you can string this out past the 6 month deadline for issuing a summons. You can get more info on pepipoo about this.

collsie

bargepole wrote: »

Do you have your post redirected? If not, how did you get hold of the letter?

You could try sealing up the envelope, and sending it back to the scammers marked "not known at this address" - they will eventually track you down and issue a new NIP at your new address, but that might take them a few weeks, then you have 28 days to reply with driver's details, then another 28 days to accept the fixed penalty offer - it's possible you can string this out past the 6 month deadline for issuing a summons. You can get more info on pepipoo about this.

The post is redirected but it could be resealed but by the sound of it they will track me down eventually and then I'll have to cough up. I've posted on pepipoo too so I'll read through that just in case someone comes up with a cunning plan.

Thanks for your post.

DirectDebacle

bargepole wrote: »

Do you have your post redirected? If not, how did you get hold of the letter?

You could try sealing up the envelope, and sending it back to the scammers marked "not known at this address" - they will eventually track you down and issue a new NIP at your new address, but that might take them a few weeks, then you have 28 days to reply with driver's details, then another 28 days to accept the fixed penalty offer - it's possible you can string this out past the 6 month deadline for issuing a summons. You can get more info on pepipoo about this.

collsie

Do not even consider this appalling suggestion. You are being advised to commit fraud.

Coblcris

Perverting the Course of Justice.
A serious offence which is frowned upon.