Notice of Intended Prosecution - help needed

mikey72

dazrama3 wrote: »

I hope to god that he gets no more than 4 points for it. 6 points would be devestating. I know it's his own fault but it has massive implications if he loses his licience.

Thanks everyone.

Worth a good lawyer maybe?

Hammyman

dazrama3 wrote: »

I hope to god that he gets no more than 4 points for it. 6 points would be devestating. I know it's his own fault but it has massive implications if he loses his licience.

Thanks everyone.

TBH, I think most motorists would be outraged if he didn't get 6 points.

97 is just taking the mick.

Ian_W

I know it's his own fault but it has massive implications if he loses his licience.

If he gets a summons he should go to court and tell the magistrates the truth - that he was abducted by aliens and forced on threat of death to to drive at warp factor 9!

The magistrates will understand as no-one with half a brain cell - who needs their licence - would willingly drive at nearly a ton with 6 points already on their licence, unless under duress.

Would they? :eek:

spiro

Has the told the HR department at work/lease company? At the very latest he needs to do this once convicted but I am assuming there is no way he wont so the sooner he tells them the sooner he will know of any possible fall out i.e. loss of company car.

kwaks

Hammyman wrote: »

TBH, I think most motorists would be outraged if he didn't get 6 points.

97 is just taking the mick.

Really? Guess it could not have been a quiet motorway with good visibility and good conditions then.

97 is a speed a lot of modern vehicles can hit in seconds when going for an overtake, guess you must be used to bumbling around at 40, in the middle lane :rotfl:

Dippypud

kwaks wrote: »

Really? Guess it could not have been a quiet motorway with good visibility and good conditions then.

97 is a speed a lot of modern vehicles can hit in seconds when going for an overtake, guess you must be used to bumbling around at 40, in the middle lane :rotfl:

Bumbling at 40 in a 30 zone will get you a ticket anorl.:p, if you think it's OK to go steaming off go for it.

liana_y2kuk

Scooby_Doo. wrote: »

Which is how?

Take whatever fine/points come his way and not try to wriggle out on a technicality

gonzo127

kwaks wrote: »

Really? Guess it could not have been a quiet motorway with good visibility and good conditions then.

97 is a speed a lot of modern vehicles can hit in seconds when going for an overtake, guess you must be used to bumbling around at 40, in the middle lane :rotfl:

because of course a driver ALWAYS knows best

just think about this, the driver in question was doing around 40% above the legal speed limit, that really is not a minor amount above, would you be arguing if the driver was 40% over the drink drive limit but because the road was quite and visability was good it should be ok?

70 is the limit 80 is fine for overtaking someone why someone would need to go to 97 is beyond me, just because something is possible does not mean it should be right

fivetide

kwaks wrote: »

Really? Guess it could not have been a quiet motorway with good visibility and good conditions then.

97 is a speed a lot of modern vehicles can hit in seconds when going for an overtake, guess you must be used to bumbling around at 40, in the middle lane :rotfl:

That's as maybe but I think the point being made here is that the chap has already been warned with the other six points. He clearly needs his license to support his family so he should try to slow down a bit and show a bit of sense.

The OP accepts that and has no doubt given him the hairdryer treatment but for someone to be seen to not learn for their mistakes or their second, maybe third chances then you have to be expecting court and a big fine.

Even if he doesn't get banned the insurance might well be a mare for the company. Needs to check it out with HR.

5t.

snoopytweety

Well - professional opinion time!

I run a HR department where I also look after a fleet of 200 odd vehicles. We lease our vehicles and when a driver is caught speeding, the NIP goes from the police authority to the lease company (as registered keeper) within 14 days, then the lease company tell the police authority that the my company leas the vehicle and as my name is on the lease agreement the police authority then sends the NIP to me within 14 days (ticker starts all over again). I then check my fleet list and contact the employee to make sure they were driving at the time (might have had a colleague borrow the car or their child/partner/uncle John might have been driving) and then I complete the form and send back to the police authority. They then in turn within 14 days (ticker has re-set and started again) issue the NIP to the notified driver. So all in all I am afraid you are unlikely to get any joy from the 14 day rule as it will have gone round the houses several times and on each occasion probably been within the 14 days.

I recently had an employee pretty much caught doing the same thing and at court was handed a large fine and 4 points (which took him up to 12), however was not banned as he would have lost his job.

I did however then issue him with a final written warning as our company handbook for drivers states they must stick to speed limits and drive sensibly - which he clearly was not!!!

Personal opinion. What idiot thinks it is ok to drive at that speed - it is not, it is stupid and reckless, and maybe instead of worrying about how many points he is going to get this time you should worry about if he will come home alive the next time he goes out in his car because driving at speeds like that are likely to kill him - and leave you and his family devastated.

Not to mention the harm he could do to other motorists using the roads appropriately and minding their own business.

I wonder how many of the people involved in the link below would have any cares about the amount of point he is likely to get!!!

http://www.brake.org.uk/memories