sold car now speeding ticket

rincey

My son sold his ford fiesta on the 13th may n sent off the bit of the reg form to the dvla, then today 9th june he recived a speeding noteivicatin letter ,the ford was clocked 2 days ago speeding, hes phoned dvla who said to put it all in writing n send to them n they will update there comps that he sold it on 13th may n all will be fine, im worried it wont be so any adviced would be greatfull thanks.

McKneff

Stop worrying, the DVLA will have the records to put the matter straight, they will or should have the paperwork from the
party who bought the car.

Outpost

I suppose the date the slip was sent should be proof enough that the car was no longer yours when the offence was committed. Did you make the buyer sign something to say they'd taken possession of the vehicle on a particular date?

Woody._2

Make sure your son responds to the NIP within 28 days, he faces 6 points and a fine of about £500 for failing to name the driver if he don't.

rincey

he was still down as the owner with dvla so we dont no if they have the notification bit of the form or if it just hasnt been updared yet ,im worried the buyers havnt reg the car or got insurance n stuff ,we dont have there names or a address just a phone number , and hes gonna phone n write to NIP tomorow ,thanks everyone

s_b

its not up to the new owners to register as the new keeper its your sons
you people really need to read the v5c document most carefully
let me reiterate
you sell car
you get buyer to sign bottom left hand side of v5 with date and with time car taken to the minute (you will find room trust me)
you give middle right hand side slip to customer ,this is all he gets
you the seller send left hand side to swansea and scan or photocopy it first so if it gets lost in the post you have a record of who where when it went to

for the record dvla keep telling me to send these things registered post and its getting to the stage i might have to.............


message ends........

forgotmyname

The current owner needs to send the details off these days, It was normal to buy a car and forget to send
the logbook off for many reasons. No tax damn i just bought it 5 minutes ago i will tax it now.

s_b

forgotmyname wrote: »

The current owner needs to send the details off these days, It was normal to buy a car and forget to send
the logbook off for many reasons. No tax damn i just bought it 5 minutes ago i will tax it now.

you are confusing the issue with this post as current owner could be construed as the person who now has possession of the car

vax2002

Woody. wrote: »

Make sure your son responds to the NIP within 28 days, he faces 6 points and a fine of about £500 for failing to name the driver if he don't.

You dont face anything until you are convicted by a court, in this case he wont be.

Woody._2

vax2002 wrote: »

You dont face anything until you are convicted by a court, in this case he wont be.

Thanks for your free legal advice, you don't ask much in your consultations.;)

rincey

Thanks sb but as i said my son did send the v5c off to dvla he just didnt make a copy ,and whats this "you People" gesssss it must be great to be perfect !! anyway thanks everyone for the advice i guess we will just have to see what happens ,