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Unable to identify driver

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  • LincolnshireYokel
    LincolnshireYokel Posts: 764 Forumite
    @Donsplash

    You need to radically rethink your plan here and come up with a driver's name, even if you name yourself, otherwise you are going to carry the can, and bigtime. Pleading ignorance in front of a judge will get you absolutely nowhere apart from a stay in Her Majesties Hotel.
    **** I hereby relieve MSE of all legal responsibility for my post and assume personal responsible for all posts. If any Parking Pirates have a problem with my post then contact me for my solicitors address.*****
  • CCFC_80
    CCFC_80 Posts: 1,289 Forumite
    From my experience working at a local fixed penalty unit it was a regular occurrence that some people couldn't identify who was driving when receiving a NIP. In that case the NIP had to go to the owner of vehicle, so you need to identify who was driving to exonerate yourself
  • fivetide
    fivetide Posts: 3,811 Forumite
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    AlexisV wrote: »
    You need to name one of them. Ask them who it was and if that fails, guess one of them.

    If you weren't driving, you need to exonerate yourself.

    Guess one of them? Potentially land an innocent friend in trouble with the police?

    5t.
    What if there was no such thing as a rhetorical question?
  • AlexisV
    AlexisV Posts: 1,890 Forumite
    Better than landing yourself in trouble, who is definitely known to be innocent.

    Anyway, I'm talking about *if* these two friends wouldn't co-operate. What kind of friends are they if they allow the OP to get in trouble over this?
  • fivetide
    fivetide Posts: 3,811 Forumite
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    AlexisV wrote: »
    Better than landing yourself in trouble, who is definitely known to be innocent.

    Anyway, I'm talking about *if* these two friends wouldn't co-operate. What kind of friends are they if they allow the OP to get in trouble over this?

    Sorry but that is terrible advice.

    You can't simply go around accusing innocent people. This isn't Stalin's Russia.

    I accept what you are saying re: not being a good friend but in a five seater car, there could have been four other people in it. That means you'd have a 75% chance of being wrong.

    5t.
    What if there was no such thing as a rhetorical question?
  • newbutold
    newbutold Posts: 753 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    As others have said, it is an offence to knowingly allow an uninsured person to drive your car.

    The 3 points plus fine (£60?) you receive for the speeding ticket, is more than likely a lesser punishment then you would get for the uninsured driver offence.
    If my posts have random wrong words, please blame the damn autocorrect not me :D
  • lovinituk
    lovinituk Posts: 5,711 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showtopic=73119
  • Sir_Roger_deLodger
    Sir_Roger_deLodger Posts: 992 Forumite
    fivetide wrote: »

    You can't simply go around accusing innocent people. This isn't Stalin's Russia.

    Unfortunately s172 RTA is like something out of Stalins Russia as it removes the right of a suspect to remain silent.
  • HO87
    HO87 Posts: 4,296 Forumite
    newbutold wrote: »
    As others have said, it is an offence to knowingly allow an uninsured person to drive your car.
    I beg to differ. The offence is one of strict liability and as such there is no requirement for mens rea in respect of it or, indeed, of the offences of cause or permit no insurance. You do not need to know the person is uninsured.
    My very sincere apologies for those hoping to request off-board assistance but I am now so inundated with requests that in order to do justice to those "already in the system" I am no longer accepting PM's and am unlikely to do so for the foreseeable future (August 2016). :(

    For those seeking more detailed advice and guidance regarding small claims cases arising from private parking issues I recommend that you visit the Private Parking forum on PePiPoo.com
  • donsplash
    donsplash Posts: 2 Newbie
    Some hilarious responses to lighten the mood but thank you all for the rather insightful responses so far.
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