driving without seatbelt fpn

Spicy_McHaggis

Tilt wrote: »

AFAIK You still get the FPN but you get the option of doing the course (on line) which you have to pay for. If you compete it within a certain time, the FPN becomes null and void. I believe the course is run in conjunction with the AA.

So as I said instead of.

londonTiger

Marktheshark wrote: »

Why admit to something you say you did not do.
The seatbelt trick is an old one as well.
When stopped by police wait until the officer instructs you to take your seatbelt off and point out that if they want to speak to you in the car "can you just witness my seatbelt is on at this time officer before I step out of the car"
Might sound like you been silly, but it can save you £60.

Sorry to confuse you, but fpn is not £60, it's £100. I vaguely remember reading online at that time that if you appeal this at court and win you still have to pay £60 for court costs. So it's not worth taking it to court if it's just a monetary fine because you only save £40 (difference between court costs and fpn).

Spicy_McHaggis

londonTiger wrote: »

Sorry to confuse you, but fpn is not £60, it's £100. I vaguely remember reading online at that time that if you appeal this at court and win you still have to pay £60 for court costs. So it's not worth taking it to court if it's just a monetary fine because you only save £40 (difference between court costs and fpn).

Paying court costs if you win?

Are you sure about that?

You used to get awarded costs if you won.

Aretnap

londonTiger wrote: »

Sorry to confuse you, but fpn is not £60, it's £100. I vaguely remember reading online at that time that if you appeal this at court and win you still have to pay £60 for court costs. So it's not worth taking it to court if it's just a monetary fine because you only save £40 (difference between court costs and fpn).

You remember wrong - or you were reading a rubbish website. There are no prosecution or court costs to pay if you win. If you lose though you can be on the hook for a good few hundred quid in costs, in addition to whatever fine you end up with.

Hoof_Hearted

Th point is -- you are not going to win having admitted the offence...

atrixblue.-MFR-.

That annoying chime goes off after 60 seconds of driving so you could have infact ignored the chime or had the belt plugged in and you have simply sat infront of the belt to stop it chiming, I see it all the time in taxi's.


Usually police don't just tug you in to check your documents randomly (unless it was police roadside check point/safety inspection area) he must have spotted something (even in the dark you can tell when someone is or isn't wearing a belt) to tug you in.


He went through what he needed to first, license and documents please and checked you were who is supposed to be driving the car and then knew your details for the ticket to write it out, he then pointed out the fact you had no belt on and was issuing you with a ticket.


for the sake of hassle just pay it.

OnanTheBarbarian

Were you wearing your ghetto ear cans (headphones)at the time?

brat

Often this kind of roadstop check is done via a spotter and stopper, typically used for mobile phone, seatbelt, foglight offences etc.

You may have been 'spotted' earlier, and your reg passed to the stopper to issue the TOR (ticket).

If you are absolutely sure that you did have your seatbelt on properly there's no harm in writing a letter to the ticket office explaining that you had a bit of a brain f@rt when admitting to the offence.
It may get you nowhere, but it's worth a try.

OddballJamie

OnanTheBarbarian wrote: »

Were you wearing your ghetto ear cans (headphones)at the time?

Probably what aroused their attention to start with.

Good job LT wasn't passing a crime scene, could've been banged up. :rotfl:

Spicy_McHaggis

atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »

That annoying chime goes off after 60 seconds of driving so you could have infact ignored the chime or had the belt plugged in and you have simply sat infront of the belt to stop it chiming, I see it all the time in taxi's.


Usually police don't just tug you in to check your documents randomly (unless it was police roadside check point/safety inspection area) he must have spotted something (even in the dark you can tell when someone is or isn't wearing a belt) to tug you in.


He went through what he needed to first, license and documents please and checked you were who is supposed to be driving the car and then knew your details for the ticket to write it out, he then pointed out the fact you had no belt on and was issuing you with a ticket.


for the sake of hassle just pay it.

Sounds like he paid it before he posted so I'm struggling to see his issue.