speeding notices for car I no longer own

beckyknight492

I'm wondering if someone can help me please about several speeding notices I have received for a car that I'm no longer the registered keeper for.

The car was deemed unfixable by car mechanics after it failed its MOT. It was agreed that it should be scrapped which they said would sort out for me so on 07/12/2015 section 9 was completed on the v5 log book and sent off. They said they would keep the main part of the log book as it couldn't be scrapped with out it. I have sinced received acknowledgement from the DVLA on the 17th December 2015 to say I am no longer the registered keeper of that car.!
I have have replied to every notice that has been sent and provided a copy of the acknowledgement from the DVLA yet I'm still receiving speeding notices and have had no reply from the police.
Just enquiring what the next step is?
I'm worried I'm going to be liable for these fines.
Thank you for you time.

Quentin

Pepipoo is the best place for advice over this, though you could contact the various police forces offices that you have corresponded with and get confirmation you are out of the picture after sending in the proof you have that it is no longer your car (assuming the offences are after your time!)

beckyknight492

Thank you... I have emailed the police force and they have replied to say as I'm the last know registered keeper I will keep receiving them. �� I will have a look at Pepipoo though. Thank you.

skipness

Have you checked that the vehicle is currently taxed, tested and insured?
If it is taxed then surely the DVLA is aware of the new keeper's details.

molerat

https://www.vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk/
http://ownvehicle.askmid.com/

beckyknight492

It's has no MOT or Tax.

shaun_from_Africa

Are the areas where the speeding offences occurred close to the garage where you got rid of the car?
If so, it's a good possibility that one of the employees decided to keep the motor for themselves rather than scrapping it and it might be worth a trip to the garage sometime during the week to see if you can spot the car there.
If it's there, a phonecall to the police explaining what's happening might help resolve the problem.

david_a

Also worth trying to establish if it's actually your car. Is it the same make,colour etc. Could be a clone or wrong plates etc. Most likely as as stated above.

Can't see how you would be liable for the fines as DVLA has acknowledged receipt of section 9. However DVLA are a government agency so normal rules don't apply.

Aretnap

Cars which are in the motor trade often change hands repeatedly in a short space of time. As a result, AIUI, the DVLA don't really attempt to keep track of cars which are in the trade, and when the police ask for the details of a car in the trade it comes back with the details of the last "permanent" keeper, and a note to say that it's currently in the trade.

The police, therefore, are writing to you not because they particularly think that you're still driving the car,mbut because they have nowhere else to start.

You are legally obliged to respond to the s172 notices, but as you're no longer the keeper you are not expected to know who was driving, you just have to provide any information you may have which may help to identify the driver. That would mean the details of the place you sold/gave it away to. So long as you provide that, you have no further liability.

Keep the acknowledgement slip from the DVLA somewhere safe just in case, but apart from the slight inconvenience of having to return the forms occasionally for as long as someone is still using the car, you don't really have anything to worry about.

I had something similar happen to me some years ago - had an accident, wrote off a car, traded it in for £100 when I bought a new one, then several months later got a speeding ticket for the old one, which someone was obviously still driving. I replied with the details of the dealership I'd sold it to, and never heard anything of it again.

George_Michael

IMO, it doesn't sound like the problem is simply because the paperwork for the change of keeper hasn't been processed yet, more a case that the paperwork probably hasn't even been submitted.
It was the on or before the 7th December that the mechanic stated that they would arrange for the car to be scrapped and if they had done this, the DVLA would have received the paperwork long ago and there wouldn't be anyone driving the car now.

Apart from that, I could understand if only one speeding ticket had been received by the OP but they make reference to "several" of these.
Add to this that there is currently no MOT or tax on the vehicle and it's starting to look like someone is simply using the car as a very cheap runaround without bothering to actually carry out any of their legal obligations and not being at all worried about speeding.