HELP! Received a Speeding Ticket NIP 5 months late now getting reffered to court

MissGeorgiou

I recently received a speeding fine for temporary road works on the motorway (60 in a 50) at the time the roadworks were new. The date of the alleged offence was 16th October I received the NIP on the 3rd March.

I signed and sent it off thinking it wouldn't be taken any further because a ridiculous amount of time had passed. My License was updated a month before the alleged offence so it's not my fault for the delay in getting the NIP to me.

I have recently received a letter saying I will get a court summons through the post and I'm not entitled to a Speed Awareness Course or a Conditional Offer of Fixed Penalty points.

This is my first offence and I have a clean license! What do I do?

forgotmyname

You changed address since the incident? The notice was probably served correctly at your old address. You may need to get proper legal advice to argue the fact you moved and knew nothing about it and then just settle for the original fine and points not with additional costs.

MissGeorgiou

No I changed address prior to the incident AND updated my license!

MissGeorgiou

No I changed address prior to the incident AND updated my license!

They've broken the law by sending me the NIP way past the 14 days

Car_54

You say you changed the address on your licence. That's irrelevant - did you change the V5C (log book)?

If you did, check the bottom of page 2, where it gives an 11-digit Doc Ref No. followed by the date the change was made. If that was before the offence, then you have a case. If not, then the first NIP would have been sent to your old offence. There is no time limit for 2nd or subsequent NIPs.

MissGeorgiou

The log book was changed with the license more than a month prior to the incident because the MOT was due.

Manxman_in_exile

So you received a NIP five months after the offence? What's the date on the NIP?

TadleyBaggie

Also what's the DocRef date on page 2 of the V5C?

Marvel1

MissGeorgiou wrote: »

The log book was changed with the license more than a month prior to the incident because the MOT was due.

This is where people get confused as if anyone mentions licence, its the driving licence (me included). For the vehicle side mention, logbook, registration certificate, V5C. As we often read people only changing driving licence and not vehicle Anna the person assumes both (why I don't know, as the driving licence and vehicle records are 2 seperate things).

atrixblue.-MFR-.

MissGeorgiou wrote: »

The log book was changed with the license more than a month prior to the incident because the MOT was due.

Mot has nothing to do with license nor V5C. why would this be a trigger to change address detail a month prior to moving?

marlot

MissGeorgiou wrote: »

I recently received a speeding fine...

...My License was updated a month before ...

Not relevant, I'm afraid.

As well as updating the address on the driver register, you also need to update the vehicle register.