Speeding Fine

JJ22

Evening All,

I have had a search on here but cannot find anything that fits my scenario.

Back at the beginning of October I hired a car from an independent car hire company. There was myself and another driver driving the hire vehicle whilst we had it. I was passenger at the time when the driver suspected he got caught speeding by a camera van, went from 60-30 zone and the van was hiding behind bushes (not condoning speeding but it was just one of those slip-ups).

It's been 2 weeks since I returned the vehicle and I have noticed yesterday a £45 transaction been taken out by the hire company. I phoned them and they have explained that this is their "admin" fee for giving driver details and returning a Notice of Intended prosecution.
When I asked who's details they gave, they said that they have given my details, which is not correct. They did not contact me to discuss who was driving before returning this form, so they have messed up.

Is it possible to still change the driver details once the speeding ticket comes through in my name? I'm assuming there will be photographic evidence that shows that I was in the passenger seat.
Second question, considering the hire company have charged this £45 fee to fill out the details, but have done them incorrectly, would I be within my rights to request a full/partial refund of this fee?

I would appreciate any help, all this is new to me, never got a fine etc or anything before so it's all quite unnerving !

Coupon-mad

Is it possible to still change the driver details once the speeding ticket comes through in my name?

I think so but unsure - we only advise on parking issues.

Post here instead (no hotmail emails!):

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showforum=5

HTH

fisherjim

Their extortionate admin fee will have been in your agreement, and they will have sent the hirers details to the police, what else can they do?

You will get a NIP from the police and will then have the opportunity to name the driver.

JJ22

fisherjim wrote: »

Their extortionate admin fee will have been in your agreement, and they will have sent the hirers details to the police, what else can they do?

You will get a NIP from the police and will then have the opportunity to name the driver.

I was under the impression that the NIP would go to the hire company and they would name the driver?
Yes the fee was mentioned and I don't have a problem with it but if they've named the wrong driver without asking then the so called "admin" has been carried out incorrectly hence why I'd question if a refund is owed

KeithP

JJ22 wrote: »

I was under the impression that the NIP would go to the hire company and they would name the driver?

Unless the hire company were there when the alleged offence took place, how can they possibly name the driver?

All they can do is name the hirer.

JJ22

KeithP wrote: »

Unless the hire company were there when the alleged offence took place, how can they possibly name the driver?

All they can do is name the hirer.

That makes sense, thank you. as I say never been involved in anything like this before so got a bit worried and confused how it all works. Thanks for your help.

Umkomaas

I have had a search on here but cannot find anything that fits my scenario.

Unsurprising. We deal with private parking cases.

A bit like asking for a pork chop in a vegan store! PePiPoo will help sort you out. Good luck.

soolin

As above, the hire company will have named the person that hired the car, as they cannot possibly know who was driving, even if you had added a second driver to the insurance hire.

You will get a NIP in your own name asking you to name the driver, which you will need to complete and return, then if you name someone else as driver then they will in turn get their own NIP- and so forth.

However, this board on MSE primarily deals with parking tickets, and as has been suggested you will get more advice if you go to:

http://www.pepipoo.com/

Please be aware that you won't be able to sign up with a Hotmail account though.