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FPN - Using another license?

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Vesh
Vesh Posts: 7 Forumite
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edited 6 April 2019 at 10:22PM in Surveys
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  • wgl2014
    wgl2014 Posts: 1,144 Forumite
    As I'm sure you must be aware after all your research the bright idea some have when receiving an NIP is to nominate someone else as the driver who is willing to take the points. This is obviously illegal and has the potential to result in jail time if rumbled.
    Most forces use TOR (traffic offence reports) rather than giving out roadside FPN's however they still involve an interaction with an officer so as you have pointed out there isn't really an opportunity to pretend to be someone else later on (unless you are incredibly stupid or like communal showers).

    Out of interest what uni gives out A+ grades?
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    Vesh wrote: »
    As far as we are aware, FPN's tend to be issued on the roadside (when pulled over) doesn't this mean that the police have confirmed who the driver of the vehicle is?
    If you're stopped by the police roadside, and have your photocard licence on you, then the policeman will confirm your ID by checking that the photo looks like you.


    But not everybody has a photocard licence. Drivers do not have to carry their licence on them. Most FPNs result from cameras.


    To get points put onto the wrong licence, you'd have to have extended access to the wrong licence, so it can be sent off, and the keeper would have to nominate that wrong driver when the s172 request comes in. Oh, and that wrong driver would have to actually exist... It's not just a sinkhole where you can say "Oooh, Mickey Mouse was driving" and that's it.
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    wgl2014 wrote: »
    Out of interest what uni gives out A+ grades?
    For an individual project, most.
  • shaun_from_Africa
    shaun_from_Africa Posts: 12,858 Forumite
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    If you are really at uni and are doing as you say then surely you must know that a NIP is a "Notice of Intended Prosecution" and not not a "Notice of Interested Prosecution" and that in the UK it's driving licence and not a driving license.

    IMO, this sounds more like someone trying to find out how to avoid points on their licence by sending in one belonging to another person and is using this site to do so.
  • AndyMc.....
    AndyMc..... Posts: 3,248 Forumite
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    If you are really at uni and are doing as you say then surely you must know that a NIP is a "Notice of Intended Prosecution" and not not a "Notice of Interested Prosecution" and that in the UK it's driving licence and not a driving license.

    IMO, this sounds more like someone trying to find out how to avoid points on their licence by sending in one belonging to another person and is using this site to do so.

    They'd also know about TOR's.
  • pogofish
    pogofish Posts: 10,853 Forumite
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    edited 8 July 2018 at 10:32AM
    Vesh wrote: »
    Hi there, I'm a student, and about to graduate for University by the end of this month. Since January, the school has created a few groups that are interested in involving themselves with researching malicious actions done by the public.

    Then what did you make of the specific conditions on Students/Researchers touting for info that you clearly agreed to on signup..?

    Also, any info you do glean is likely worthless as it almost certainly is in breach of the online research policy of most if not all quality institutions.

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  • Nasqueron
    Nasqueron Posts: 10,761 Forumite
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    AdrianC wrote: »
    For an individual project, most.


    Is it really most? I found a couple (Brighton, Edinburgh) that do have nominal letter grade of either A1 / A+ at the top (for 80%+) for marking papers/exams though they still score by the traditional 70%+ is a first, 60-69% is a 2.1 etc but equally found a couple (Leeds, Nottingham) that don't use letter classifications at all.

    Sam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness: 

    People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.

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