How soon should a speeding fine come through?

DoaM

My last NIP was from a "Man in a Van", on the A66 eastbound. (I'm not 100% convinced that where they clocked me wasn't still technically dual carriageway - it was single lane but I'm fairly sure the carriageway dividers were still there, the road hadn't quite become single carriageway ... I was done for 70 in a 60. However that's water under the bridge now as it was done and dusted 2 years ago).

Car_54

EdGasketTheSecond wrote: »

The van's are usually mobile ANPR's checking for no tax; you might be OK.

Any evidence for that? I still regularly see speed camera vans aroiund here.

oscarward

I once had a reminder of a NIP about 5 weeks after an offence, never received the original.

I spoke to the fines office who told me the recorded date the NIP was issued, which was within 14 days. Couldn't really argue with that.

I went on Pepipoo for advice who suggested I couldn't use a defence of outside 14 days as I would have to make a declaration in court that I hadn't received but would likely fail to avoid the conviction, just the failure to respond if they wanted to push it.

DoaM

Unless you had the "Beckham defence" (where it could be proven that the NIP had been received late by the lease/hire company because they date-stamped all incoming mail) you'd have been on a hiding to nothing.

TooManyPoints

You don't get a "speeding fine" through the post.

You will received a "Notice of Intended Prosecution" (a "NIP") and a request for you to provide the driver's details. You have 28 days to respond to that request. When your reply is received (assuming you name yourself as the driver) if the offence qualifies for a Speed Awareness Course or a Fixed Penalty you will have 28 days to accept and comply with either. The Fixed Penalty will cost you £100 and the course about the same (but no points, just about a half day of your time). If your speed is too fast for those the prosecution has six months from the date of the offence to start court proceedings and they usually take almost all of that. So you have plenty of time.

elsien

My motorway speeding NIP was close to the 14 day mark.

peter12345678910

I know these vans are catching a lot of people on their mobiles, they must be multi tasking.

chubsta

Thanks for all the replies, I am a little confused though because I had read elsewhere that changes to the rules on speeding means that now although it was still in 'bands', the actual fines were worked out as a percentage of your weekly salary and therefore potentially much larger than £100 even at the lower end.

AdrianC

chubsta wrote: »

Thanks for all the replies, I am a little confused though because I had read elsewhere that changes to the rules on speeding means that now although it was still in 'bands', the actual fines were worked out as a percentage of your weekly salary and therefore potentially much larger than £100 even at the lower end.

They are. If and when it goes to court. Just as they always have been.

The ONLY change the other year was to introduce the third band, the band C fines, for very very high speeds.

Yet another example of the press "simplifying" to the point of absolute inaccuracy.
(see also: Brexit...)

Johno100

chubsta wrote: »

Thanks for all the replies, I am a little confused though because I had read elsewhere that changes to the rules on speeding means that now although it was still in 'bands', the actual fines were worked out as a percentage of your weekly salary and therefore potentially much larger than £100 even at the lower end.

And you can blame the media and their hysterical reporting of the changes made to court fines (a couple of years ago now) for your confusion.