Speeding ticket address

logeybear87

hi

i have recently had a speeding ticket sent through, it was sent to my parents address where I moved out of 2 years ago. I updated my address on my driving licence when I moved out but clearly not on the log book for the vehicle which is why it was sent to my parents address. I am wondering which address I should put on the reply to notice form, the address which appears on my driving licence or the address the notice was sent to. I thought initially to put it as the address the notice was sent to to avoid any further problems and then get the address on my log book changed after the speeding fine is dealt with. But then I read information online saying the log book address doesn’t have to be your actual address but just an address that you can receive receive correspondence/letters from, if this is true then it would be right to put the address that appears on my driving licence.

thanks for any help.

Car_54

Use your current correct address. The police won't care that it's diffrerent.

Ebe_Scrooge

logeybear87 said:

But then I read information online saying the log book address doesn’t have to be your actual address but just an address that you can receive receive correspondence/letters from, if this is true then it would be right to put the address that appears on my driving licence.

Yep, as per the reply from Car_54, use your real address.  If you think about it, it's no different to, say, a car hire firm.  If you were to hire a car from Hertz and get caught speeding in it, the car is registered at the Hertz office address, but you were the driver, who has a different address.  The speeding ticket would initially go to Hertz, who would then forward it on to you.  Or another example would be a sales rep driving a company car - he'd the driver, but the car is registered as belonging to the company.

Biggus_Dickus

OP,

My son had the exact same situation last year;... the registered keeper (you) have received the initial paperwork but obviously delivered to your parents address.

As the registered keeper you must tell the authorities (nominate!) the name and address of the offender if it is someone other than the person detailed in the 'registered keeper' name/address section of the V5c document.

Follow the instructions on the paperwork and  login online,... there is an instruction that says something like “if you were not the driver you must tell us the drivers details using the ‘Nominate’ button”

 In your case you must ‘nominate’ yourself as the offender!....but you must tell them your full name and present home address as it appears on your driving licence,...NOT the address that appears on the V5c ‘registered keeper’ section,...that would cause complications.

Subsequent paperwork (the actual Notice of intended prosecution, or whatever) will go to your home address directly,...not to your parents address

 

 

Manxman_in_exile

If the OP has received a NIP at his V5C address (which is not where he lives, but is an address at which he can reliably be contacted) does it really make sense either to reply to the NIP with his actual address and/or to change his V5C address in the middle of this process?   He appears to have received the NIP no problem.  I would have thought that if he now starts to use a different address it adds very little except the potential to create confusion.

If the OP is 100% confident that having his parents' address on his V5C means that mail from DVLA etc will reach him, is there any nnecessity (or is it even a good idea) to change it now?

Biggus_Dickus

Manxman_in_exile said:

If the OP has received a NIP at his V5C address (which is not where he lives, but is an address at which he can reliably be contacted) does it really make sense either to reply to the NIP with his actual address and/or to change his V5C address in the middle of this process?   He appears to have received the NIP no problem.  I would have thought that if he now starts to use a different address it adds very little except the potential to create confusion.

If the OP is 100% confident that having his parents' address on his V5C means that mail from DVLA etc will reach him, is there any nnecessity (or is it even a good idea) to change it now?

There is no confusion whatsoever if the OP follows the correct procedure and nominates themself as the offender.

As far as DVLA driving licence records are concerned the OP at his/her parents address doesn’t exist!

That’s quite an important consideration when the authorities are intending to prosecute you.

Car_54

Manxman_in_exile said:

If the OP has received a NIP at his V5C address (which is not where he lives, but is an address at which he can reliably be contacted) does it really make sense either to reply to the NIP with his actual address and/or to change his V5C address in the middle of this process?   He appears to have received the NIP no problem.  I would have thought that if he now starts to use a different address it adds very little except the potential to create confusion.

If the OP is 100% confident that having his parents' address on his V5C means that mail from DVLA etc will reach him, is there any nnecessity (or is it even a good idea) to change it now?

When he nominates himself as the driver, he has to provide his licence number. That will relate to his current address. It's using the parent's address which has the potential to create confusion.

mrsmiggins1

The exact same thing has just happened to my son. Car_54 advice seems the most straightforward. Should he simply amend to his driving licence address in the online form as it says something to effect that this will be checked. Then update his V5 after the speeding matter is resolved? Or is it really OK to nominate yourself as the offender?

Car_54

mrsmiggins1 said:

The exact same thing has just happened to my son. Car_54 advice seems the most straightforward. Should he simply amend to his driving licence address in the online form as it says something to effect that this will be checked. Then update his V5 after the speeding matter is resolved? Or is it really OK to nominate yourself as the offender?

Why would he need to wait before changing his V5C address? Any future correspondence about the alleged offence will be sent to whatever address he gives now.

And he's only nominating himself as the driver, not admitting the offence.

mrsmiggins1

Car_54 said:

mrsmiggins1 said:

The exact same thing has just happened to my son. Car_54 advice seems the most straightforward. Should he simply amend to his driving licence address in the online form as it says something to effect that this will be checked. Then update his V5 after the speeding matter is resolved? Or is it really OK to nominate yourself as the offender?

Why would he need to wait before changing his V5C address? Any future correspondence about the alleged offence will be sent to whatever address he gives now.

And he's only nominating himself as the driver, not admitting the offence.

Many thanks for replying, it's much appreciated. His main concern is that in updating his address on the online form for the speeding offence he will be fined heftily for out-of-date V5. You thought the police wouldn't be bothered about him using his correct address, another person references the part on the form that says “if you were not the driver you must tell us the drivers details using the ‘Nominate’ button” and then nominate himself with the correct address? Just wanted to check it was OK to do this... or other advice. Not sure what to do for the best.

400ixl

Very unlikely he will get a fine for an out of date address on the V5.

Reply identifying the driver with the correct address and in parallel get the V5 address updated as well.