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gilly58
gilly58 Posts: 53 Forumite
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edited 15 December 2021 at 8:45PM in Parking tickets, fines & parking
Thanks for all the advice,

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  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 44,220 Forumite
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    As we major on private parking tickets here, PePiPoo will be your best bet for potential police tickets. Register there but please note that a hotmail address won't work - try using a throwaway gmail account instead if you do have trouble registering and post a new thread; here's your link:


    Have a read through some of the other threads to get the hang of what information they might need from you in your opening post - but as a minimum you will need to post redacted photos/scans of any correspondence should you receive in due course from the police (both sides, if appropriate) as they need to see all the small print.
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

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  • flashg67
    flashg67 Posts: 4,158 Forumite
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    Unless you were spotted by the police, or a motorist with a dash cam (not that the police would likely care if it were reported and there was no accident/damage etc),  I'd say very unlikely. I've never personally seen a temp light that had a camera on it either....
  • fisherjim
    fisherjim Posts: 7,111 Forumite
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    Not our expertise on here this is a parking forum, but unless you were seen and reported it won't be classed as anything. The actual offence is failing to comply with traffic light signals is known as a code TS10 driving offence.
  • gilly58
    gilly58 Posts: 53 Forumite
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    Thank you
    As I said not even sure if I did,
  • gilly58 said:
    Would this be classed as dangerous driving or careless driving
    It won't be classed as anything unless
    1. Someone witnessed it, AND
    2. They got the vehicle registration, AND
    3. They felt it egregious enough to bother to report, AND
    4. The police felt there was sufficient evidence (beyond someone just saying they saw it) to do anything about it.

    I wouldn't bother with Pepipoo unless you actually receive something. They'll be pretty dismissive of "what if" hypotheticals like this. It would be a red light offence at most - certainly not dangerous unless you blasted through at 100mph against oncoming traffic.
  • fisherjim
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    gilly58 said:
    Thank you
    As I said not even sure if I did,

    Get on with preps for Christmas and forget it why worry then.
  • gilly58
    gilly58 Posts: 53 Forumite
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    Thank you 
  • gilly58
    gilly58 Posts: 53 Forumite
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    Could I revive a NIP though 
  • GrumpyDil
    GrumpyDil Posts: 2,201 Forumite
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    It's not worth worrying about. It's very very very (you get the picture) unlikely you'll get anything and in the very very very unlikely event you do, worry about it then
  • gilly58 said:
    Could I revive a NIP though 
    Sorry, crystal ball is on the blink.
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