3 points for driving without demisting my windows?

Demistedstranger1

I was stopped by an undercover officer for not properly de-misting my windows. I was respectful and complied with his request of providing my details whilst I demisted my windows. The whole interaction was recorded by him and I was told that they will write to me. I have now received a letter which states that I have been charged with an alleged offence of ‘driving a mechanically propelled vehicle on a road/ in a public area without due care and attention contrary to section 4 of the road traffic act 1988 and schedule 2 to the road traffic offenders act 1988. I have been offered 3 points and £100 fine or take the matter to court. My question is that do I have a chance to win this in court? I believe I could see out of the window as I complied with offer’s request to stop and when he pointed out that the windows should be demisted, I complied again and demisted the windows. 

Any help regarding this would be greatly appreciated

ChirpyChicken

You wont win this because your vision was impaired when he stopped you, what you did afterwards is irrelevant.
Its like driving using your phone, getting caught and then not using
Pay the penalty and take the points
Going to court will do you no favours

Hoenir

ahmadsaqib1 said:

 My question is that do I have a chance to win this in court? 

Zero chance. Nor will the court take kindly to having their valuable time wasted. 

Cressida100

Pay up, it's dangerous to drive like this. 

Keep_pedalling

You have virtually no chance of winning in court and the best outcome you could expect is 3 points and a bigger financial penalty. You could actually end up with more points as the court can give up to 9 for the offence. 

Demistedstranger1

Officer believes that my vision was impaired but I pointed out to him that if it was impaired how did I manage to completely spot the car in a safe way by following his instructions (he had LEDs on that said ‘follow me’) 

yes windows weren’t demisted but as long as I could see, it was fine for me to drive which means I wasn’t intentionally being unsafe in the road and was well below the speed limit hence why I am wondering that I am hard done by this 

la531983

You arent going to find anyone who agrees with your point of view on here, btw.

Demistedstranger1

I am not looking for anyone to agree with me but to let me know that do I have any ground in which I can appeal this to the court. 

I have never heard of anyone receiving penalty points for not demisting their windows. It’s an absurd idea. Normally people get a warning and they are let off. 

I don’t understand how can this happened. Especially when I have no history of similar offences. 

MeadowsVale

Always film the police if they stop you. They are not your friend and will try and find anything to stitch you up with.

Gr1pr

Tell it to the magistrates,  not us, it is what it is, the choice is yours,  your word against the officers statement,  who are the magistrates going to believe   ?

Changing your behaviour once stopped doesn't change the preceding observed offence 

As mentioned above,  most people here,  including myself,  think, take the hit,  learn from it and move on

The cheapest and easiest option is sometimes the best option 

Cressida100

No grounds to appeal