Right, fun one for you all!
SWMBO got stopped for speeding in March of this year, and the paperwork has arrived today. Because it was a handheld camera and not a gatso everything is all in her name, not mine.
She was given a producer, and surprise, surprise was too scared to ask me for all the docs because she thought I would be mad. Trouble is of course, I am more mad now than I would have been with just a speeding ticket.
Now she has a summons for 6 offences:
- Speeding
- Failing to produce insurance
- No insurance
- Failing to produce a valid MOT
- No MOT
- Failing to produce driving license.
They have traced her licence from the DVLA, hence no offence for driving without a licence.
Checking through all the docs from the court, the officers writing on the speeding ticket is so bad that the vehicle registration has been completely mis interpreted to the wrong one for a car I have never owned or even seen! If I didn't know the registration of my vehicle, I would probably have arrived at the same interpretation that the police and court have. The correct plate is an Irish plate in the form of ABC 1234, and the plate on the court paperwork is the form of A123 BCD, a standard UK plate. All other vehicle details seem to be correct (red peugeot 106). I have the Irish plate because it spells my initials, and you can't get the letter I on UK plates.
The witness statement from the person who checked the records for producers has been signed, but not witnessed by anyone. Does this make this witness statement invalid?
A phone call to the police shows that the entry on their database is with the incorrect number, and so this is the number that the prosecution will be basing their case around. If she pleads not guilty to the charges and goes to court, what are the chances of the case being thrown out because of the wrong registration. Obviously she will not be able to produce MOT and insurance for a vehicle we never had!
Likely fines and penalty points? She's only had her licence for 2 years, so if she gets more than 6 points its gone anyway under the new driving regs.
-- Simon Isaacs
Peterborough 4x4 Club Vice Chairman, Newsletter Editor and Webmaster (how much more....)
3.5V8 100" Hybrid, now LPG converted Part owner of 1976 S3 LWT, currently under restoration Suzuki SJ410 (Girlfriend's) 3" lift kit fitted, body shell now restored and mounted on chassis, waiting on a windscreen and MOT Series 3 88" Rolling chassis...what to do next 1993 200 TDi Discovery (the Pug 106 is dead, long live the Pug)Peterborough 4x4 Club