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Live cases legal advice => Speeding and other criminal offences => Topic started by: Bobzzz on April 29, 2026, 09:27:25 am
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Yes, 3 points & £100 is the usual amount for the fixed penalty. Your licence details have to be submitted (again) along with payment to satisfy the requirements of the offer.
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When you say FPN, do you mean the Notice of Intended Prosecution or the subsequent follow up document inviting you to apart with £100 of you hard earned?
A common occurrence we find is that drivers confuse the two and having provided it on their driver submission, believe that it is done. The requirement is to also provide it when paying the COFP as well, either online or by post.
Edit. If it helps there is no FPN. There is a NIP, a S.172 requirement to provide driver details and a Conditional Offer of a Fixed Penalty (COFP).
To clarify: From the statement
A notice of Intended Prosecution was received from myself confirming I was the driver
A Conditional Offer of a Fixed Penalty was sent
Driver failed to satisfy requirements of Fixed Penalty, the FP was paid but they failed to provide license details for endorsement as a refund was requested.
So maybe I didn't state my driver number when making the payment.
I cant see any record of paying it from my bank, do you know who the payment would have been sent to? From memory it was £100, does that sound right?
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It doesn't really matter what you did or didn't do. You have an SJPN and you must deal with it.
Respond by pleading guilty and in the "Mitigation" section explain that you were offered a fixed penalty but an administrative error meant it could not be taken up. Go on to ask the court if they would kindly consider sentencing you at the fixed penalty equivalent. They have guidance which suggests they can consider this in your circumstances.
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The only slight error I can see is the I included the last 2 digits of my driver number (maybe I shouldn't have ?)
You need to expand on this... At the point of accepting the CoFP they would request full details and you say you supplied just the last 2 digits?
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When you say FPN, do you mean the Notice of Intended Prosecution or the subsequent follow up document inviting you to apart with £100 of you hard earned?
A common occurrence we find is that drivers confuse the two and having provided it on their driver submission, believe that it is done. The requirement is to also provide it when paying the COFP as well, either online or by post.
Edit. If it helps there is no FPN. There is a NIP, a S.172 requirement to provide driver details and a Conditional Offer of a Fixed Penalty (COFP).
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Hi, I submitted my response to FPN and filled out section 2 and 5. The only slight error I can see is the I included the last 2 digits of my driver number (maybe I shouldn't have ?)
I was driving, the car is registered in my name and my license shows my current address.
The witness statement says.
Driver failed to satisfy requirements of FPN, the FPN was paid but they failed to provide license details.for endorsement as a refund was requested.
They have supplied a copy of the FPN which shows my driver number.
Have I missed something? How to proceed?
Thanks