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Live cases legal advice => Speeding and other criminal offences => Topic started by: ebaywarrior23 on March 14, 2025, 02:18:26 pm
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What the police will or will not do is mostly down to the police.
Unless they think that they can *prove* that you were driving, or that you had further information that was in your power to give that might have lead to the identification of the driver (or that this is some elaborate scam to pervert the course of justice), you have nothing to worry about. Unless you persist in bumping the thread to ask questions that have already either been asked or answered.
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Thank you so much, but what if the police can't find out who the driver is? Will it come back to me?
Thanks for the advice about planting a pear tree ;) ;D
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There is a reason why we try to use the correct terminology. There are actually several, some of which are good reasons, but..
There is no "speeding fine". There is nothing to "appeal".
What there is is an allegation that the driver of that vehicle committed the offence(s) listed on the NIPs.
Your legal obligations were, firstly to inform the DVLA of the change of keeper - which you have done and evidenced, and, having received the NIPs (s. 172 requirements) to provide any information that was in you power to give and that might lead to the identification of the driver. The second obligation is presumably an ongoing one, so you should probably provide the additional information that you included with the second response in respect of the first NIP (on the assumption that joined up thinking isn't a job requirement for the CTO/FPSU).
Beyond that, if you are still losing sleep, the only advice I can give is to plant a pear tree.
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Hello Everyone,
I sold my car to a trader on the 4th of March 2025.
I received 2 N.I.P for alleged speeding offences* for them doing 48 in a 40 and 57 in a 40mph zone, in another borough.
One offence that occurred was 2 hours after I sold the car and transferred the reg, the other offence happened 3 days later.
I transferred the ownership/sold it to trade online and have the confirmation for it in the email.
After receiving the fine, I found out that the details were fake and that 'trader' company did not exist and there was a fake name and signature and address.
After some digging I found out the person's real name and presumable address from companies house and facebook.
I have sent the online transfer email as proof and written a supporting statement on the police portal of the scenario to the best of my knowledge but di not include the fact that I knew the real identity of the buyer, for the first ticket, as I only found this out later on.
I will be looking at appealing the second one today via online.
I have video evidence of him checking the car out, paying in cash, his face at my house, him driving away. I also made him sign an impromptu contract.
Am I doing everything correctly? Is there anything else I can do?
Please can someone help.
I am losing sleep and it's turning my life into hell :(
Thank you.