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The Flame Pit / Re: I've been caught!
« on: October 14, 2025, 01:06:33 pm »
Quote from: baroudeur on October 14, 2025, 11:56:14 am

Perhaps, more to the point is whether the Belgian authorities will ask DVLA to supply RK details?  Since January 2020 the exchange of details was withdrawn.

There are no reports of EU authorities pursuing penalties through the UK courts.

Speeding in Belgium has a 6 km/h tolerance which suggests you were recorded at 65 km/h

Will the DVLA be involved at all?  The hire company will surely have the driving licence details of all authorised drivers of the hire-car and I am pretty certain that one of the clauses in the hire contract will be that the hirer permits the passing on of the licence details to the relevant legal authorities upon request.

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The Flame Pit / Re: I've been caught!
« on: October 14, 2025, 08:54:28 am »
This is my experience from 25 years ago in The Netherlands:

I was caught by a Gatso camera by Schipol airport as I was rushing to make my flight on a Friday afternoon.  A few weeks later, I received a letter from the Ducth courts indicating a fine of around €50 IIRC.  I ignored this letter and over the course of the next few months, I received a couple more letters, each escalating the fine.  I also ignored these letters and thought no more of it.

3 years later, I next visited The Netherlands (for a stag do) and upon presenting my passport at the immigration desk, I was taken aside and very politely interrogated about the events of 3-years previously.  I denied all knowledge, but reluctantly accepted that unless I paid the €99 owning, I would continue to be detained.  Everything was handled politely and in a friendly tone, so I was not traumatised at all, but I learned a lesson.

The hire company had my passport details as well as my driving licence details and passed these on to the courts.  The courts were able to flag my passport and hence I was prevented from entering the country until the matter was resolved.

For peace of mind, I would pay at the earliest opportunity.  I suspect it is possibly nowadays to pay online rather than trying to send a money-order etc

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The Flame Pit / Re: Admiral - premium change (increase) after claim on policy
« on: April 02, 2024, 03:50:59 pm »
I had a similar situation with home/buildings insurance about 20 years ago.  I made a claim for a new garage door after a break-in.  Subsequently, I changed insurers and the new insurer did not ask me if I had made any claims.  A couple of years later had to make a claim with the new insurer for replacing a sewer pipe because of tree-root damage.  I remember receiving a phone call one morning from the insurer telling me that I had failed to declare the claim from a couple of years earlier and that they could not settle the new claim until my premium was adjusted.  If I recall correctly, the additional premium was about £30-40 so I just paid it.

Looking back, I am fairly certain that the insurer was on shaky ground.  Why else would they offer simply to accept a payment that reflected the difference in historical premium?  I could have argued it, but it wasn't worth the time and energy.

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The Flame Pit / Re: Cashless,,,tis the future Rodders.
« on: August 18, 2023, 07:24:38 am »
I have seen similar scenarios at various country fairs and the like with vendors relying on (a non-existent) cellular service.  This is why some of the organisers of these events offer a wifi service at £!!!!

As an example "The Game Fair" at Ragley Hall this year was a 3-day event and the wi-fi cost £124 for the event.  You would have to sell a fair few ice-creams to cover that cost, but I expect that it pales into insignificance compared to the cost of the pitch itself

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The Flame Pit / Re: Minor gripe about the board colour scheme
« on: August 08, 2023, 08:49:16 am »
Changing the CSS for the span.botslice class to

background: #aaa;
padding: 2px
height: 2px

Gave a pleasing effect to my eyes

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The Flame Pit / Re: Hard to read or follow.
« on: August 08, 2023, 08:39:09 am »
Here's my 0.02p

Tikli's suggestion seems a bit extreme, but it does illustrate the point
Sparx's idea of a slightly more pronounced separator is a little too subtle

Maybe something in between?

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The Flame Pit / Re: Website suggestion
« on: July 17, 2023, 03:25:55 pm »
I don't think you're being picky, the one on the right looks better.  But if its going to be a pain to change things, then I would not bother - for my money, it's a low-priority, nice to have

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Speeding and other criminal offences / Re: Two identical offences one day apart but received in the post on the same day
« on: July 14, 2023, 07:26:09 am »
If you are to have any chance of getting  one of these dropped then I would suggest when you reply to the S172 requests, you send them together in a single envelope with a brief accompanying "Begging letter" requesting that one of them is cancelled.  I have heard tale of this approach working, but I would not bet the farm on it and if this approach is unsuccessful, you will just have to take it on the chin

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