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The Flame Pit / Re: Have I been caught?
« on: February 25, 2024, 05:20:01 pm »
Yes, I'm the registered keeper.
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The Flame Pit / Re: How to Prove the Date that a Speeding Notice Arrived?
« on: February 25, 2024, 03:59:33 pm »Quote
Surely the other option was to brake?
Unfortunately, we we're exactly parallel. My car was about half-a-car's length ahead, so he'd have careered into my back half. I think it would've been the same result if I'd slowed down. I honestly can't remember far the car behind me was, but that might've been another possible collision. I do remember that in that split second my instinct was that the safest course of action was to get out ahead.
I am the registered keeper.
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The Flame Pit / Re: How to Prove the Date that a Speeding Notice Arrived?
« on: February 25, 2024, 03:16:09 pm »You can meet the postman each day at the door.
If only the postal service were that punctual. As it stands, I'd have to wait in the hallway (like a lurker) between 11am and 3:30pm every day for the next few days. Even then I'd get mail for the next road.
As for the car speedometer exaggerating the mph, or the fuzz having their sights on someone else, I hope so!
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The Flame Pit / How to Prove the Date that a Speeding Notice Arrived?
« on: February 25, 2024, 02:59:39 pm »
To all the Martin Lewis's of the legal world, I need your help.
12 days ago I was pootling along in my car along an urban road (30 mph) with two lanes each way. I was in the right lane. In front of me in the left lane a car slowed down to turn left. As seems common these days, rather than slow down, the impatient driver following that car encroached into my lane. To avoid being hit by him I sped up to get out of his way. (If I'd veered right into oncoming traffic, that might have been a fatal collision.) My speedometer showed I got up to 35mph in the manoeuvre. As I breathed a sigh of relief at this near miss, I noticed there was a police van with blacked out rear window parked on the curb. Just my luck. Presumably they were looking for traffic infringements.
I gather that if you're facing a speeding infringement you'll be notified within 14 days. I've been expecting a letter to drop on the doormat ever since, but Royal Mail letter delivery in my area is atrocious. Letters are often delivered late and often to the wrong address. Residents have grown used to hand-delivering mis-delivered letters on weekends and evenings. So, I can imagine a letter arriving on my doormat after 14 days. I gather that traffic notices can be dismissed in court if they fail to arrive on time because they must arrive within 14 days.
So, in readiness for this, I wonder, how can I prove the date that the letter was delivered? It's not recorded delivery, so there's no signature record. Contrary to popular myth, buying that day's newspaper won't cut it because I could have kept the letter unopened for a week before buying the newspaper. The doorcam only catches the arrival of the postman, it doesn't show what he's holding.
So, is there a way to prove it?
Thank you.
12 days ago I was pootling along in my car along an urban road (30 mph) with two lanes each way. I was in the right lane. In front of me in the left lane a car slowed down to turn left. As seems common these days, rather than slow down, the impatient driver following that car encroached into my lane. To avoid being hit by him I sped up to get out of his way. (If I'd veered right into oncoming traffic, that might have been a fatal collision.) My speedometer showed I got up to 35mph in the manoeuvre. As I breathed a sigh of relief at this near miss, I noticed there was a police van with blacked out rear window parked on the curb. Just my luck. Presumably they were looking for traffic infringements.
I gather that if you're facing a speeding infringement you'll be notified within 14 days. I've been expecting a letter to drop on the doormat ever since, but Royal Mail letter delivery in my area is atrocious. Letters are often delivered late and often to the wrong address. Residents have grown used to hand-delivering mis-delivered letters on weekends and evenings. So, I can imagine a letter arriving on my doormat after 14 days. I gather that traffic notices can be dismissed in court if they fail to arrive on time because they must arrive within 14 days.
So, in readiness for this, I wonder, how can I prove the date that the letter was delivered? It's not recorded delivery, so there's no signature record. Contrary to popular myth, buying that day's newspaper won't cut it because I could have kept the letter unopened for a week before buying the newspaper. The doorcam only catches the arrival of the postman, it doesn't show what he's holding.
So, is there a way to prove it?
Thank you.
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