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Well it will never end up a speeding course, one of the prerequisites for that is that you actually have to be speeding...

It could well end up with a red light course being offered, however these seem to be often less often. The time into red is low which is in your favour. As far as I know there is no way to realistically influence the decision.

Give us a clue, what is this letter you have received?

Regardless whether other drivers were speeding and not stopped, that doesn't provide any sort of get out for you.

Do you have a question?

Nothing you have said mitigates the offence or provides a defence. Once convicted in court you will be getting a ban of 12 months or more (plus fine and costs), you ay be able to reduce the length of the ban by agreeing to attend a course.

You could check your driver record with the DVLA online and see if there are any endorsements added for the period the V5C documents were incorrect.

I did name myself as the driver. I have no option for driving awareness. Just to accept penalty and points or challenge in court.
3 points will expire October next year so I will have 9 till then. If I get another 3 points I will lose my licence for 6 months

Either accept the 3 points or take it to court and plead not guilty. However nothing you have said suggests any viable defence.

If you are certain it was you that was driving, then doing the "deal" is the easiest way to handle it.

That 2008 case was Peter Gidden who used to be a member of the previous incarnation of this site, called Pepipoo. In that case Peter suspected that a NIP was coming his way and so when it was finally delivered, he had the postman witness him open the envelope and view the NIP and its late service. Even with an independent witness, Peter failed to convince the magistrate of his case, as well as the following appeal. It took a second appeal before his conviction was overturned.