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Speeding and other criminal offences / Multiple letters for speeding received on the same day - any potential to appeal and have them consolidated?
« on: September 08, 2024, 10:56:14 am »
Hi, I've been driving for 5 years now. No claims, clean license with no points and no previous issues whatsoever.
I recently had to start driving a different road where I live, it's a 30mph limit but a really wide road so I had honestly just assumed that it was a 40 - silly I know. There are also no speed camera signs on this road (I went back to check) and apparently it's hidden in the trees too.
I received two letters (NIPs) for going 40mph on the same road three days apart, and I anticipate getting another one this week coming. I appreciate that I can't claim ignorance - However both of the letters I received have the same issue date and arrived in the post the same day.
I truly know that I wouldn't have gone at this speed again if I had received a first warning, but it's like I've just been slammed 2/3 times at once without any notice of the error. Going from zero points to potentially 9, same exact speed, same exact road, all within one week of each other.
Is there any course of action where I'm able to have these treated as one offence? I understand that the rules are the rules, but this just feels ridiculous. I'd be glad to get some input from people that aren't just family & friends. Thanks a lot for reading.
I recently had to start driving a different road where I live, it's a 30mph limit but a really wide road so I had honestly just assumed that it was a 40 - silly I know. There are also no speed camera signs on this road (I went back to check) and apparently it's hidden in the trees too.
I received two letters (NIPs) for going 40mph on the same road three days apart, and I anticipate getting another one this week coming. I appreciate that I can't claim ignorance - However both of the letters I received have the same issue date and arrived in the post the same day.
I truly know that I wouldn't have gone at this speed again if I had received a first warning, but it's like I've just been slammed 2/3 times at once without any notice of the error. Going from zero points to potentially 9, same exact speed, same exact road, all within one week of each other.
Is there any course of action where I'm able to have these treated as one offence? I understand that the rules are the rules, but this just feels ridiculous. I'd be glad to get some input from people that aren't just family & friends. Thanks a lot for reading.