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Speeding and other criminal offences / Re: Court Hearing Letter
« on: January 31, 2025, 06:03:03 pm »
Hello everyone! I'm back very soon with good news! I received a letter today (was expecting] longer as I only submitted online on Monday) and the outcome is a £602 fine (already paid) and 5 points!!

I am very happily surprised by this, as I ended up not actually submitting the letter from my boss. I instead explained about my disabilities and asked politely to be considered for a disqualification if possible. Well I guess whichever magistrate looked over my case was having a great day (and may they have many more) as I got points and the fine instead. I am thinking that instead of giving me a discount on the fine they decided to drop the points down? Who knows. This was the best possible outcome and if the person who worked on my case sees this, thank you from the bottom of my heart.


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Speeding and other criminal offences / Re: Court Hearing Letter
« on: January 25, 2025, 12:34:58 pm »
As an update, I received my SPJN today which has made me very happy, because I feel like I can progress with this and the outcome is soon.

As I'm sure you guys already know, I have the option to plead not guilty, guilty and request a court hearing or guilty and not request a court hearing.

I am going to fill out the form and plead guilty - no court hearing and include my boss' letter in the pack and send it all back on Monday so I can snaffle an envelope at work.

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Speeding and other criminal offences / Re: Court Hearing Letter
« on: January 22, 2025, 02:54:52 pm »
Thank you two very much for your knowledge and kind replies. I wonder if, for me, asking for a ban length which the magistrates think is appropriate would be better than the points as the 'tism makes it a little more difficult for me to do things like organise tests and deal with unknown waiting times (if someone says to me 'we will meet between 8 and 10' this will send me into a spiral, I need them to say 'we will meet at 8:30' and then I will be there 30 minutes early because I have stressed myself out over being late, as an example).

I am absolutely happy to take the 6 points and re-test, but if a magistrate said 'you cannot drive for 20 days' I think this would be less stressful for me as I would have a definitive end point, even if logically I know it may be faster for me to get back on the roads if I can pass my provisional and get lucky with a cancellation for practical.

I think mostly I am worried about potentially annoying the magistrates, as I just want to go in, take my punishment and then leave and sort my life out. I don't want to be seen as trying to 'game the system' or wiggle out of things.

I will talk with my boss about it, think on matters and let folk know what happens.

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Speeding and other criminal offences / Court Hearing Letter
« on: January 22, 2025, 01:40:27 pm »
Hello gang,

At the beginning of August I was photographed speeding by a mobile speed camera doing 51 in a 30. Completely my fault, it was an unfamiliar country road on an incline leading into a village that was obscured by trees, I 100% missed the 30 speed change sign and when I rounded the corner and saw the houses it was too late. Like I said, hands up my fault.

Having gone through all the process of providing my details I am now waiting for my court summons which should be soon as the six month period for the police to notify the court is almost up, and from research online I think a lot of people get there summons a few days or weeks after that.

I have been struggling with this mentally, as I am an autistic woman and breaking rules is very difficult for me, so I have been devastated in myself but am ready to accept my punishment and I have been saving up as much money as possible to hopefully pay off the fine immediately. The issue I would like advice on is thus:

The offense occurred when I only had my license for 18 months, so I know that this will be 6 points and my license will be revoked. I have been putting in preparations for this and told my job. I work in care and travel for myself and the adults in the service, and my boss has been nothing but supportive but is now asking me if I want her to write a letter to take to court where she will tell them that driving is essential to my job and the wellbeing of our service users (my job is specialised and there is no one else who can do it). She thinks there is a chance the magistrates may do something like only give me 5 points and a bigger fine. I am unsure, as everything I have read online seems to indicate otherwise.

Is this something I should do? Would it harm my court hearing or could this actually help? What should I do?

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