Free Traffic Legal Advice

Hi,

Thank you for your answer.

Apology, the NIP state the alleged offence as: Overtake within pedestrian crossing limits.

I seem to understand from your answer that police should have issued a new NIP which they did not.  But even if they did, it would still be valid and therefore trying to play a game as you say it does not seem to be worth.

I have assumed that a criminal convinction will go into my criminal record(not sure for how long) while a fixed penalty notice is just a fine. but I am probably wrong. I am also not sure if there is the option of being offered a course for this offence as they do for speeding ones.

The text of the letter they have sent me is below and the word document is named Dash NIP Reminder and :


Our Reference:xxxxx
Date of alleged offence: 12/11/2025 at 07.34 hrs

On the 17/11/2025 a Notice of Intended Prosecution was sent to yourself, but the time of the incident was incorrect. The was due to the change in time from BST to GMT.

We have now amended our records to reflect the correct time as 07.34 hrs on the 1/11/2025

Please accept this letter as official notice of the change of time.

Please complete the notice sent to you and return it to us.

If you wish to complete the form and then email it to us either as a document or as an image.

If there is any reason you are unable to complete the Notice or you have any questions, please contact us to discuss this.

I have received a NIP for an offence which stated the time at 8:34. I called the number of the letter and explained that I tought there was a mistake in the time, probably due to clock setting and that the time was more likely to be 7:34 as I was driving during that time on the day and location of the alleged offence.

They have contacted the member of the public who sent evidence of my offence and confirmed that the time was indeed 7:34.

They have now sent me an email with a letter attached. In the body of the email they say I need to send back the original NIP completed. in the letter they confirm there was a mistake in the NIP sent to me and that the correct time is 7:34 and they have now updated their records.

The alleged offence was on 12 November, NIP received on 17 November, Correction letter issued on 02/12/2025

As this correction letter has been issued after 14 days of the alleged offence, do I have a case to challenge any Fixed penalty notice or whatever they want to do given the correct time has been communicated to me late?


This is in england.

Thank you