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Speeding and other criminal offences / Re: Received SJP - please advise on next steps
« on: April 09, 2026, 04:47:05 pm »
Quote from: andy_foster on April 09, 2026, 04:28:11 pm
Quote from: adamam88 on April 09, 2026, 03:32:16 pm
To clarify the tax part - I assumed that the fact my car is taxed and has been taxed for the last 2 years that it was taxed to my current address.

What exactly do you mean by "taxed to my current address"?

The car is either taxed or it is not. Where it is and where you are living have no direct bearing on this. How long the car has been taxed for is meaningless without context.

Are you trying to tell us that you, as registered keeper, received a car tax reminder from the DVLA addressed to you at your current address?

When was it last taxed? How was it last taxed (12 months single payment. monthly direct debit, payment to the lease company, magic pixies?).

Please think carefully before replying. I have neither the time nor the qualifications for pulling teeth. If your answer requires more follow-up questions, I will be faced with the dilemma of continuing to lose the will to live, or simply closing the thread with a single click.

My car tax was set up online via direct debit. I assumed when setting this up you would provide your current address to the DVLA but it appears not.

I have not received a car tax reminder from the DVLA addressed to my current address. The reminders have been received via email, so again this is an incorrect assumption on my part.

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Speeding and other criminal offences / Re: Received SJP - please advise on next steps
« on: April 09, 2026, 03:32:16 pm »
Thank you everyone for taking the time to reply.

To clarify the tax part - I assumed that the fact my car is taxed and has been taxed for the last 2 years that it was taxed to my current address. As well as my driving licence also having my correct address on. Again, incorrectly assumed on my part, that the DVLA would be aware of this. My error.

To summarise, my understanding then is that my best bet (albeit slim chances) is to:

1. Plead not guilty to all charges
2. Attend a hearing and ask the prosecution to make a deal to plead guilty for the speeding offences if the s.172 offences are waived
3. Apologise for my incompetence and ignorance that I did not realise the V5 log book address needed to be updated independently from my driving licence and assumed that paying car tax via direct debit method meant that the DVLA had my correct address
4. Provide evidence relating to one of the speeding offences (27 in a 20 zone) was directly in response to a medical pet emergency that resulted in the death of a dog with whatsapp messages and vet records.
5. Ask that one of the offences be sentenced at fixed penalty level or that a SAC be considered having never been on one before and previously holding a clean licence for near 20 years.
6. Hope and pray on the day

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Speeding and other criminal offences / Re: Received SJP - please advise on next steps
« on: April 09, 2026, 01:24:49 pm »
Thanks for your response, that all makes sense.

I have no proof of correspondence regarding a change of V5 address so difficult to prove anything on this front other than my own ignorance in the address changing process.

Honest question - am I screwed and doomed to accept 36 points at worst case scenario?

I can't believe after 20 years of driving with no points or penalties it can result in such a harsh outcome in one swoop. Not expecting sympathy, just the worst case scenario and best way to navigate.

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Speeding and other criminal offences / Received SJP - please advise on next steps
« on: April 09, 2026, 10:14:24 am »
Hi,

Received SJP today with 8 offences:


1. 1/11/25 35mph in 30mph zone - A646 road 09:08am
2. 1/11/2025 36mph in 30mph zone A58 road 09:39am
3. 18/12/2025 27mph in 20mph zone C Lane road 07:55am
4. 18/12/2025 25mph in 20mph zone C Lane road 08:14am
5. 4/12/2025 failed to identify driver
6. 5/12/2025 failed to identify driver
7. 20/1/2026 failed to identify driver
8. 20/1/2026 failed to identify driver

I now have until 24/4/2026 to respond.

I was the driver at the time of all of the above offences which took place as 4 offences in 2 days.

I have no prior points or offences.

I did not receive any of the NIP's as these were sent to my previous address. I know because I have just confirmed with the DVLA that they still have my old address on record incorrectly.

I updated my tax and driving licence address but failed to update the V5 log book, this is my error.

My questions are:

1. What is my best course of action in terms of addressing the charges. As I understand my best option is to plead not guilty to all then try and deal to just admit the speeding offences but not the failure to respond to NIP? I'm not clear on this process
2. How could the SJP be sent to my correct and current address if all the NIP's were sent to my old and incorrect address? I have lived at my current address for 2 years and my vehicle is taxed at this address. Assuming the V5 address was never updated correctly.
3. I looked back on my whatsapp messages to see why I had driven down the same road twice (to my girlfriends house) that I would never normally drive down and it was in response to her dog experiencing a seizure and need help to get him down the stairs and into the van to take to the vets. This explains the speeding and using the same road twice. I'm sure not many judges would entertain this as mitigation but is it worth mentioning as it was for a genuine pet medical emergency which can be proven via vet records (of which the dog died)

Thanks

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