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Speeding and other criminal offences / Re: England - Failure to Identify driver, any chance to reduce fine?
« on: Yesterday at 09:56:06 pm »So did this form they sent you a link to not have anything to identify it by?
Like a name or a title...?
Its a called "Review a magistrates' court decision", on the .gov website.
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Speeding and other criminal offences / Re: England - Failure to Identify driver, any chance to reduce fine?
« on: Yesterday at 04:39:29 pm »I would be interested to know why you don't care about the ban, the insurance companies will not look favourably on the fail to furnish.
Well to be honest, I have just accepted it. I believe if I plead guilty or not, I have totted up the points. So I am going to be banned either way. I am not driving right now. I can survive where I am without driving.
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Speeding and other criminal offences / Re: England - Failure to Identify driver, any chance to reduce fine?
« on: Yesterday at 03:43:46 pm »
Yes after I called them, they sent me a link via email. Basically saying I have 21 days from when I found out that the case went to court without me and to decide what I should do. While filling out the form it also asks if I plead guilty or not. I don't really want to travel to the UK just for a court case, plus I didn't update my log book, so it's not guaranteed to go my way from my understanding.
So Im not sure if I should plead guilty and send a mitigating statement exampling everything and asking for a reduced fine.
Or if I plead not guilty, and send the statement? But will that just open a can of worms?
So Im not sure if I should plead guilty and send a mitigating statement exampling everything and asking for a reduced fine.
Or if I plead not guilty, and send the statement? But will that just open a can of worms?
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Speeding and other criminal offences / Re: England - Failure to Identify driver, any chance to reduce fine?
« on: Yesterday at 03:23:31 pm »Are you saying here that you have filled in a statutory declaration to say you were unaware of proceedings at the time, and the court have asked you to provide a G or NG plea with that statement?I have not filled in anything yet.
The court proceedings had already happened in my absence.
When found out about it, I called the court but I was still not sure what I was charged with and what to do. They told me that it all had been going to the wrong address and gave me a link to a form where I have to fill out a mitigating statement and it also asks on the form if I plead guilty or not guilty to these offences.
They did forward me a document to my email that had a SJPN, on that it has the failure to identify driver offence and speeding. It was a 59 mph in a 50mph controlled speeding zone.
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Speeding and other criminal offences / Re: England - Failure to Identify driver, any chance to reduce fine?
« on: Yesterday at 01:00:59 pm »
This is the timeline of events:
Timeline of Events
07 August 2025 Alleged speeding offence (no knowledge of this at the time).
31 August 2025 Departed the United Kingdom to work and travel abroad.
11 September 2025 Date of alleged offence for failing to provide driver information (unknown to me at the time).
(August–December 2025) Correspondence relating to the 07 August offence sent to an old address listed on the vehicle logbook (V5C), which had not been updated
13 April 2026 First time I became aware of any issue relating to the 07 August offence, upon receiving a court letter regarding failure to provide driver information.
17 April 2026 (following contact with the court) Confirmed that correspondence for the 07 August offence had been sent to an outdated address.
Timeline of Events
07 August 2025 Alleged speeding offence (no knowledge of this at the time).
31 August 2025 Departed the United Kingdom to work and travel abroad.
11 September 2025 Date of alleged offence for failing to provide driver information (unknown to me at the time).
(August–December 2025) Correspondence relating to the 07 August offence sent to an old address listed on the vehicle logbook (V5C), which had not been updated
13 April 2026 First time I became aware of any issue relating to the 07 August offence, upon receiving a court letter regarding failure to provide driver information.
17 April 2026 (following contact with the court) Confirmed that correspondence for the 07 August offence had been sent to an outdated address.
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Speeding and other criminal offences / England - Failure to Identify driver, any chance to reduce fine?
« on: Yesterday at 12:49:13 pm »I committed a speeding offence in August 2025. I didn't know of the fine or offence because I stupidly didn't update my Log book. So everything was sent to the wrong address. I didn't know about anything until DVLA sent me a letter asking for my drivers license in April 2026, as I will be banned for six months.
I don't mind the driving ban but the fine is £1014.
When I called the court and said everything had been sent to the wrong address they asked me to submit a mitigating statement. In the form I have to plead guilty or not guilty to the failure to identify driver offence.
I just want to get the fine reduced as I am broke at the moment.
I also don't want it to go to court as I am out of the country for work and don't want to pay more for a plane ticket to come back to the UK just for a court hearing.
Should I plead guilty to the failure to submit driver?
Is it possible if I say in the mitigating statement that I can take the ban but can the court just reduce the fine for now without it going to court?
Or should I just take it on the head and pay the fine, move on?
Whats my best option here?
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