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Boltnap

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Tricky situation with speeding
« on: August 29, 2024, 01:38:58 pm »
Hi
Trying to help my friend who is in a tricky situation.
Least year april to be exact he received a speeding fine.But he wasn't the driver of the car,at the time his car was borrowed by a potential buyer while at his brother's garage.
He as been suffering from a lot of personal problems,bad marriage,looking after his severely disabled daughter so he brushed it under the carpet.
He was sent an sjpn but buried his head in the sand filling it in and sending it off.Now he as the baliffs on his case which as made him wake up.
He's pretty much resigned himself to having pay the fine and the points.Is there any  route or procedure he could use to get himself out of the mess avoiding the fine and the points,,mitigating circumstances due to his circumstances etc

Many thank

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Re: Tricky situation with speeding
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2024, 05:02:38 pm »
Well it sounds like he plead guilty, but what to? Presumably failing to identify the driver (by brushed it under the carpet I assume you mean ignored it). Hopefully not that and speeding.

In which case no, it’s now too late to do anything.

The chances he had a viable defence if he failed to identify the driver are slim, but if he plead guilty to speeding as well that would be bad, he had no need to.
« Last Edit: August 29, 2024, 06:24:39 pm by The Rookie »
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Re: Tricky situation with speeding
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2024, 01:32:24 pm »
Trying to help my friend who is in a tricky situation.

So, you've posted a second hand account so vague as to be meaningless, but you're trying to help and that the main thing.
I am responsible for the accuracy of the information I post, not your ability to comprehend it.