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Hi,
I wonder if anyone can provide some advice as I don't know what to do. I  have received a NiP (first in 15 years driving). 57 on a 50 motorway stretch. I drive a lot for work and due to looking after family in different cities, and while I've been around the stretch of motorway in the past I can't recall if I was driving there on that particular day. But what has left me very confused is that my car is described as a Saloon on the NiP while my car is a tiny hatchback (I have the logbook confirming this). The registration that appears on the NIP is mine, but the body type is not my car's, so I have no clue how to complete the NIP. To the question  where you driving such vehicle I'd have to answer no as I don't drive a saloon car (never have), but I can't identify the driver either. I'm concerned my registration has been cloned or something. How  do I reply to the NIP as it doesn't give the option of being unable to identify the driver of a car that is different to mine, while the registration and model are correct, it says on the NIP this is for a saloon car.
I want this over with and wouldn't have an issue paying a fine or whatever, but I feel uneasy because I'll be lying saying I was driving the car described on the NIP (just to get this over with), but also it says I could be prosecuted for failure to identify the driver, there isn't an option to explain that the car described on the NIP doesn't match mine, and obviously I dont know who is driving saloon car with my registration. If my car registration has been cloned and I lied saying I was the driver of the saloon car described when I wasn't, what about if I start receiving more fines? What should I do?

As mentioned on the post my logbook / V5C says hatchback

If I ask for photos to check if it was my car or a cloned car, and it turns out to be mine, do I have to ask them to issue a new NIP with the correct details on it?

If I ask for photos to check if it was my car or a cloned car, and it turns out to be mine, do I have to ask them to issue a new NIP with the correct details on it?

Don't mention suspected clone vehicle. We have seen in the past they sometimes tend to clam up and play the 'you first' card. In that they ask you to send pictures of your vehicle to them so they can compare them with the captured image.

The feeling usually is around you 'modifying' your vehicle to look different from the captured image. Although how you would manage that in this instance is a puzzle, but never credit the CTO with having the competence to understand that.

To be safe and to not prolong the encounter, just ask for photos to help with identifying the driver.   

It would be an administrative error, which to argue against you would need to take it to court. At which point the mistake would be acknowledged and the case would proceed.

If the picture shows your vehicle and not a saloon, are you going to argue you can't respond because someone called you car something different on a piece of paper?

Edit to add: No, if the vehicle is not yours of course you do not respond saying you were the driver. You send pictures of your vehicle to the CTO showing them the differences.

You have two options really, phone the CTO and explain your problem, ask for extension although you will probably have to give the reason why. Or return the form stating that you cannot identify the driver as this is not your vehicle. The latter is sailing into sticky waters though as you are hinging a failure to respond on a word. Which may or may not be relevant.

With the photos they usually respond pretty quickly. The last instance my wife received correspondence from a force, she asked via email and received them around 3 hours later via the same method. Some NIPs even give you a link these days to view the images online.

As my post already mentions, I drive a lot and I have no recollection at all of being on that area on that day and time. If I knew I have been there for sure I'd assume there was a mistake on the letter, but because it mentions a different car I've been left confused as I can't remember driving there that day.
Maybe it's because I have ADHD and autism, and the letter mentions that I could be prosecuted for knowingly providing the wrong information and for me that means that if I sign this letter saying I was the driver of a saloon car when I was not and they find out I lied I could be prosecuted for giving them the wrong information, or have issues in the future if there is a saloon car with a registration like mine or similar to mine.

Assuming you have not been sitting on this you have 28 days to respond. Get the photographs as suggested and see if it's your car. Then you can decide what you need to do.