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This is a thread for all those who want to know “have I been caught doing x?”. If you haven’t received any notification from the authorities that you have been caught, do not post your query in one of the active case sections (speeding, council or private parking) but rather here.

I don't know what you mean by "the signage was after the restriction", the signage is visible before you get to the restriction. If the 7 foot gap was too narrow for your vehicle, you should have turned around and found a different route (the fact that that might be inconvenient is neither here nor there).

If you get a PCN post it up and we'll look for any possible technical defences.

Are the authorities still expected to issue NIPs within 14 days even if there are public holidays in between

It must be served within 14 days. The statute makes no provision for Bank Holidays etc. It is presumed served two working days after posting. If it was not served in time and you want to defend the charge on that basis, the burden falls to you to prove it was not served in time.

So, if it does get delivered, try and get some 'evidence' from e.g. the postman or at least have a daily paper or somesuch in shot as you open it. Keep the envelope. Not all flashes generate a NIP though,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Quote from: M60NJP on January 10, 2024, 01:04:27 pm

So, if it does get delivered, try and get some 'evidence' from e.g. the postman or at least have a daily paper or somesuch in shot as you open it.

But the date of opening is not necessarily the date of service, and certainly not evidence of the latter.

True, but more a a defence to a FTF charge than nothing at all surely?

To all the Martin Lewis's of the legal world, I need your help.

12 days ago I was pootling along in my car along an urban road (30 mph) with two lanes each way. I was in the right lane. In front of me in the left lane a car slowed down to turn left. As seems common these days, rather than slow down, the impatient driver following that car encroached into my lane. To avoid being hit by him I sped up to get out of his way. (If I'd veered right into oncoming traffic, that might have been a fatal collision.) My speedometer showed I got up to 35mph in the manoeuvre. As I breathed a sigh of relief at this near miss, I noticed there was a police van with blacked out rear window parked on the curb. Just my luck. Presumably they were looking for traffic infringements.

I gather that if you're facing a speeding infringement you'll be notified within 14 days. I've been expecting a letter to drop on the doormat ever since, but Royal Mail letter delivery in my area is atrocious. Letters are often delivered late and often to the wrong address. Residents have grown used to hand-delivering mis-delivered letters on weekends and evenings. So, I can imagine a letter arriving on my doormat after 14 days. I gather that traffic notices can be dismissed in court if they fail to arrive on time because they must arrive within 14 days.

So, in readiness for this, I wonder, how can I prove the date that the letter was delivered? It's not recorded delivery, so there's no signature record. Contrary to popular myth, buying that day's newspaper won't cut it because I could have kept the letter unopened for a week before buying the newspaper. The doorcam only catches the arrival of the postman, it doesn't show what he's holding.

So, is there a way to prove it?

Thank you.

You can meet the postman each day at the door.

If only the postal service were that punctual. As it stands, I'd have to wait in the hallway (like a lurker) between 11am and 3:30pm every day for the next few days. Even then I'd get mail for the next road.

As for the car speedometer exaggerating the mph, or the fuzz having their sights on someone else, I hope so!

Surely the other option was to brake?

Unfortunately, we we're exactly parallel. My car was about half-a-car's length ahead, so he'd have careered into my back half. I think it would've been the same result if I'd slowed down. I honestly can't remember far the car behind me was, but that might've been another possible collision. I do remember that in that split second my instinct was that the safest course of action was to get out ahead.

I am the registered keeper.