Arse........but ?

[tezzer]

Overtook an unmarked Police car this morning, and he followed me discretely for about 4 miles.....before putting on the blue illuminations.

Stopped for a chat, and put my hands up to being slightly over the limit, no point in not, and we had a long civilized discussion about it.

He gave my the NIP and I accepted it with good grace, and we parted on a handshake. However, when I got home, I notice he's written the index of the Bike wrong (by one letter).

Chances of contesting it successfully ?

[Centurion07]

Zero.

[ging84]

chances of contesting it for an error like that are pretty much zero

And you would most likely have had to give your name and address, so chances of being able to play the system and avoid them finding you based on this error is also pretty low.

[tezzer]

Centurion07 said:

Zero.

One can but ask. The last NIP I had (Camera Van) had me on the correct road, but the wrong section of it, i.e. between the wrong villages, and I was advised on my Speed Awareness Course that I should have contested it as the evidence offered was incorrect.

[Centurion07]

That's a little different from a simple typo though.

[clarkey]

But surely you won't be getting anything in the post - he'll file his paperwork, and it will either go to the wrong person, or just won't happen? I don't see how you'll be done for it if the PC's records are wrong (unless he views his video evidence and changes it, of course)

[anonymous-user]

He won't be taking the OP's address from the VRM (may not even be the OP's), he'd have written that down separately.

[Glosphil]

A number of years ago I was accused of speeding. In the magistrates court I pointed out that the time and distance, shown in yards(say 763), stated calculated out to show that I was travelling at under the 70mph speed limit. After a couple of minutes of frantic scribbling by the police sergeant he stated that it was a printing error and the distance should be 0.763 of a mile. My suggestion that as they had the distance wrong perhaps the time was also wrong was ignored. The magistrates allowed him to change his evidence and I was found guilty, fined and banned for a month as the speed then calculated out as 105mph on an almost empty M40 (well it was 35 years ago).

[Centurion07]

How fast were you going though?

[TooMany2cvs]

Glosphil said:

A number of years ago I was accused of speeding. In the magistrates court I pointed out that the time and distance, shown in yards(say 763), stated calculated out to show that I was travelling at under the 70mph speed limit. After a couple of minutes of frantic scribbling by the police sergeant he stated that it was a printing error and the distance should be 0.763 of a mile. My suggestion that as they had the distance wrong perhaps the time was also wrong was ignored. The magistrates allowed him to change his evidence and I was found guilty, fined and banned for a month as the speed then calculated out as 105mph on an almost empty M40 (well it was 35 years ago).

What speed had you really been doing?

[superlightr]

Glosphil said:

A number of years ago I was accused of speeding. In the magistrates court I pointed out that the time and distance, shown in yards(say 763), stated calculated out to show that I was travelling at under the 70mph speed limit.

that's about 10.5mph isn't it ?!!??

[herewego]

Glosphil said:

A number of years ago I was accused of speeding. In the magistrates court I pointed out that the time and distance, shown in yards(say 763), stated calculated out to show that I was travelling at under the 70mph speed limit. After a couple of minutes of frantic scribbling by the police sergeant he stated that it was a printing error and the distance should be 0.763 of a mile. My suggestion that as they had the distance wrong perhaps the time was also wrong was ignored. The magistrates allowed him to change his evidence and I was found guilty, fined and banned for a month as the speed then calculated out as 105mph on an almost empty M40 (well it was 35 years ago).

Would he be able to measure fractions of a mile to 3 decimal places?

[SilverSpur]

Move house quickly and don't leave forwarding address.

[tezzer]

SilverSpur said:

Move house quickly and don't leave forwarding address.

For £100 and 3 points, seems a bit over the top. Just MTFU and take it.

[selym]

You are going to get fizzed in any case so why not contact the guy and tell him the mistake, and give him the chance to rectify?

[SilverSpur]

tezzer said:

SilverSpur said:

Move house quickly and don't leave forwarding address.

For £100 and 3 points, seems a bit over the top.

You think.....?

[Mr10secs]

If its any help I got pulled over on a bike years ago (at Bury hill) and got a lecture from the police officer saying he was going to report me for dangerous driving etc and would make sure the penalty was as harsh as possible and it was all on video etc etc and we were being recorded, I did not discuss the matter at all, he asked for name, etc and when it came to reg as I went to answer he stopped me and wrote a reg number down on the HORT1 and said' see those small plates dont work do they'? I thought well they do cause that not my reg number! Never heard another thing.
Many Many years ago I got a speeding ticket for X in a 40 and the summons had the speed of Y in a 40 so I pled not guilty, the original X was higher than what they put on the summons and that was thrown out as well.

[Centurion07]

Mr10secs said:

Many Many years ago I got a speeding ticket for X in a 40 and the summons had the speed of Y in a 40 so I pled not guilty, the original X was higher than what they put on the summons and that was thrown out as well.

If it was I doubt it was solely because of that.

[tezzer]

18th of September to the 16th of October, no NIP in the post (yet).

[Centurion07]

If you're referencing the 2 week limit then I don't think it applies since you were given the NIP at the roadside.

I could be wrong though.