Mobile Phone Whilst Driving

[Mikey_W]

Last month i got caught using my mobile phone whilst driving, i have only just got round to sending off a cheque. I was reading through the yellow motorist's copy & noticed an error! The PC has written on the slip the wrong road / street name! I was caught on OTLEY ROAD & not OTLEY STREET!.

Anything i can do to get out of it?

Cheers in advance

[10 Pence Short]

Is that Otley Road, Harrogate?

I don't think a small error like that would make too much difference, to be honest.

[EU_Foreigner]

No, it has no real bearing on the actual offence and mistakes are allowed to be made.

[Mikey_W]

10 Pence Short said:

Is that Otley Road, Harrogate?

I don't think a small error like that would make too much difference, to be honest.

Otley Road, Skipton, thanks anyway, just a thought!

[10 Pence Short]

You'd have had more luck if it was the date which was wrong and you could prove you were elsewhere!

[oldsoak]

Mikey_W said:

Last month i got caught using my mobile phone whilst driving, i have only just got round to sending off a cheque. I was reading through the yellow motorist's copy & noticed an error! The PC has written on the slip the wrong road / street name! I was caught on OTLEY ROAD & not OTLEY STREET!.

Anything i can do to get out of it?

Cheers in advance

"Anything I can do to get out of it"?
NO...Learn the lesson and just don't be such a plank in future!

[Mikey_W]

oldsoak said:

Mikey_W said:

Last month i got caught using my mobile phone whilst driving, i have only just got round to sending off a cheque. I was reading through the yellow motorist's copy & noticed an error! The PC has written on the slip the wrong road / street name! I was caught on OTLEY ROAD & not OTLEY STREET!.

Anything i can do to get out of it?

Cheers in advance

"Anything I can do to get out of it"?
NO...Learn the lesson and just don't be such a plank in future!

Cheers!

[oldsoak]

Mikey_W said:

oldsoak said:

Mikey_W said:

Last month i got caught using my mobile phone whilst driving, i have only just got round to sending off a cheque. I was reading through the yellow motorist's copy & noticed an error! The PC has written on the slip the wrong road / street name! I was caught on OTLEY ROAD & not OTLEY STREET!.

Anything i can do to get out of it?

Cheers in advance

"Anything I can do to get out of it"?
NO...Learn the lesson and just don't be such a plank in future!

Cheers!

You're welcome!
BTW Otley Road is the A6069, Otley STREET merges into Otley ROAD from a westerly direction and IIRC the 'Cop shop' is perched on that same junction....
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Skipton&ie=UTF...

[Glassman]

About 10 years ago I was stopped with alleged excess speed offence. At the time I was driving a Ford Escort van. The ticket said 'Ford Transit'.

Could it have been a similar technicality to contest in court?

(I didn't argue, I just paid)

[Mikey_W]

oldsoak said:

Mikey_W said:

oldsoak said:

Mikey_W said:

Last month i got caught using my mobile phone whilst driving, i have only just got round to sending off a cheque. I was reading through the yellow motorist's copy & noticed an error! The PC has written on the slip the wrong road / street name! I was caught on OTLEY ROAD & not OTLEY STREET!.

Anything i can do to get out of it?

Cheers in advance

"Anything I can do to get out of it"?
NO...Learn the lesson and just don't be such a plank in future!

Cheers!

You're welcome!
BTW Otley Road is the A6069, Otley STREET merges into Otley ROAD from a westerly direction and IIRC the 'Cop shop' is perched on that same junction....
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Skipton&ie=UTF...

Correct! I was caught by the junction of King's Street, further up Otley Road.

[streaky]

Is it only an offence if you're in a road rather than a street? - Streaky

[L14MNV]

If its not on a private road - it doesnt matter if your on a street, high street, motorway, A Road etc