RECEIVED NIP

[Double Zero]

Can anyone please offer some advice. I recently received an NIP sent to my old address but dated 5 weeks after the offence. A couple of friends have suggested that a NIP has to be sent within 2 weeks of the offence. Is this true?

To complicate matters, i drive a company car that is leased. Do the police first contact the leasing company, who in turn contact my employer, who then pass on my old address?

Should I confess all or am i in the clear?

[dontlift]

If it is leased etc then so long as first nip went in time they can take there time on the second, i think.....

[outlaw]

dont for get not to sign it.

[justme]

Yeah, incriminate yourself, write your name and details nice and clear, and then 'forget' to sign it.
That'll show em...

[pdV6]

Double Zero said:

i drive a company car that is leased. Do the police first contact the leasing company, who in turn contact my employer, who then pass on my old address?

Yes - the original must be sent within 2 weeks to the registered keeper of the car, in this case most likely your company fleet manager. FM fingers you as the most likely driver and then you get a NIP within 6 months.

Its a fair cop I'm afraid...

[s2ooz]

chatting to an habitual speeder yesterday, who is now on 22 points (pleads on knees everytime)
who now, on receiving nips, throws them in the bin.
A) he cant afford to get any more points.
b) he hasnt been chased up yet, for any of them, and will blame the PO unless he gets registered delivery mail.

He reckons the courts are too busy to follow up the initial police nip.

is he
a) lucky
b) partially right?

[justme]

very right

There's no law forcing you to sign for registered mail, either.

[outlaw]

s2ooz said:

chatting to an habitual speeder yesterday, who is now on 22 points (pleads on knees everytime) who now, on receiving nips, throws them in the bin. A) he cant afford to get any more points. b) he hasnt been chased up yet, for any of them, and will blame the PO unless he gets registered delivery mail. He reckons the courts are too busy to follow up the initial police nip. is he a) lucky b) partially right?

b they like easy targets.

as if it gos toi court the parnership dont get the cash/tax anyway.

[outlaw]

justme said:

very right There's no law forcing you to sign for registered mail, either.

spot on i never recive reged male just refuse to sign for it always.

[double zero]

Thanks. So what happens when i "forget" to sign the NIP?

[sandman]

double zero said:

Thanks. So what happens when i "forget" to sign the NIP?

Practical bit:
Mate - best thing to do is to read and understand a bit about the laws surrounding the whole thing a bit more.

Go to some of the speeding links from Pistonheads. In particular, checkout the following website:
www.pepipoo.com

I have emailed the guy from this site directly a few times and got some good advice too.

Another angle you could think about is this - does the car get driven by other work colleagues as well as yourself ....?? Maybe there were two of you from work in the car that day and you "can't remember" exactly who was driving at the time of the incident. They can't put points on your license if there is no clear evidence of who was driving at the time ....

Moral bit:
I'm of the opinion that speeding cameras are generally a good idea - but they are somewhat black and white in terms of catching you out.
For example if it was a quiet motorway and it was 11:00 at night and I was doing 90-95 then I can't see a major problem and I'd try my luck in contesting it. But if it was around nine in the morning and it was in a 30 near a school then maybe my morals might be thinking - I shouldn't ahve been speeding and its a fair cop.