speeding loopholes.

[stewie732]

one i have heard is paying the court slightly more than you are asked for, apparently it dosent work now because they have teams to deal with this now?

when you get the points in court do they go straight onto the license that instant or is it not until you have paid the fine?

cheers.

[jondude]

I would have thought the points run from the day of the offence, otherwise you are paying more ( insurance and time wise re totting up ) for the police and courts arsing about.

[carrotchomper]

Just pay it....

[stewie732]

i shall, but perhaps 10 quid more...

[tigger1]

stewie732 said:

i shall, but perhaps 10 quid more...

Doesn't work, and I think you're likely to get stung for non-payment too

[SS2.]

stewie732 said:

i shall, but perhaps 10 quid more...

Its a very old myth which started in Australia, IIRC - more here..

RAC Foundation said:

Over the Odds

The tip-off on how to avoid getting points on your licence. This email, purporting to be from a reliable source, claims that when you get a ticket for a motoring offence you should return a cheque for an amount marginally in excess of the fine. It suggests that the fining authority would then have to send you another cheque for the excess amount which you should destroy – the e-mail states that no points can be accrued to your licence until the whole financial transaction is completed and that never happens as the authority, once they have received their money, don’t pursue the matter. The claims, of course, are wrong and have never worked.

[ukvoyager.info]

I have points, but haven't yet managed to pay the fine (long story). So the short story is it makes no difference how much you pay, you still get the points.

[stewie732]

tigger1 said:

stewie732 said:

i shall, but perhaps 10 quid more...

Doesn't work, and I think you're likely to get stung for non-payment too

i will get stung if i pay the fine plus more money?

so you're saying if i got a 100 quid fine, payed 500, i would get charged for non payment?

.....
oh dear

[RtdRacer]

stewie732 said:

one i have heard is paying the court slightly more than you are asked for, apparently it dosent work now because they have teams to deal with this now?

when you get the points in court do they go straight onto the license that instant or is it not until you have paid the fine?

cheers.

Total urban legend.

You send in (or hand in if in court) your licence and it goes to Swansea to be endorsed.

If you pay the court more than you should then will still get the points. And then you have to apply for a refund. Good luck.


And of course, if somehow the courts figure out your motive, you are liable for a PCoJ charge and bloody rightly so. Damn near impossible to prove, but that is what you're attempting.