Worrying letter from the Police!
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I've just received a letter from Sussex police with a photograph showing me speeding. 
However it was 18 months ago and I did my SAC. It said, "Since the New Year is a time for aspirations and resolutions, I wanted to send you this reminder to encourage you to stick to the limit this year"!!
Panic over
However it was 18 months ago and I did my SAC. It said, "Since the New Year is a time for aspirations and resolutions, I wanted to send you this reminder to encourage you to stick to the limit this year"!!
Panic over
CoolHands said:
Will they send a reminder to lags? “Remember this time last year you got locked up for ram-raiding...” etc
Yes they do, though not specifically like that.In this case I have some reservations. Drive carefully or safely might be more on message. But it does give some credence that it is not all about sneakily catching those a few miles over to raise revenue.
Edited by Graveworm on Monday 21st January 11:58
Black_S3 said:
Pop into the station and say you would like to report a malicious unsolicited letter that has been sent to you and caused you serious alarm.
Well I'll admit that the old BP went up for a moment, but not as much as 18 months ago when driving along and I thought to myself, "What a funny place to park an ice-cream van............Oh s
t!"danspec said:
I would be furious if I received a letter like that in post!
It has to breaking some rule somewhere? Gdpr or something.
Why would you be furious? What bother would it cause you?It has to breaking some rule somewhere? Gdpr or something.
Why wouldn't you just shrug and throw it in the bin?
You could then use the spare time you've spent not being furious to get on with your life or possibly to look up GDPR and try and understand why it's got FA to do with this.
If this sort of thing makes you furious I wonder how you cope going about your daily life without exploding with rage every few minutes!
Mark-C said:
danspec said:
I would be furious if I received a letter like that in post!
It has to breaking some rule somewhere? Gdpr or something.
Why would you be furious? What bother would it cause you?It has to breaking some rule somewhere? Gdpr or something.
Why wouldn't you just shrug and throw it in the bin?
You could then use the spare time you've spent not being furious to get on with your life or possibly to look up GDPR and try and understand why it's got FA to do with this.
If this sort of thing makes you furious I wonder how you cope going about your daily life without exploding with rage every few minutes!
The OP did their SAC, others would've paid the fine with the points on their license etc. Sending them a letter reminding them serves no purpose other than to use more stationary and use up the budget before the end of the tax year.
Graveworm said:
But it does give some credence that it is not all about sneakily catching those a few miles over to raise revenue.
If they have evidence that it reduces the number they catch and if they track the statistics to see what, if any, effect this round has. Otherwise they're at best just spending money, at worst taunting those they've caught before.That seems a pretty mailicious. Perhaps you should write back and thank them for the reminder, but point out perhaps resources would be better utilised adressing the rising violent crime and robbery rather than sending out petty letters?
https://www.ukcrimestats.com/Police_Force/Sussex_P...
https://www.ukcrimestats.com/Police_Force/Sussex_P...
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