Speeding Offence & NIP

[Johnny 89]

Hi all,

I'm looking for advice here. I came home this evening and opened the letter box expecting to find my new tax disc for the Chim. Instead I found a Notice of Intention to Prosecute (NIP) and a Section 172 Notice for speeding. (This was in my corsa as opposed to my Chimaera... oh the irony)

The date the offence took place on was 09/04/14 and was for 59 MPH in a 50 zone. The NIP is dated 02/05/14 and received today on 08/05/14.

The below website states that:
"By law, the vehicle’s registered keeper must be sent a notice of intended prosecution within 14 days of the alleged speeding offence."

https://www.gov.uk/speeding-penalties

So, I want to wangle my way out of this and not take the associated points and fine. Do I have a decent defence?

[wood634]

I would tell them to politely "do one".... See them in court it will get thrown out.

[vonhosen]

Are you the registered keeper of the Corsa?
If so when was the last change on the V5 of the Corsa?
Any address changes recently?

[Johnny 89]

Thanks for the replies

vonhosen said:

Are you the registered keeper of the Corsa?
If so when was the last change on the V5 of the Corsa?
Any address changes recently?

The Corsa is a company car and is owned by a lease company "Leaseplan".

Will this have an effect on the time period?

[vonhosen]

Johnny 89 said:

Thanks for the replies

vonhosen said:

Are you the registered keeper of the Corsa?
If so when was the last change on the V5 of the Corsa?
Any address changes recently?

The Corsa is a company car and is owned by a lease company "Leaseplan".

Will this have an effect on the time period?

Yep.
It's only the reg keeper that has to have the NIP served on them in 14 days.

[Johnny 89]

vonhosen said:

Yep.
It's only the reg keeper that has to have the NIP served on them in 14 days.

Thanks, so in this case that would be the lease company? Would the sequence go something like this:

1. Police serve NIP to Lease company/request info. from lease company as to who is the user.
2. Lease company advise police that they are not the user/give name and address of user.
3. Police issue NIP to me

[jbsportstech]

Bend over ! It's leased so anything goes to them to be put in your name.

Don't speed or get parking tickets in a lease car!

[4rephill]

Johnny 89 said:

Thanks, so in this case that would be the lease company? Would the sequence go something like this:

1. Police serve NIP to Lease company/request info. from lease company as to who is the user.
2. Lease company advise police that they are not the user/give name and address of user.
3. Police issue NIP to me

That's pretty much how it goes!

As long as the lease company received the NIP within 14 days then the legal requirements have been met and there's no easy out.