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Work for a private ambulance company 25 in a 20
DIR By: Amboguy
Date: June 2, 2026, 6:41 pm
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So received today 3/6/26 a letter dated 1/6/26 stating intention
to prosecute for doing 25 in a 20
The offence took place 29/3/26 my name is spelt wrong and the
colour of the vehicle is wrong.
The ambulance is used by possibly 20 different people and
honestly can't tell you if I was using on the date stated.
I've had no heads up from my company,maybe tomorrow I can
confirm it was either myself driving or not.
What are everyone's thoughts on this,if it was me does the
timescale,wrong name spelling and wrong vehicle colour mean
much?
Cheers
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Re: Work for a private ambulance company 25 in a 20
DIR By: andy_foster
Date: June 2, 2026, 7:14 pm
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As you are [presumably] not the RK, the 14 day rule does not
apply to the NIP addressed to you. There is no time limit for
issuing the s. 172 requirement to name the driver, other than
that any prosecution for the speeding offence would need to be
instigated within 6 months of the date of offence.
Depending on who the RK is (many company vehicles are leased,
and a finance company is actually the RK) or how long the chain
is, and how long the various links took to respond, the timing
of your notice could be perfectly normal, or it could be the
result of shenanigans.
Ignoring that your NIP is not the one required by law, the
required details in the NIP (which do not include the colour of
the vehicle) are "merely directory" - which means that if an
error has no bearing on your ability to identify and recall the
incident in question, it does not invalidate the NIP.
How wrong is the spelling of your name. Received wisdom suggests
that if it is clearly intended for you, that is close enough.
As you are presumably not the person keeping the vehicle, your
obligation in respect of the notice is to provide any
information that is in your power to give and that might lead to
the identification of the driver.
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Re: Work for a private ambulance company 25 in a 20
DIR By: Amboguy
Date: June 2, 2026, 7:33 pm
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Thank you, honestly can't say if I was driving or not will be in
contact with my company tomorrow to see if they have evidence of
me being the driver at that time,if I was hands up
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Re: Work for a private ambulance company 25 in a 20
DIR By: NewJudge
Date: June 3, 2026, 2:21 am
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Do you know how or why the company decided to name you out of,
perhaps, 20 possibilities?
When you take the vehicle out, how does anybody at the company
know that you have it?
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Re: Work for a private ambulance company 25 in a 20
DIR By: Amboguy
Date: June 3, 2026, 5:42 am
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No idea as of yet, waiting on a reply from them
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Re: Work for a private ambulance company 25 in a 20
DIR By: NewJudge
Date: June 3, 2026, 5:49 am
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So are you permitted to just take the vehicle out without
telling anybody, or recording anywhere, that you have it?
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Re: Work for a private ambulance company 25 in a 20
DIR By: sparx
Date: June 5, 2026, 6:27 pm
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You need to think outside the box here - surely you log jobs on
specific vehicles - and you'll be logged into the system.
This way you can see who was on the vehicle, if not even who was
driving.
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