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#Post#: 103868--------------------------------------------------
Re: Have I been caught?
DIR By: Never_Enough
Date: December 27, 2025, 3:45 pm
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--- Quote from: Southpaw82 link ---
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> [quote]Am I right in assuming if a civil case has found my new
address within 3 weeks then a criminal one would too, or
sooner?
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No.
[/quote]
So what happens in this situation? My mistake I know and I will
update the logbook immediately. I thought I only had to update
my drivers licence!
I have been told on another legal forum the following.
'The police are required to ask the Registered Keeper for the
details of the driver.
The Registered Keeper is required to keep the DVLA informed of
their address (it is an offence to not do this, but I’ve never
heard of anyone being prosecuted for it).
I‘m not 100% sure of the process, but it is possible (but a huge
PITA) to unwind any prosecution if you can show you genuinely
didn’t know.
I’d advise driving very carefully until you get it sorted - it
will make life much easier.'
Is this correct?
Thanks.
#Post#: 103869--------------------------------------------------
Re: Have I been caught?
DIR By: Southpaw82
Date: December 27, 2025, 3:47 pm
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> Is this correct?
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For all practical purposes, yes.
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> I thought I only had to update my drivers licence!
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Well, now you know.
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Re: Have I been caught?
DIR By: Never_Enough
Date: December 27, 2025, 3:55 pm
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--- Quote from: Southpaw82 link ---
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> [quote]Is this correct?
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For all practical purposes, yes.
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> I thought I only had to update my drivers licence!
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Well, now you know.
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Thank you.
So just to be clear, and sorry if this is tedious because I
have since read this often happens and is a 'cliche mistake'.
If I have received any NIPS I could unwind any prosecution
providing I can show I genuinely didnt know, and trhen provide
the details?
I am purely concerned about NIPS because I would only have had
to receive 2 that I hadnt answered and it would effectively be a
totting up of 12 points!
As I said I am not expecting any at all, I dont know of anything
I have done, but its been 2 years so I cant say for sure.
Again thanks for the help.
#Post#: 103875--------------------------------------------------
Re: Have I been caught?
DIR By: Southpaw82
Date: December 27, 2025, 4:29 pm
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You could unwind the conviction back to prosecution stage. Far
too late to provide details. So you’d either plead guilty (and
happily, they will often drop the s 172 if you plead guilty to
the speeding) or defend the charges (difficult).
#Post#: 103880--------------------------------------------------
Re: Have I been caught?
DIR By: Never_Enough
Date: December 27, 2025, 5:12 pm
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--- Quote from: Southpaw82 link ---
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> You could unwind the conviction back to prosecution stage. Far
too late to provide details. So you’d either plead guilty (and
happily, they will often drop the s 172 if you plead guilty to
the speeding) or defend the charges (difficult).
>
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So You would basically plead guilty to the offence for example
speeding and get 3 points and a fine? But they would drop the
failure to furnish?
Or am I misunderstanding here.
Thanks and excuse my ignorance on this, Im just trying to panic
as little ass possible until I can get this log book change
started Monday.
Is it conceivable offences could go as far back as a year? Or is
it likely some correspondence would have caught up by now?
Otherwise surely people could be driving around when they should
be banned?
Thanks.
#Post#: 103891--------------------------------------------------
Re: Have I been caught?
DIR By: andy_foster
Date: December 28, 2025, 4:44 am
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For a hypothetical scenario, you might struggle to find anybody
who cares
#Post#: 103895--------------------------------------------------
Re: Have I been caught?
DIR By: FuzzyDuck
Date: December 28, 2025, 5:29 am
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You could check your driver record with the DVLA online and see
if there are any endorsements added for the period the V5C
documents were incorrect.
#Post#: 103949--------------------------------------------------
Re: Have I been caught?
DIR By: Never_Enough
Date: December 28, 2025, 6:50 pm
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--- Quote from: FuzzyDuck link ---
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> You could check your driver record with the DVLA online and
see if there are any endorsements added for the period the V5C
documents were incorrect.
>
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Just did this check, it says there are no endorsements or
suspensions. Although I assume that doesnt mean there couldnt be
anything pending.
Thanks.
#Post#: 103984--------------------------------------------------
Re: Have I been caught?
DIR By: shredxt
Date: December 29, 2025, 9:40 am
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I've got an interesting scenario to bring to the table...
I was traveling South on the A1, at this stage of the journey
I'd not long joined the A1 from the Edinburgh City Bypass. All
of the journey was done with cruise control set to 60 or 70,
where applicable.
There was one stretch of dual carriageway (possibly before
Haddington, but I can't be 100% sure) where a line of cars were
all doing 60-65mph in the outside lane, leaving the inside lane
completely free as far as the eye could see. I got slightly
agitated (silly on my part) and went back into the inside lane,
where I applied some gas to pass the line and then return to
cruise speed. As I approached the front of the line, I caught
sight of a marked Volvo SUV sitting at an observation point on
the opposite side of the road. I reacted immediately and slowed
down, but I'm fairly certain my peak speed was 90mph. No attempt
was made by them to turn around and pull me over, but I think
I'm right in saying they can still issue a NIP to me via post?
It's possible they weren't even monitoring speeds and were
simply just having a break or doing a multitude of other things,
right? What's the likelihood that I've been done?
Here's a professional recreation courtesy of Paint.NET:
HTML https://i.postimg.cc/zJCFm2KG/reconstruction.png
#Post#: 103986--------------------------------------------------
Re: Have I been caught?
DIR By: 666
Date: December 29, 2025, 10:17 am
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--- Quote from: shredxt link ---
>
> I've got an interesting scenario to bring to the table...
>
I was traveling South on the A1, at this stage of the journey
I'd not long joined the A1 from the Edinburgh City Bypass. All
of the journey was done with cruise control set to 60 or 70,
where applicable.
>
There was one stretch of dual carriageway (possibly before
Haddington, but I can't be 100% sure) where a line of cars were
all doing 60-65mph in the outside lane, leaving the inside lane
completely free as far as the eye could see. I got slightly
agitated (silly on my part) and went back into the inside lane,
where I applied some gas to pass the line and then return to
cruise speed. As I approached the front of the line, I caught
sight of a marked Volvo SUV sitting at an observation point on
the opposite side of the road. I reacted immediately and slowed
down, but I'm fairly certain my peak speed was 90mph. No attempt
was made by them to turn around and pull me over, but I think
I'm right in saying they can still issue a NIP to me via post?
>
It's possible they weren't even monitoring speeds and were
simply just having a break or doing a multitude of other things,
right? What's the likelihood that I've been done?
>
Here's a professional recreation courtesy of Paint.NET:
HTML https://i.postimg.cc/zJCFm2KG/reconstruction.png
>
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Yes, they can issue a NIP. Probably unlikely that they were
monitoring speeds in the opposite carriageway, but your
careless/dangerous driving may have drawn their attention.
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