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Received NIP :( 41days later
DIR By: BillyBunter66
Date: August 13, 2025, 1:58 pm
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I was totally unaware that there was such a thing as a combined
speed and traffic light camera -
the lights went green and I went but according to the camera I
reached a speed of 42mph before reaching the 50mph zone a few
yards ahead and obviously still in the range of the traffic
light/combined speed camera.
Hence the NIP is for 42 in a 30 zone.
The alleged offence took place on the 2nd July – and the website
says an NIP was sent out on the 3rd of July – but I definitely
did not receive that.
The one I have received was dated 08/8/2025 - over a month
after the alleged offence.
I have the V5 here and it looks like I am remiss in updating it,
having moved a couple of times in the last few years - so I
guess that will be why there was a delay – but over 1 month? Is
that acceptable?
any opinion on whether that's likely to be a speed awareness
course or points
do i have any realistic options other than suck it up?
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Re: Received NIP :( 41days later
DIR By: andy_foster
Date: August 13, 2025, 2:57 pm
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"Acceptable" is not a concept known to road traffic law.
There is only one 14 day rule. Unless you can prove otherwise, a
NIP will have been deemed to have been served on the Registered
Keeper within the 14 days. If it was delivered to his last known
address, then it was lawfully served on him.
If the requirement had not been satisfied, and if you could
somehow prove that, then the next question would seem to be
whether you contributed to the failure - in which case the
requirement to serve a NIP would not apply at all.
TL;DR - suck it up, buttercup
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Re: Received NIP :( 41days later
DIR By: JustLoveCars
Date: August 13, 2025, 3:27 pm
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…and to answer the other question - you should be offered a
course if you don't delay in naming the driver.
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Re: Received NIP :( 41days later
DIR By: 666
Date: August 14, 2025, 12:57 am
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--- Quote from: JustLoveCars link ---
>
> …and to answer the other question - you should be offered a
course if you don't delay in naming the driver.
>
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But only if the alleged offence was in England or Wales, and the
OP hasn't done the same course for an offence in the previous
three years.
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