Speeding - Notice of Intended Prosecution

FlapR · 10 Jan 2015 at 16:56

Just wondering if anyone has any experience with regards to the following:

Letter came this morning to my parents address, with my name on it.

- The date and time given for the speeding offence makes sense and I was driving the car at the time.

- It's my parents car which I was driving, so that also makes sense as to why it would be sent their address, but why would it have my name on it to begin with?

The car is in my dads name, with my mum and myself also on the insurance. I was under the impression that the letter would addressed to the registered owner of the vehicle.

leigh_boy · 10 Jan 2015 at 16:59

i would have thought , your parents got the original form and put your name down and sent it back hence coming back in your name.

EGuitarStar · 10 Jan 2015 at 17:00

Make sure it is not a scam by calling whoever really issued it. Maybe someone close to you knows that you were driving and trying to pull a scam on you?

FlapR · 10 Jan 2015 at 17:01

leigh_boy said:
i would have thought , your parents got the original form and put your name down and sent it back hence coming back in your name.

Nope, the letter came this morning to their address. The offence only happened 3 days ago. I was at my parents this morning when the letter arrived as I'd gone round to help with decorating.

EGuitarStar · 10 Jan 2015 at 17:05

FlapR said:
Nope, the letter came this morning to their address. The offence only happened 3 days ago. I was at my parents this morning when the letter arrived as I'd gone round to help with decorating.

Who was it from?

FlapR · 10 Jan 2015 at 17:07

EGuitarStar said:
Who was it from?

Cheshire constabulary. Has a reference number, date/time of offence/location, and car registration number. Also says what the speed limit was and what I was supposed to be doing.

It's not asking for money or anything as of yet, it just has a standard set of areas to fill out based on who was driving etc.

Everything looks official to me. It's sent from "Central Ticket Office" on behalf of Cheshire Police, and has a phone number for them, which of course is only open Monday-Friday 10am-4pm

Kaeo · 10 Jan 2015 at 17:07

Car is registered in your name, parents gave them your name, or scam. Choose one at random, or post a pic with relevant details covered up.

Westyfield2 · 10 Jan 2015 at 17:08

The first point of contact would be to the registered keepers address, with the registered keepers name. They'd then ask the registered keeper to give the drivers details if it wasn't the registered keeper driving at the time of the alleged offence.

cjgardens · 10 Jan 2015 at 17:08

Very odd. I've had one for speeding (sp30) and the letter is normally sent to the registered keeper and they then have to reply to state who was driving at the time.

They may have taken a pictures of you (as they did with me) and could see your face?

Still odd though.

leigh_boy · 10 Jan 2015 at 17:19

a 3 day turn around is very quick as well, normally 2 weeks ish. and come from the police.

mjt · 10 Jan 2015 at 17:28

Phone them up and ask??

FlapR · 10 Jan 2015 at 17:28

Cheers for the input so far guys. I've scanned the letter so pictures of both sides are in spoiler tags below:

Side 1 -

Side 2 -

PMKeates · 10 Jan 2015 at 17:37

Scam, you can ignore it

FlapR · 10 Jan 2015 at 17:38

PMKeates said:
Scam, you can ignore it

Really?

PMKeates · 10 Jan 2015 at 17:40

Yup, trust me, I'm known for consistently reliable and serious posting

snips86x · 10 Jan 2015 at 17:40

PMKeates said:
Scam, you can ignore it

FlapR said:
Really?

Yeah, what makes you so sure?

PMKeates said:
Yup, trust me, I'm known for consistently reliable and serious posting

Scam?

PMKeates · 10 Jan 2015 at 17:41

I have a lot of experience of receiving NIPs

leigh_boy · 10 Jan 2015 at 17:42

i would pop down to your local police station and questions if its legit.

snips86x · 10 Jan 2015 at 17:43

PMKeates said:
I have a lot of experience of receiving NIPs

Doesn't mean that it's a scam! Also, if that's the case, how are you still driving?

PMKeates · 10 Jan 2015 at 17:44

snips86x said:
Doesn't mean that it's a scam! Also, if that's the case, how are you still driving?

The police are surprisingly poor at finding unlicensed drivers!