Whats Better To Take To Speeding Rap Or The S172 Penalty? |
Whats Better To Take To Speeding Rap Or The S172 Penalty? |
Wed, 10 Sep 2008 - 07:18
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 4 Sep 2008 Member No.: 22,333 |
Hiya,
got my NIP, no mistakes, haven't replied yet, still plenty of time. My question, is it better to not reply and take the penalty from a s172 offense or admit the speeding offense. Details: 38 in a 30 zone, alleged offense caught on a mobile camera van. (Also 38 is with ACPO plus 4, any change of the speed awareness course thing? I'm in West Yorkshire). If I go for a s172 do I have to notify my insurers of conviction under the road traffic act? i.e. which offense will have the least implications form my insurance premiums? Thanks. |
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Wed, 10 Sep 2008 - 07:21
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Member Group: Administrators Posts: 9,760 Joined: 30 Mar 2003 From: Wiltshire, UK Member No.: 4 |
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Wed, 10 Sep 2008 - 07:25
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Why on earth would you want to take a guaranteed 6 points for an S172 offence, rather than a likely COFP and in any case only 3 points for the speeding?
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Wed, 10 Sep 2008 - 07:26
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 4 Sep 2008 Member No.: 22,333 |
NIP Details and Circumstances
What is the name of the Constabulary? - Date of the offence: - September 2008 Date of the NIP: - 3 days after the offence Date you received the NIP: - 4 days after the offence Location of offence (exact location as it appears on the NIP: important): - A629 Keighley Was the NIP addressed to you? - Yes Was the NIP sent by first class post, second class or recorded delivery? - First If your are not the Registered Keeper, what is your relationship to the vehicle? - How many current points do you have? - 0 Provide a description of events (if you know what happened) telling us as much about the incident as possible - some things that may seem trivial to you may be important, so don't leave anything out. Please do not post personal details for obvious reasons - Mobile speed cam in a van. NIP Wizard Responses These were the responses used by the Wizard to arrive at its recommendation: Have you received a NIP? - Yes Are you the Registered Keeper of the vehicle concerned (is your name and address on the V5/V5C)? - Yes Did the first NIP arrive within 14 days? - Yes Although you are the Registered Keeper, were you also the keeper of the vehicle concerned (the person normally responsible for it) at the time of the alleged offence? - Yes Were you driving? - Yes Which country did the alleged offence take place in? - England NIP Wizard Recommendation Based on these responses the Wizard suggested that this course of action should be considered:
Generated by the PePiPoo NIP Wizard v3.3.2: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:26:32 +0100 |
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Wed, 10 Sep 2008 - 07:27
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Member Group: Members Posts: 623 Joined: 6 Nov 2007 Member No.: 15,129 |
Your speed is pretty low, so the course may be possible; you can always phone the s.camera office and ask them what the threshold is. Now let's balance the rest of it up:
38 in a 30 would highly likely see you with a fixed penalty of £60/3 points. If the 3 points would see you totting up to 12, you'll have to go to court to argue for keeping your licence. 2 million speeding tickets are handed out every year, and are becoming so common that insurance companies don't load premiums much (unless you have a history of repeat offences) - think about it commercially; if it is becoming rare to ahve a licence without speeding points on, and you load heavily for it, but your competing insurer realises that speeding points are pretty much the norm and doesnt load for it, then any one of the thousands of stupid insuranc ecomparison sites on TV are gonna make that speeder migrate to a cheaper insurance from someone else. Onto the S172, the penalty for which is decided by a court but it is a 6 point whack and a heavy fine (as has been seen by one guy here, being handed a fine of £900). Then you have to tell your insurer "oh, yeah, I got done for not providing information to an authority that had a vested interest in knowing it, but I swear down, I'm telling you guys the 100% truth about my car not being modded, garaged every night, with a tracker and a dog and everything else that lowers my premium..." Remember the insurance co forms a contract with you based on what you tell them, and if you have a history of not giving important info, they are likely to look on that much more harshly than 3 points for speeding Mmm.. Think about it. |
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Wed, 10 Sep 2008 - 07:31
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 4 Sep 2008 Member No.: 22,333 |
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