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NIP Single Procedure notice, Nip SP notice for red traffic signal + fail to give info
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post Wed, 20 Jun 2018 - 13:17
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Hello Kind strangers on this forum,

I appear to have got myself in a bit of a pickle here.

I have not changed my DVLA address for some time as I move around London and New Zealand on a regular basis for work. For example I have lived in three different address's this year due to either a floor falling through, fires or Landlords selling up. I have normally managed my PCN's by dealing with them on the day or once a month by email and I send out an automated email list to every London borough south of the river and a few of the home counties I case I drive out there as I never really drive outside of London and I have yet to have any problems. Until now..... ( I know i'm a naive muppet, but we live and learn ) When by pure chance someone managed to get hold of me through a friend of a friend to tell me I had a letter from the metropolitan police.

I then asked them to open the letter and they sent me photos of the corraspondece turns out this was a Nip Single Procedure notice dated on the 14th of June 2018, the offence originally took place in on the 07/01/2018. Driver motor vehicle fail to comply with red traffic signal/ lane closure light signals - Automatic equipment ( 1.1 seconds into red ).

Now not for one second do I wish to pretend i'm innocent of this. If i had received the correspondence I would of held my hands up and paid the fine and done the course that was originally offered, due to the marginality of the offence.

As a result It has escalated to were it is now several months down the line.

I have been now charged with 1. Fail to give information and 2. Driver motor vehicle fail to comply with red traffic signal/ lane closure. All due to me not receiving the correspondence.

Now it seems the court date is next month in South London, I have tried speaking to the court clerk to explain and she informed me that nothing can be done you have to talk to the Met. So I got hold of the RT prosecutions department and spoke to an "assistant" she then emailed all the correspondence I had missed and advised me to fill out the plea bargain and statement of means with my tenancy documents and send it off to the address on the correspondence.

Now my question for you experienced individuals is...

Should I plead guilty to both 1. Fail to give information and 2. Driver motor vehicle fail to comply with red traffic signal/ lane closure. All due to me not receiving the correspondence. And explain in detail everything that happened to me missing the correspondence etc, apologies prefusely provide all tenancy agreements, + change my DVLA address to the address i'm currently at even though I will only be here 2 more months to show I've fixed the error that lead up to this series of events, And state that If I had received the letter I would of dealt with it immediately etc etc.

OR

Should I plead innocent 1. Fail to give information and guilty to 2. Driver motor vehicle fail to comply with red traffic signal/ lane closure. As it was never my intention to fail to give information that only occurred because I never received information, I have made amendments sot that does not happen again in the future, by changing my DVLA address even though I was in correspondence with the Met Police in April due to a break in to my property to which I have had direct correspondence with them to my current address.
( Also would the above result in another court date) ^^^

OR option C.. some other form of wizardry.

Ideally if possible I would like to hold my hands up and settle amicably outside of court, I do have two different prosecutors phone numbers within the Met. But that I don't think that's possible.

I was told by the "assistant" that at this stage the fee's would be as followed - £120 court date fee + 3 points + The fine for the offences but she told me these were circumstantial and advised me given the circumstance they will be given at the judges direction and can be waived but they range between £110 to £300 for such cases.

Also there's the option to attend court or not... Quite frankly I've never been to court in my life and the very thought is quite terrifying and feel me with a fair bit of anxiety. I'm used to fighting parking tickets and winning but this is a different kettle of fish and any advise you fine ladies and gentlemen would be greatly appreciated.

I know I'm a muppet and naive but we live and learn.

Thank you in advance,
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post Wed, 20 Jun 2018 - 13:26
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Unfortunately, the only 'safe' way is to attend court.

Option A will see 9 points and large fines.

Option B would result in a court case as you note with the potential for the same 9 points and more costs.

So Option C is the recommended route. That is a 'plea bargain' on the day. See this recent thread with all the information and the outcome... Come back with more questions.


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RK=Registered Keeper, OP=Original Poster (You!), CoFP=Conditional Offer of Fixed Penalty, NtK=Notice to Keeper, NtD=Notice to Driver
PoFA=Protection of Freedoms Act, SAC=Safety Awareness Course, NIP=Notice of Intended Prosecution, ADR=Alternative Dispute Resolution
PPC=Private Parking Company, LBCCC=Letter Before County Court Claim, PII=Personally Identifiable Information, SAR=Subject Access Request

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