Referral to Court, advice re driving with non uk license, single justice procedure |
Referral to Court, advice re driving with non uk license, single justice procedure |
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 - 09:47
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Member Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 8 Mar 2022 Member No.: 115,937 |
Hello.
I am looking for a bit of advice. My wife was recently issued with a single justice notice procedure for not driving in accordance with her license and thereby invalidating her insurance. The UK gov website states that you can drive for 1 year with a non UK license, her country is listed in this allowance. The police stopped us 1 week before her 1 year was up, we showed the officers the visa stamp, they did some checks, left the scene and said it was fine, this was over a month a go now and she now suddenly got this letter. At the time of the incident she had a provisional license and the international license- I don't know if they are trying to argue having a provisional invalidates the international license- but this doesn't make sense to me (plus there were no warnings about this when she applied for one) and I sent a direct message on twitter to the DVLA who confirmed that it didn't invalidate the international license. So she was able to drive without supervision or L plates at the time she was stopped, after her 1 year was up she has been driving supervised with L plates, adhering to the rules of a provisional license holder She really doesn't want the stress of going to court etc so will likely just plea guilty and try to explain ourselves in the mitigating circumstances box, just wondered if anyone has any tips or has been in this situation before? We still have 6 days to respond to the notice. Thanks for any help. |
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Wed, 13 Jul 2022 - 21:21
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Member Group: Members Posts: 38,006 Joined: 3 Dec 2010 Member No.: 42,618 |
I think a complaint to the police is also warranted, they should have never brought charges in the first place. Instead, the police should have worked out for themselves that the Brazilian licence was valid, and they should have called the DVSA examiner back and told him.
DVSA complaints: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations...aints-procedure -------------------- If you would like assistance with a penalty charge notice, please post a thread on https://www.ftla.uk/index.php
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Thu, 14 Jul 2022 - 13:20
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Member Group: Members Posts: 6,963 Joined: 19 Dec 2006 From: Near Calais Member No.: 9,683 |
It's not the first time this sort of thing has happened. a good result for the OP and his wife, and thanks to everyone on here who has helped out.
I'll post my similar experience in the Flame Pit section. |
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Thu, 14 Jul 2022 - 19:31
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Member Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 8 Mar 2022 Member No.: 115,937 |
One thing that we want to do is complain to the DVLA about the examiner who reported her to the police for no reason and as a result how long this has dragged on for (Jan-Feb till now), wasted time and money (over an hour on two trains to go to court as we had since moved). What examiner? I thought she just got pulled over by the police? The examiner was rude throughout the test, failed her really quickly and ended the test early, she drove off which she was allowed to do. He then obviously alerted the police who were waiting for us when we returned home. I do agree actually that we could complain to the Police as our initial phone calls and emails to drop it ages ago were ignored and not acted on. Kind of think they should at least refund the money for that particular driving test! Thanks for the DVSA email address, will definitely be putting some together to send there way. |
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Fri, 15 Jul 2022 - 10:43
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Member Group: Members Posts: 38,006 Joined: 3 Dec 2010 Member No.: 42,618 |
Thanks for the DVSA email address, will definitely be putting some together to send there way. Please do keep us updated. -------------------- If you would like assistance with a penalty charge notice, please post a thread on https://www.ftla.uk/index.php
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Fri, 15 Jul 2022 - 11:12
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Member Group: Members Posts: 56,200 Joined: 9 Sep 2003 From: Warwickshire Member No.: 317 |
Kind of think they should at least refund the money for that particular driving test! I don't think you have any cause and effect basis for that. Either the failing of the candidate was justified or it was not (and hard to prove), what he did after is clearly not a basis for trying to get the test fee back. -------------------- There is no such thing as a law abiding motorist, just those who have been scammed and those yet to be scammed!
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Fri, 15 Jul 2022 - 14:40
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Member Group: Members Posts: 38,006 Joined: 3 Dec 2010 Member No.: 42,618 |
As I understand it there is no right of appeal for driving tests, and nobody in their right mind is going to seek a JR of a decision to fail. Your only real recourse if you fail a test is to take another one.
-------------------- If you would like assistance with a penalty charge notice, please post a thread on https://www.ftla.uk/index.php
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Fri, 15 Jul 2022 - 22:29
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Member Group: Members Posts: 6,963 Joined: 19 Dec 2006 From: Near Calais Member No.: 9,683 |
The trouble with drivers is they may have passed a test many years ago and have got into bad habits which on a later driving test could mean failure. Foreign driving tests may be nowhere as strict as the UK test, rules are different etc.
See my post in the Flame Pit. |
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Sat, 16 Jul 2022 - 13:02
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It sounds like the examiner was so appalled at the poor standard of driving that he thought she shouldn't be on the road.
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Sat, 16 Jul 2022 - 22:28
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Member Group: Members Posts: 6,963 Joined: 19 Dec 2006 From: Near Calais Member No.: 9,683 |
That could well be the case. One only has to look at a lot of the Uber drivers.
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