Hi there
I'm desperately looking for some information after receiving a very worrying notice from the police.
Without going into too much detail, the company pool car I was using at the beginning of July was captured speeding on mobile camera. The NiP took a couple of weeks to get to me as it had to go through the company first and then to me. It arrived while I was on holiday but on my return I still had a week or so to respond.
However, while I'm in the car at various sites (this time Nottingham) there are usually people who take the car out on shopping trips or between site trips etc so I called the ticket office and asked for the photographic evidence to ascertain exactly who the driver was. The lady at the office said I would need to write in requesting the photograph and I explained that I was worried about going over the 28 days. She told me not to worry, she would note on my file that I had made contact and even if you do go over the 28 days you will receive a first reminder anyway.
I wrote requesting the photograph and it arrived after about a week, needless to say there was no image of the driver, only the rear of the car. I made enquiries around site but there is no chance of getting someone to admit to driving the car for the purposes of receiving a ticket. I therefore filled in the original NiP with my details and posted it back with an accompanying letter explaining that the photograph could not help me positively identify the driver of the vehicle, and although there was the chance it was someone else driving, I had no alternative but to admit the offence myself and subsequently included the original- completed - NiP.
This response was posted - I think - last Saturday (04/09).
Today I return home from work to find a letter from the police basically saying I have failed to identify the driver within the statutory period and this is an offence. They go on to say that a prosecution for the original offence cannot proceed and a file is to be raised for failing to provide the driver's identity at the time of the offence etc.
Now I'm panicking like hell and don't understand why this would happen. I intend to call the enquiry number tomorrow (closed at 4pm today) just to make sure they received the NiP and letter I sent back to them.
I guess I'm just asking if this kind of scenario is familiar. I'm not trying to get away with a ticket, as I said in my letter, as I was 'responsible' for the vehicle that day and could not identify the driver, I would accept responsibility and duly filled in the NiP with my details. I hate having any involvment with the police and now just wished I'd sent the original form back admitting the offence :/
Can anyone advise if I have done anything wrong?
Yours worried
Danny67