griff_106
29th August 2012, 22:36
Ok, bit of a story behind this one, so please be nice... :homme:
Griff Senior had owned a 57/08 SEAT Leon FR DSG petrol for about 4 and a half years until the start of the month when he decided to chop her in for a new SEAT Leon Supercopa manual diesel at the start of the month. We collected the new car on 5/08 and then got a letter through the post on 14/08 confirming he was no longer the registered keeper of the vehicle - the garage were eager to get the car onto their forecourt as they could see it shifting very quickly - it obviously had.
Fast forward to this evening (29/08) when he hands me a letter which turned out to a NIP from Sussex Police of a speeding offence that occured on 19/08. I nearly fell about the place laughing; he's never got a speeding ticket (touch wood) in his life. But then I realised - this was a NIP for a certain 57 plate SEAT - not the 12 plate example we have sitting out on the drive. It would appear the new owner has been caught speeding but the letter has been sent to us. Now neither of us are worried that he'll get the 3 points and £60 fine - it's quite clearly a clerical error of some form.
But here's my question - the original NIP was sent 10 days after the offence - by the time my Dad explains to the DVLA/Sussex Police of the error (tomorrow) the new owner is tracked and prosecuted, the 'magical' 14 day period will have lapsed - will he/she get away with it? I have read the letter and it says that the 14 day period is irrelevant, but I am of the opinion that - for want of a better word - is bollocks.
Any ideas? I'd just be intrigued to see how it turns out, but it's highly unlikely that I will because of the fact that the car is no longer registered to us.
Griff Senior had owned a 57/08 SEAT Leon FR DSG petrol for about 4 and a half years until the start of the month when he decided to chop her in for a new SEAT Leon Supercopa manual diesel at the start of the month. We collected the new car on 5/08 and then got a letter through the post on 14/08 confirming he was no longer the registered keeper of the vehicle - the garage were eager to get the car onto their forecourt as they could see it shifting very quickly - it obviously had.
Fast forward to this evening (29/08) when he hands me a letter which turned out to a NIP from Sussex Police of a speeding offence that occured on 19/08. I nearly fell about the place laughing; he's never got a speeding ticket (touch wood) in his life. But then I realised - this was a NIP for a certain 57 plate SEAT - not the 12 plate example we have sitting out on the drive. It would appear the new owner has been caught speeding but the letter has been sent to us. Now neither of us are worried that he'll get the 3 points and £60 fine - it's quite clearly a clerical error of some form.
But here's my question - the original NIP was sent 10 days after the offence - by the time my Dad explains to the DVLA/Sussex Police of the error (tomorrow) the new owner is tracked and prosecuted, the 'magical' 14 day period will have lapsed - will he/she get away with it? I have read the letter and it says that the 14 day period is irrelevant, but I am of the opinion that - for want of a better word - is bollocks.
Any ideas? I'd just be intrigued to see how it turns out, but it's highly unlikely that I will because of the fact that the car is no longer registered to us.