Traffic Camera Prosecutions- how long have the old bill got to notify you....

I thought that the letter had to be postmarked within 2 weeks, so if it's just that it got lost in the mail for a month or so that shouldn't make any difference.

 

I'd try it on and not respond. If they've not chased the original letter up by now, balls to it.

 

EastStander is right

they have to send you a notification of intended prosecution within 14 days. Allowing for postage etc, they normally say that 17 or 18 days is acceptable.

 

I know for a summons ....

it's 6 months from the date of the offence ... my mate got done for a motoring offence and it landed 2 days before the 6 months were up.

On the net, this might help .... looks like there is a forum there too.

http://www.coolblue.org.uk/SpeedCameras.htm

 

hmm, Is it a company car or anything?

Is the car owned legally by you and registered in your name at your address? If it is then 14 days is the law, if not and it's a company car or something and they've had to spend a few weeks working out that that car is yours then it's 14 days from when they worked it out.

 

NIP - Notice Of Intended Prosecution.

NIP - Notice Of Intended Prosecution.
This is that all important bit that people keep asking me about. It pertains to the 14 day rule that surrounds service of an NIP. As with all traffic offences in the UK, an NIP is required for prosecution to proceed. If you're stopped at the scene however (for example, by a radar-gun-toting traffic policeman), then a verbal NIP is sufficient. Otherwise it must be in writing. So theoretically, if you've not heard anything after 3 weeks, you got away with it. Not, of course, that the police don't get the calculations wrong from time to time - there's no better way to knock the smile off a prosecutors face than to ask if they can prove service of an NIP.
In order to remove some of the mystery from this area - or cast it into a murky grey area depending on your view of things, here are the relevant excerpts from Butterworth's Police Law (Butterworth's Law; ISBN 0406981469). Thanks to Simon Hepworth for help with this information.
Stuff not of interest to the subject of speeding have been omitted, stuff with particular relevance to NIPs and speeding has been underlined. You'll need a stiff cup of coffee and a shedload of concentration to proceed, so go ahead and make a 6-scoop cuppa and then come on back and read on:



In the case of a number of moving traffic offences, the driver, if not stopped and interviewed by the police at the time, may experience considerable difficulty in recalling the circumstances some weeks after the event. For this reason, the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988, section 1 states that, in relation to certain named offences, a person shall not be convicted unless:

he was warned at the time of the possibility of prosecution for the offence;
or
he was served with a summons for the offence within 14 days of its commission;
or
a notice of intended prosecution specifying the nature of the alleged offence and the time and place where it is alleged to have been committed was served within 14 days on him or the person, if any, registered as the keeper of the vehicle at the time of the commission of the offence. (In the case of dangerous or careless cycling the notice must be served on the rider.)

The requirements of section 1 are deemed to have been complied with unless and until the contrary is proved.
The following offences require notice of intended prosecution in one of these forms:

Road Traffic Act 1988
Section 2: Dangerous Driving
Section 3: Careless, and inconsiderate driving
Section 22: Leaving a vehicle in a dangerous position
Section 28: Dangerous cycling
Section 29: Careless, and incosiderate cycling
Section 35: Failing to conform with the indication given by a constable engaged in the regulation of traffic
Section 36: Failing to comply with the indication given by a traffic sign

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984
Section 16: Exceeding temporary speed restrictions imposed under section 14
Section 17(4): Exceeding speed restrictions on special road
Section 88(7): Exceeding temporary speed limit imposed by order
Section 89(1): Speeding offences generally

Aiding and abetting any of the above offences

However, such notice need not be given in relation to an offence in respect of which a full or provisional fixed penalty notice has been given or fixed under the provisions of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988

 

30 Days if I remember correctly

They have to notify the OWNER in 30 days, if it's a company car then the owner is usually the leasing company.

 

Thinking about it it might be 14 days but the owner comment still stands nt

 

Bin it.</p>

Get her to take you to more games though. Good luck charm and all that.</p>

I was under the impression they had 14 days from the date of the offence to collar you.</p>

 

14 days nt

 

dunt it depend on when the film from the camera was processed. so if they dint process it until now, then thets why the NIP has only just arrived. plus differnt police forces may have different prodcedures for dealin with em. where abouts did you get caught??

 

yep

14 days the s.172 notice has to be sent out (requirement to provide info) - if that was sent, for instance to the address where the car was registered but your lass doesnt live there, then it still counts, or, for instance, if it was a hire car, and it was sent to the hire car co first, before getting to your lass, then it still counts.

but, if its your lass' car, it was sent to your lass' address, but took longer than 14 days, you have a defence.