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Fixed Penalty Point Query

Absolutely spot on well nearly, there's a minority that are tossers. But you missed the most important point of my post if they handle the stop correctly and without attitude then I'll hold my hand up.If they are ****y from the off then as far as I'm considered its game on.

Life in my world is fine thanks and a Merry Christamas and a Very Happy new year to you too.:thumb:

Didn't miss your point, flanaia1, just didn't consider it worthy of comment as that would be my default approach.

And don't take my final comment personally. Just my way of saying I think we have fairly different outlooks on life, based on this and previous posts. Horses for courses, as they say...
 
Why should the penalty be greater if you choose to go to court and lose?

The offence is still the same.

Seems like intimidation to me, pay up or we'll hammer you if you decide to defend yourself.

It is not so much that the penalty is greater : the true situation is that you are made a conditional offer of a fixed penalty ( below the 'going rate' for the offence in question ) if you save the expense and time of the court process by admitting the offence without trial .

If you elect to go before the court , you accept that you may be fined the full 'going rate' for the offence .
 
You are absolutely correct to execute any other summons, warrant or writ the name has to be perfectly correct or it does not stand and is not enforceable. Unfortunately the motorist is the soft target and the law was changed some years ago to close what was considered as a loophole.

To me its more a question of education if the cop can't get the details right then he shouldn't be in the job, how difficult is it to spell the name correctly for Gods sake?

But no in this country what do we do we change the law to make up for the incompetence of certain Police Officers, only in the UK !!!!!!!!!!

The only way out of this situation I could imagine would be if , coincidentally , the person wrongly named on the FPN happened to be a relative who actually existed but , obviously , was not involved in the offence .

That person could then respond to the FPN ( since they are named on it ) and , truthfully , plead not guilty since they did not commit the offence .

Clearly , this would be wrong - but it just might be legal ?
 

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