For a friend...
The driver is banged to rights, roadworks in a 40, thought it was 50 like most roadworks, got pinged at sub 50. Tough luck.
The date on the letter was nealry 6 weeks after the offence. Now I remember that there is a time limit on these things - maybe 14 days?
Question is more to do with car ownership as it is a lease. It seems likely that they wrote to the lease company and then had to write to the owner later. How do we find out the chain of events? Will the lease company let us have this info? Do we have to reply to the police?
Not disputing the offence as such but if rich buggers can exploit loopholes then 'the friend' wants to also.
Thanks
Just pay it & take the points unless "your friend" is close to losing his licence.
14 days is for the first NIP - to the registered owner, with the V5.
If that's the lease company, then you'll have to ask them when the letter was received I guess. Never had a lease so not sure on procedure.
It seems likely that they wrote to the lease company and then had to write to the owner later.
The lease company is the owner.
You could ask the lease company when they received the NIP but I don't think they have an obligation to tell you, nor any statutory time limit to pass on details of the driver to the authorities.
Yes, sorry, understand that the lease company is the owner. Just seeking any views from someone that may have been through the same. The letter came from the official route rather than forwarded by lease company. I guess the lease company just respond to the NIP rather than letting the driver know necessarily.
Yeah, the first contact is to the owner, (lease co.) asking to identify the driver, which they will have responded to, then the driver gets the fine letter later from the police.
Out of interest, why is the lease company the registered keeper and not the vehicle keeper?
Because the lease company own the vehicle. Expect to get an admin fee from the lease company as well.
@cb where the vehicle is a fleet, lease or company vehicle where they are named on the V5 as registered keeper (I.e. not the end user) the NIP goes go the person named on the V5 who is liable to respond within the same time as a private individual identifying who was driving or who to ask next. The Police then move onto the name(s) given by the lease co/rental co etc.
The NIP requires that they respond to the Police not pass it on (same as if you get a ticket for a car that you've sold where the DVLA hasn't caught up with the change of keeper forms).
