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My mate has received a notice alleging that he was doing 46 mph and therefore comitted the offence of exceeding the limit of 50mph in his truck.

Can he use this error to get off ?

He alledges that it was probably actually 66

How should he proceed ?

Sounds like a serious material error. <mode=judge> Case dismissed!</mode>

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Keep right on to the end of the road ...

Steve, suprising (not) how many times this happens. I read a report here in Lancashire about 3 months ago about a women who was sent an NIP for 38 in a 40! When challenged the scammers had the cheek to say she was "speeding" as she was filmed on a 30 mph road and they had put the wrong road on the NIP!! Aren't they a pathetic lot!! Try using the defence of "sorry, I thought this was a 40 zone" and see how far you get....

Joking aside, it's critical your friend does not reply to the NIP until well after 14 days after the date of the notice - 28 days in law to respond.

I'm no expert on the technical points, but as I understood it, they've only got one chance to issue the NIP in the 14 days after the "incident" - after 14 days they're stuffed. Exception is the "slip rule" - where they can reissue the NIP for "minor" errors after 14 days - things like missing a letter out of your surname - but the speed/location doesnt come under the slip rule, so sit tight and hope they dont notice!

Send him straight to www.pepipoo.com to their fightback forums, where he can get free advice from people who deal with this sort of thing all the time.


Dave