[Pub bike]

Are there good reasons for why there is a 14 day time limit for the Police to issue a notice of intended prosecution for a motoring offence?

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[CXR94Di2]

richgill77 wrote:

richgill77 wrote:

They have 14 days to get it to you but you still have 28 days to pay the fine. In that 28 days you can quite legally ask for photographic evidence to prove you committed the crime. If its for speeding they usually send you a photo of your car with tge speed tag anyway. Dare we asked what the NIP is charging you with?

It’s best to ask for photos to help ‘identify’ the driver of the ‘alleged’ offence. Don’t use the word evidence. Most cases it’s straight forward and the driver is bang to rights but on occasion there can be mistakes.

Pepipoo website was the goto forum for all speeding/ parking and other traffic related issues. Great resource if information.

[richgill77]

They have 14 days to get it
They have 14 days to get it to you but you still have 28 days to pay the fine. In that 28 days you can quite legally ask for photographic evidence to prove you committed the crime. If its for speeding they usually send you a photo of your car with tge speed tag anyway. Dare we asked what the NIP is charging you with?

[Flâneur]

What CXR94Di2 said. It’s to

What CXR94Di2 said. It’s to prevent dipstick drivers claiming they can’t remember who was driving and getting off with it.

[Pub bike]

It seems to be a very short

It seems to be a very short time.   For submitted video evidence, it gives the Police a very short window to assess the submitted evidence and then make a decision on issuing a NIP.  It seems like this law was made so that it would be as difficult as possible for motorists to be prosecuted.   Is this the case for other offences? 

[CXR94Di2]

Nip is only to inform you of
Nip is only to inform you of a potential prosecution. It’s has to be ‘served’ with 14 days. The police have upto 6 months to lay a charge with the magistrates court. S172 contained within the nip is for the registered keeper(RK) to supply information has to the identity of the driver at the time of the alleged offence within 28 days. If the RK wasn’t driving, they must inform the police who was. The nominated driver will then receive their own NIP. The 14 day rule then doesn’t apply to subsequent nominated drivers.
Failure to nominate will result in a MS90 code offence with £1000 fine and 6 points mandatory.

[richgill77]

You get caught speeding on
You get caught speeding on your bike?
I would say it’s just an agreed timescale to allow them time to gather the evidence they need to prosecute you and notify you of that.

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