>Most of these people were trying to dodge relatively minor offences, speeding, running a red light, crimes that typically carry up to three penalty points on your licence. Their efforts have instead landed them in the sticky situation where they face a fine of a few hundred pounds and six points on their licence – enough to see new drivers have their licence revoked.
Fucked around, found out. Just hope other forces copy them
To me it seems like failing to supply information and speeding are two separate crimes, are these people going to get just 6 points or the 9 it seems like they should get?
> Their efforts have instead landed them in the sticky situation where they face a fine of a few hundred pounds and six points on their licence – enough to see new drivers have their licence revoked.
I’m surprised that’s all they got – a politician and his wife got actual prison time a few years ago, charged with perverting the course of justice because she took his speeding points for him.
These generally won’t be ordinary motorists caught out, these will be habitual criminals using a criminal set up to try and dodge intelligence follow ups that could cause them problems down the line. Looks like they caught a few otherwise normal motorists stupid enough to use it and the media has highlighted the few because it generates outrage and clicks.
I must be missing something – this reads like the idea is you get a NIP, you say “Nope, wasn’t me guv, it was Johnny Fakepants from this address in Oldham driving”… and then, what, the police are meant to go “Huh, can’t find him, guess we’ll give up on that prosecution then”?
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>Most of these people were trying to dodge relatively minor offences, speeding, running a red light, crimes that typically carry up to three penalty points on your licence. Their efforts have instead landed them in the sticky situation where they face a fine of a few hundred pounds and six points on their licence – enough to see new drivers have their licence revoked.
Fucked around, found out. Just hope other forces copy them
To me it seems like failing to supply information and speeding are two separate crimes, are these people going to get just 6 points or the 9 it seems like they should get?
> Their efforts have instead landed them in the sticky situation where they face a fine of a few hundred pounds and six points on their licence – enough to see new drivers have their licence revoked.
I’m surprised that’s all they got – a politician and his wife got actual prison time a few years ago, charged with perverting the course of justice because she took his speeding points for him.
These generally won’t be ordinary motorists caught out, these will be habitual criminals using a criminal set up to try and dodge intelligence follow ups that could cause them problems down the line. Looks like they caught a few otherwise normal motorists stupid enough to use it and the media has highlighted the few because it generates outrage and clicks.
I must be missing something – this reads like the idea is you get a NIP, you say “Nope, wasn’t me guv, it was Johnny Fakepants from this address in Oldham driving”… and then, what, the police are meant to go “Huh, can’t find him, guess we’ll give up on that prosecution then”?