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I believe the NIP 14 day time is a guidance not a rule.You can receive an NIP weeks after the offence as long as it was posted by the issuing force within 14 days.
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When you say 'weeks after the 14 days' are you referring to it being lost in the post / being delivered to the wrong owner if the registration details havent been updated?
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yes.An NIP can get "lost in the post".I received one,more than a month after the offence.Its still valid.they have no expiry.
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Really? Hopefully they are not post-dating them and then blaming it on the post! I suppose all you can go on is the postage stamp as to when it reached the post sorting depot.
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Regardless of the NIP rule, I can't imagine anyone getting a NIP in either of these circumstances.
CCTV is typically used to monitor traffic flow and although it can be used to keep an eye on lights etc, I can't imagine the coppers sit there trawling through 168 hours of footage per camera per week looking for number plates they can't read.
And if a copper is going to let someone drive through a red light without stopping and breathalysing them, but later issue a NIP, they should be sacked.
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AngryJonny (was E34kid)
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Just heard that the 14 day rule only applies to GASTO / red traffic light cameras.
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Mary,
PU answered this in your other thread {Now merged. DD}. The answer is the 14 day rule does apply. (He knows about these things - trust him!)
Assuming the car is registered in your friend's name, wait 17 days. 14 for them to send it out plus 3 days breating/postage time space.
Failing that, you're in the clear.
A cop would pull you over for running a red light.
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sorry - just very persistant friend!
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Tell them not to panic!!!
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Whilst I would tend to agree with Adam above, the offence committed is failing to conform to a Traffic Sign which like speeding requires NOIP to be served on Reg Keeper or driver of the vehicle if known within 14 days not counting the day of the offence. Failure to do so means no proceedings possible for that offence.
Whilst the offence witnessed by Police but offender not stopped does not automatically mean that is the end of the story. If he took the VRM of the offending vehicle and wished to pursue the matter on a paper trail then NOIP would be sent to the Reg keeper of the vehicle together with demand for Keeper to name driver (Offence not to do so). Once driver established then file submitted for service of summons and Court hearing.
However under circumstances explained very, very doubtful a brown envelope will be dropping on the matter within 15 days of offence (14 days an ignoring day of offence).
dvd
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The law is very much the same as it has been for the last twenty yeas (plus). At the time of the offence the Officer can give you a verbal NIP, in the old days this was sufficient, now more likely to be backed up by a written one. Coppers used to type these up themselves, these dys probably an e-mail whizzed to their admin dept and posted out fro their. A nice little thing I've done in the past is when an Officer claimed to have given a verbal one at the time, I get them to recite it in the box. "You will be reported for the consideration of the question of prosecuting you for the offence of....." I wonder how many cops actually can claim to know that word perfect ?
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