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cwspellowe

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Just wondering if anyone has any advice on this?

My brother in law just got a letter from the courts about a fine he's dodged since September 2009. He was given a fine for not wearing his seatbelt when he was reversing his car out of a side street.

At the time it seems he was given a £100 fixed penalty notice with no points. Turns out he didn't agree with the fine and instead of fighting it he just ignored it, now if he doesn't pay by Thursday there'll be a warrant put out for fine enforcement.

My question is... if he'd fought it at the time he'd probably have won, by law you don't need to wear a seatbelt when reversing. Now though it's past the FPN period and is a Court enforced fine. Can he still contest it or does he have to now pay the £100 and take it as a lesson learned?

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Posted 2nd Oct 2011 at 19:20
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adiesouthwell

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If he had contested it at the time he would have probably won it, if hes actually ignored it for over 12 months I.e - made no correspondence with the courts, he will not be able to appeal it.
The courts will have processed it in his absence so he will just owe them money, resulting in there being nothing to challenge.

The fine will probably have a stack of charges on it by now, the courts tend to charge for every letter sent, phonecall made and other administration costs so he may find when he gets there to sort it out its gone up a bit!

£100 is absolutely ridiculous for a seatbelt offence, its generally £30. Driving without a seatbelt on is a NONE endorsable offence as far as homeoffice.co.uk states.

Did he fine you twice by any chance? Once for the seatbelt and one for reversing onto a main road (which is illegal)?

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Posted 2nd Oct 2011 at 20:37
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adiesouthwell

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Sorry i meant did he fine your brother in law twice.

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Posted 2nd Oct 2011 at 20:39
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cappy01

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i would say hell have to pay it, i know for points time limit is 3 months i reckon itl be the same for fines
Posted 2nd Oct 2011 at 20:50
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SteviePut

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I'd say he's been a bit of a tit and should have not ignored it in the first place. As said above he'd most likely have gotten off with it had he'd not been so stupid. Sorry if that offendsSad

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Posted 3rd Oct 2011 at 06:33
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cwspellowe

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nah they guy's a numpty anyway. His mum just phoned and paid today, apparently there was a warrant out for another fine too so she's paid £230 to bail him out, poor woman.

He's a tard anyway, as said he'd probably have won if he contested it but he's the kind of arrogant arsehole that gets a fine, throws it in the bin and ignores it, he'a been visited at his work before for unpaid fines Roll eyes

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Posted 3rd Oct 2011 at 12:30
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SteviePut

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cwspellowe wrote:
nah they guy's a numpty anyway. His mum just phoned and paid today, apparently there was a warrant out for another fine too so she's paid £230 to bail him out, poor woman.

He's a tard anyway, as said he'd probably have won if he contested it but he's the kind of arrogant arsehole that gets a fine, throws it in the bin and ignores it, he'a been visited at his work before for unpaid fines Roll eyes


Laugh my ass off

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Posted 3rd Oct 2011 at 18:43
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adiesouthwell

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Got off lightly, sounds like the courts didn't whack him with charges!

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Posted 3rd Oct 2011 at 18:55
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cwspellowe

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They might well have done though if £100 seems a bit much for a seatbelt fine Dunno

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Posted 3rd Oct 2011 at 19:06
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